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Prospects for milk production: More protein and a healthier environment through grass feeding -
Pressemitteilung, 19.12.2024
How can milk production be made more sustainable? And how does feeding concentrates influence sustainability? Researchers at the University of Göttingen and the Kassel Institute for Rural Deve…
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Pollinators, pollen and varieties determine fruit quality -
Pressemitteilung, 18.12.2024
Pollination by animals contributes to a third of global food production, but little research has been done into the extent to which the identity of pollinators, pollen and crop varieties influ…
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Lifesaver for wild bees: the importance of quarries -
Pressemitteilung, 04.12.2024
A research team at Göttingen University, Germany’s Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) in Rhede, and the Thünen Institute in Braunschweig has investigated the importance of limes…
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Using AI to understand brain function -
Pressemitteilung, 03.12.2024
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a Consolidator Grant to the computer scientist and neuroscientist Professor Fabian Sinz. The project “Vision2Action: A data-driven computational…
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Honour for computer scientist at Göttingen University -
Pressemitteilung, 30.11.2024
Xiaoming Fu, Professor of Computer Science at Göttingen University, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech). This honour recognizes Professor Fu'…
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Are trees exchanging carbon via a wood wide web? -
Pressemitteilung, 28.11.2024
The idea of trees "talking" to one another through underground fungal networks – the so-called "wood wide web" – has captured the imagination of the public. This concept, where trees supposedl…
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DFG Funding Atlas: Göttingen University in 15th place in Germany -
Pressemitteilung, 27.11.2024
Göttingen University is one of the 15 best universities in Germany according to the DFG Funding Atlas 2024. From 2020 to 2022, it acquired a total of 232.5 million euros in research funding fr…
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Just 24 experiments until Christmas! -
Pressemitteilung, 26.11.2024
Registration now open: “PiA – Physics in Advent” is a special kind of Advent calendar: hidden behind every door lies a science adventure. Everyone who registers is sent a video clip each day –…
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Building climate resilient cocoa farming in West Africa -
Pressemitteilung, 21.11.2024
Agroforestry systems, which integrate trees and shrubs into farming, are vital to achieving sustainable cocoa production in West Africa where 70 percent of the world cocoa is produced. Climate…
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Senate confirms its original decision to vote President Professor Metin Tolan out of office -
Pressemitteilung, 20.11.2024
The Senate's proposal to vote out the President of the University of Göttingen on 21 October 2024 had been very clearly rejected by the University’s highest supervisory body, the University Fo…
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The trail of the master forger: new evidence discovered -
Pressemitteilung, 19.11.2024
A document held in Göttingen University’s Faculty of Humanities has been revealed as an 18th century forgery. The document purports to be from 1266, but mentions a church in Pisa that was not …
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Tree islands restore nature in oil palm plantations -
Pressemitteilung, 15.11.2024
Southeast Asia’s tropical forests are renowned for their biodiversity, but at the same time face significant threats from the expansion of oil palm plantations. With global demand for palm oil…
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Diverse and diverging demands on forests in Germany -
Pressemitteilung, 13.11.2024
Forests provide biodiversity, ecosystem functions, income and much more. How can these diverse and seemingly diverging demands be met? An international research team led by Göttingen Universit…
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Good results for academic subjects -
Pressemitteilung, 12.11.2024
In the current Shanghai Ranking, Ecology at the University of Göttingen has once again been ranked first in Germany. The ranking also puts the Agricultural Sciences (which includes Forestry Sc…
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Cohesion through resilient democratic communities -
Pressemitteilung, 06.11.2024
A new EU joint research project led by the University of Göttingen will explore how migration, demographic change and current crises are affecting social cohesion and democratic structures in …
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