6. Mai 2021Comprehensive genetic analyses confirm four different giraffe species and seven subspeciesVisually, they are hardly distinguishable, but genetic analyses show: There are four distinct species of giraffe and seven subspecies. This result was obtained by an international team led by Prof.… Diesen Artikel weiterempfehlenFacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedIn
28. April 2021Current Goethe University regulations regarding the Federal Infection Protection ActThe Federal Infection Protection Act, which came into effect on 23.04.2021, also has consequences for the continued operation of Goethe University. Within the framework of these legal regulations, the Executive… Diesen Artikel weiterempfehlenFacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedIn
21. April 2021Bias for wealthier countriesAt the Paris climate summit in 2015, 196 parties agreed to take action on climate change. Who has reduced greenhouses gases and by how much is currently being investigated in… Diesen Artikel weiterempfehlenFacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedIn
15. April 20213500 year-old honeypot: oldest direct evidence for honey collecting in AfricaBefore sugar cane and sugar beets conquered the world, honey was the worldwide most important natural product for sweetening. Archaeologists at Goethe University in cooperation with chemists at the University… Diesen Artikel weiterempfehlenFacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedIn
14. April 2021Online seminar series from April – July 2021: Exploring Planetary ThinkingPlanetary Thinking Working Group (Goethe University, Senckenberg, and ISOE) in cooperation with University of Giessen, Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften, and GRADE Sustain presents an online seminar series during the Summer 2021 Semester:… Diesen Artikel weiterempfehlenFacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedIn
14. April 2021Deutsche Börse Capital Markets Academy uses LiveX trading simulation developed by Goethe UniversityVarious German and international stock exchanges use it and numerous top European universities also use it: we are talking about the LiveX stock market simulation, unique in Europe, which was… Diesen Artikel weiterempfehlenFacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedIn
17. Februar 2021Goethe University: New, cutting-edge research projects on trust in conflict, neutron stars and disease mechanismsWhat opportunities to create trust do social conflicts offer? What happens when neutron stars merge and produce gravitational waves and heavy chemical elements in the process? How can a better… Diesen Artikel weiterempfehlenFacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedIn
15. Februar 2021Newly founded: Buber-Rosenzweig Institute as a prominent research centre on modern JudaismA new research institute will be established at Goethe University: The Buber-Rosenzweig Institute will be dedicated to the study of modern and contemporary Judaism. It brings together numerous and largely… Diesen Artikel weiterempfehlenFacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedIn
10. Februar 2021Cluster project ConTrust receives state funding in preparation for the next round in the excellence strategyThe interplay of conflict and trust is at the centre of the ConTrust cluster project, which is to enter the race for the Goethe University in the next round of… Diesen Artikel weiterempfehlenFacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedIn
4. Februar 2021New Science Award for Romanticism ResearchFor the first time in 2021, innovative contributions to the study of Romanticism can be awarded the Goethe University’s Klaus Heyne-Award. The new award, endowed with 15,000 euros, is aimed… Diesen Artikel weiterempfehlenFacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedIn
3. Februar 2021Scientists develop method to detect fake newsSocial media is increasingly used to spread fake news. The same problem can be found on the capital market – criminals spread fake news about companies in order to manipulate… Diesen Artikel weiterempfehlenFacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedIn
1. Februar 2021Understanding skilled labour migration in East AsiaThe economies of China and Singapore are among the most dynamic migration regions in the world. But Japan and Korea also rely on the immigration of skilled workers. The competition… Diesen Artikel weiterempfehlenFacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedIn
1. Februar 2021Goethe Coronavirus Fund reaches 5 million euro markA short ten months after Goethe University and Frankfurt University Hospital first called for donations, the Goethe Coronavirus Fund has passed the targeted 5 million euro mark. The idea of… Diesen Artikel weiterempfehlenFacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedIn
28. Januar 2021Pharmaceutical research: when active substance and target protein “embrace” each otherScientists at Goethe University Frankfurt, together with colleagues from Darmstadt, Heidelberg, Oxford and Dundee (UK), have investigated how the fit of potent inhibitors to their binding sites can be optimised… Diesen Artikel weiterempfehlenFacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedIn
28. Januar 2021Michael R. Silverman and Bonnie L. Bassler win 2021 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter PrizeBacteria act in groups to accomplish feats that are impossible to achieve if a single bacterium acts alone. For example, pathogenic bacteria act collectively to synthesize toxins to attack the… Diesen Artikel weiterempfehlenFacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedIn
28. Januar 2021Elvira Mass receives 2021 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize for Young ResearchersThe course for organ health is set in the early embryo. This year’s laureate has shown that specialized immune cells from the yolk sac accompany organ development and contribute to… Diesen Artikel weiterempfehlenFacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedIn
20. Januar 2021Current resolutions on working from homeOn 19 January 2021, the German government and the federal states agreed on further measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic, which will also directly affect work at Goethe University. With… Diesen Artikel weiterempfehlenFacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedIn
11. Januar 2021Coronavirus: Currently no tightening of protective measures at Goethe UniversityFollowing this week’s decisions by the German government for further measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic, Goethe University’s existing protective measures do not need to be further tightened for the… Diesen Artikel weiterempfehlenFacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedIn
23. Dezember 2020Quantum wave in helium dimer filmed for the first timeFor the first time, an international team of scientists from Goethe University and the University of Oklahoma has succeeded in filming quantum physical effects on a helium dimer as it… Diesen Artikel weiterempfehlenFacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedIn
23. Dezember 2020Passing the baton at Goethe UniversityThe symbolic transfer of the Goethe University presidency from Professor Birgitta Wolff to Professor Enrico Schleiff took place during an online public university event on 17 December 2020. Schleiff was… Diesen Artikel weiterempfehlenFacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedIn
21. Dezember 2020Newly concept for teaching physics in schools: better understanding of electric circuitsThe topic of electricity often poses difficulties for many secondary school students in physics lessons. Physics Education researchers at Goethe University and the University of Tübingen have developed and empirically… Diesen Artikel weiterempfehlenFacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedIn
14. Dezember 2020Physics: New method for precision studies of the strong interactionExtremely dense neutron stars may contain unstable hyperons in their interior, which, like the stable hadrons of the atomic nucleus, protons and neutrons, are held together by the strong interaction.… Diesen Artikel weiterempfehlenFacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedIn
14. Dezember 2020Networking and designing – Interview with University President Birgitta WolffThe new year will bring a change at the university’s top level. After six years, University President Birgitta Wolff will hand over the office to Enrico Schleiff, who already previously… Diesen Artikel weiterempfehlenFacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedIn
3. Dezember 2020Normative Economic Policy: online event on 11 DecemberIn this online conference we deal with important shifts in the normatively of economic policy during the last decades until today. As a starting point we present a quantitative analysis… Diesen Artikel weiterempfehlenFacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedIn
30. November 2020International workshop on 3-4 December 2020: Interpreting the AnthropoceneThe Anthropocene is the era of pervasive human impact on the planet. Atmospheric carbon dioxide and methane concentrations that exceed Holocene peak levels, techno-fossils frozen in Greenland ice sheets, and… Diesen Artikel weiterempfehlenFacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedIn
