Research

Climate change and groundwater
In March 2023, the United Nations convened its first Water Conference in 46 years. There is a dire need for action: as a result of climate change, water is threatening

Known active ingredient as new drug candidate against “monkeypox”
Mpox – previously known as “monkeypox” – is currently spreading worldwide. An international research team from Goethe University and the University of Kent has now identified a compound that could

Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize: Insights into the Origin, Evolution and Development of our Immune System
The 2023 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize, worth €120,000, will today be awarded to immunologists Frederick W. Alt and David G. Schatz in Frankfurt’s Paulskirche for their discovery of

New MOGON high-performance computer in Mainz – Goethe University part of a national consortium
In October 2021, the Joint Science Conference of the federal and state governments (Gemeinsame Wissenschaftskonferenz, GWK) decided to include the National High-Performance Computing (NHR) South-West consortium – consisting of Johannes

Cause of leukaemia in trisomy 21
People with a third copy of chromosome 21, known as trisomy 21, are at high risk of developing Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML), an aggressive form of blood cancer. Scientists led

Pathway to improved cancer treatment
Conventional chemotherapy often does not elicit sufficient response in the treatment of bowel cancer. Researchers in Frankfurt recently found that one reason for this is that the dying cancer cells

Does the artificial watercourse in the Hessian Ried have a Roman past?
The Landgraben, the body of water between the German cities of Groß-Gerau and Trebur, flows into the Rhine northwest of Astheim. Its name goes back to Count Georg I (1547-1596)

“Digital Edition of Faust”: A deep insight into how Goethe worked on his masterpiece
In 1772, Johann Wolfgang Goethe began his opus magnum. The material, which would initially go down in literary history as the “Urfaust”, accompanied him until the end of his life.

Meteorite crater discovered in French winery
With the aim of creating an appealing brand, the name of the “Domaine du Météore” winery near the town of Béziers in Southern France points to a local peculiarity: one

Hidden from the Romans: 200 tons of silver on the shores of the river Lahn
In their search for silver ore, the Romans established two military camps in the Bad Ems area near Koblenz in the 1st century AD. This is the result of research