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Global data resource shows genetic diversity of chickens -
Pressemitteilung, 06.06.2019
A total of 174 chicken breeds are described in a publicly accessible database which scientists from the University of Göttingen and the Friedrich Loeffler Institute have built up in recent yea…
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Talking to each other – how forest conservation can succeed -
Pressemitteilung, 05.06.2019
Forest conservation can be a source of tension between competing priorities and interests from forestry, science, administration and nature conservation organisations. The different stakeholde…
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Better together: human and robot co-workers -
Pressemitteilung, 24.05.2019
More and more processes are being automated and digitised. Self-driving delivery vehicles, such as fork-lifts, are finding their way into many areas - and companies are reporting potential tim…
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How usable is Virtual Reality? -
Pressemitteilung, 21.05.2019
Virtual Reality and the virtual world are taking over more and more areas of our lives. This means that it is really important that virtual worlds are user-friendly and offer a high usability.…
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Opposite pathways in forest recovery -
Pressemitteilung, 17.05.2019
Tropical forests are being deforested at an alarming rate to make way for agriculture and pastureland; the good news is that they can regrow naturally when the fields are abandoned. An interna…
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Does using game elements in apps pay off? -
Pressemitteilung, 14.05.2019
Should companies add game elements to their apps? A team of researchers at the University of Göttingen has explored this question in a study published in the Journal of Business Research. Thei…
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Producing food whilst preserving biodiversity -
Pressemitteilung, 14.05.2019
In nature conservation and agriculture, there are two opposing views of how to combine high biodiversity and sustainable food production: nature conservation should either be integrated into a…
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Wild red deer contribute to the preservation of open landscapes -
Pressemitteilung, 09.05.2019
Similar to farm animals such as cattle or sheep, wild red deer grazing in open landscapes can also contribute to the conservation of protected habitats. This was demonstrated by a research tea…
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Conference on German-Chinese Cooperation -
Pressemitteilung, 03.05.2019
Cooperation between German and Chinese universities is the focus of an international conference on 10 and 11 May 2019 at the University of Göttingen. The 11th Sino-German Professors' Forum at …
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Astronomers discover 2,000-year-old remnant of a nova -
Pressemitteilung, 29.04.2019
For the first time, a European research team involving the University of Göttingen has discovered the re-mains of a nova in a galactic globular cluster. A nova is an explosion of hydrogen on t…
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How best to restore nature: researchers call to rethink rewilding -
Pressemitteilung, 26.04.2019
Regardless of whether the landscape is made up of individual floodplains or entire national parks, the success of rewilding projects does not just depend on whether individual plant or animal …
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"EU trade with Brazil promotes climate change and violates human rights" -
Pressemitteilung, 25.04.2019
More than 600 scientists, from every country in the EU, and 300 Brazilian indigenous groups have joined forces to highlight the destruction of the environment and human rights violations promo…
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Plant diversity increases insect diversity -
Pressemitteilung, 09.04.2019
The more plant species live in grasslands and forests, the more insect species find a habitat there. However, the presence of more plant species does not only increase insect species richness,…
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New Plant Breeding Technologies for Food Security -
Pressemitteilung, 29.03.2019
An international team, including researchers from the University of Göttingen, argues in a perspective article recently published in “Science” that new plant breeding technologies can contribu…
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What "Big Data" reveals about the diversity of species -
Pressemitteilung, 28.03.2019
"Big data" and large-scale analyses are critical for biodiversity research to find out how animal and plant species are distributed worldwide and how ecosystems function. The necessary data ma…
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