Could microorganisms devour and rid the world of microplastics? Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Streit and his team in the Department of Biology at Universität...
29 August 2018|Research
Bacteria—nature’s trash collector for plastics?
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4 July 2018|Pressemitteilung
New DFG Center for Advanced Studies to research sustainability
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The German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) has granted funding for a new Center for Advanced Study at Universität Hamburg...
4 July 2018|Pressemitteilung
Hamburg scientists combine experimental expertise
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Two separate research fields have been united in Hamburg for the very first time. Ultrashort laser pulses enable us to observe and manipulate matter...
3 July 2018|Research
How extremes can help: improved accuracy for 10-year forecasts
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Leonard Borchert’s goal is to make weather forecasts for the next 10 years more accurate. To do so, he has observed the North Atlantic, which strongly...
26 June 2018|Pressemitteilung
35 years of marine conservation: the lack of a strategy increases the need for protected areas
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Although more than 16 percent of all national waters are now protected, many ecoregions and countries are not included. The current reserve system is...
29 May 2018|Research
Climate pros “made in Hamburg”: 10 years of SICSS Graduate School
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They hail from India and Russia, Brazil, Iran and Germany, and after finishing their studies they work in e.g. Africa, the Americas or Europe: climate...
Contribution from the news channel CEN News
23 May 2018|Research
Inflammatory reactions of the immune system: New collaborative research center on the role of molecules produced in the body
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Scientists in the Faculty of Medicine and the Departments of Chemistry and Biology at Universität Hamburg investigate the role of signaling molecules...
11 May 2018|Research
The search for radio galaxies in the vast universe
The Low Frequency Array, also known as LOFAR, is an innovative digital radio telescope based in The Netherlands and spanning 6 European countries...
9 May 2018|Research
Alexander von Humboldt Professorship for legal researcher Anne van Aaken
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The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has awarded Prof. Dr. Anne van Aaken from Universität Hamburg with the renowned Alexander von Humboldt...
16 April 2018|Research
Emissions trading: “A powerful tool that’s become much too complicated”
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The EU has once again reformed its emissions trading system—even though the previous reform had yet to go into effect. Grischa Perino, professor of...