Research news4 February 2025|Press releaseWatching Videos of People with Cold Symptoms Activates Brain Regions and Triggers Immune ResponsePhoto: PexelsPeople watching videos of sneezing or sick people show increased activity at the junction of brain regions and the immune system that react to...28 January 2025|ResearchHow Botanists Help Identify Origins of Victims of the Slave TradePhoto: Nature CommunicationsFrom the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, more than 12.5 million Africans were trafficked to the New World as part of the transatlantic slave...22 January 2025|ResearchSuccess: 11 University of Hamburg Projects Get State Research FundingPhoto: University of Hamburg / von WiedingFrom smart cities and history teaching to AI-based infection and autoimmune research: 16 research projects from a wide range of disciplines were...20 January 2025|ResearchDoing the Research: How Can School Teaching Effectively Provide Informatics Knowledge?Photo: Drazen Zigic via Getty ImagesFrom 1 August 2025, informatics will be a required subject in all Hamburg secondary schools. Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Sandra Schulz at the...15 January 2025|Press releaseSingle-Celled Organisms with Super Powers: tiny organisms buffer fertilizers in the world’s oceansPhoto: UHH/Glock“Foraminifera” are found in all of the world’s oceans. Now, an international study headed by the University of Hamburg has shown that these tiny...13 January 2025|ResearchThe Most Poisonous Spider in the World includes 3 Different SpeciesPhoto: University of Hamburg/EsfandiariThe Sydney funnel web spider is one of the most poisonous spiders in the world. One international research team, which includes the Leibniz Institute...7 January 2025|Press releaseWir wollen’s wissen— The University Visits SchoolsPhoto: University of HamburgIn the interactive teaching format Wir wollen’s wissen, University of Hamburg researchers trade the lecture hall for the classroom and present their...4 December 2024|ResearchDoing the Research series: Can People Born Blind Learn to See?Photo: Sebastian EngelsOur brain can adapt to changing conditions throughout life, but some processes are only possible in the developing brain. Within a German-Indian...4 December 2024|ResearchSTEM Success in Elementary Schools Despite CoronaPhoto: UHH/Constanze KoschwitzThe Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) for 2023 given to fourth graders in Germany shows consistent performance in...25 November 2024|ResearchNew Collaborative Research Center for Liver ResearchPhoto: UKEThe German Research Foundation has approved a new collaborative research center for liver research. The new CRC 1700 will focus on the regulation of...Show all news
