The University of Göttingen is an internationally renowned research university. Founded in 1737 in the Age of Enlightenment, the University is committed to the values of social responsibility of science, democracy, tolerance and justice. It offers a comprehensive range of subjects across 13 faculties: in the natural sciences, humanities, social sciences and medicine. With about 28,000 students and more than 210 degree programmes, the University is one of the largest in Germany.
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5,700 years history of Caribbean storms
The number of tropical storms and hurricanes in the southwestern Caribbean has increased continuously over the past 5,700 years – and many times over in the past few decades. This is shown by reconstruction based on annually layered sediments, deposited in the Great Blue Hole, an underwater cave off the coast of Belize. An international research team created the most comprehensive list of storm events in the area to date.
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Historic Site for Physics
The European Physical Society (EPS) has named the City of Göttingen an “EPS Historic Site” in recognition of its leading role in the development of quantum mechanics. Quantum mechanics and so quantum physics were found in Göttingen in 1925. The new theory rapidly developed and, even to this day, continues to fundamentally shape our understanding of nature. The official monument showing the award will stand in front of the Forum Wissen – the knowledge museum of the University of Göttingen.
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Magma in motion: when is an eruption triggered?
How long before the actual volcanic eruption are there warning signals deep down inside the Earth? Researchers investigated by analysing volcanic deposits from an eruption that occurred near Naples 40,000 years ago. They found that fresh magma rising from depths caused the volcano to erupt within around 60 years. However, according to the researchers, this “warning time” – meaning the time until rising magma triggers an eruption – depends largely on the magma temperature.
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Artificial neurons organize themselves
Novel artificial neurons learn independently and are more strongly modeled on their biological counterparts. Researchers from the Göttingen Campus Institute for Dynamics of Biological Networks at the University of Göttingen and the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization have programmed these infomorphic neurons and constructed artificial neural networks from them. The special feature is that the individual artificial neurons learn in a self-organized way and draw the necessary information from their immediate environment in the network.
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Global patterns in seed plant distribution over millions of years
Why do some plants thrive in specific regions but not in others? A study led by researchers at the University of Göttingen explores the factors shaping plant distributions and how these patterns have changed over millions of years. Analyzing nearly 270,000 seed plant species worldwide, the research highlights the roles of environmental conditions and dispersal barriers in influencing global plant diversity. The results were published in Nature Ecology & Evolution.
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Exhibition "What the quantum?!"
“What the quantum?!” is the exhibition to celebrate the Quantum Year 2025 in the Forum Wissen, the knowledge museum of the University of Göttingen. The Forum Wissen is dedicating a large special exhibition to mark the topic of quantum mechanics, whose history is closely linked with Göttingen University. The exhibition tells the story of quantum physics from the year 1900 right up to the present day. It will run at the Forum Wissen from 27 March to 14 September 2025.
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