Goethe University

Luciano Rezzolla, Professor for Theoretical Astrophysics at Goethe-University, has been awarded an honorary professorship for his close collaboration with the academic community of New Uzbekistan University and his significant contributions…

ParTec’s component-based strategy is aimed at accelerating quantum innovation and implementation by utilizing a best-of-breed approach.  As such. work package 1 covers the integration of a QuantWare chip based on the 25 qubit Contralto…

The Global Professorships give internationally recognized academics the opportunity to undertake high-risk, curiosity-driven research in the humanities and social sciences at a UK research institution. Recipients are chosen by the highly…

One or two conferences a year, networking with the relevant research institutions in the Rhine-Main region, training and further education with regard to the development and application of sustainability reporting standards –…

The cell’s outer shell determines whether the human adaptive immune system identifies pathogens or not. Figuratively speaking, the cell membrane is the arena where two key players meet: On the one hand, there are receptors, of T cells for…

In 2022, scientists of the EHT unveiled the first image of Sgr A* – which is approximately 27,000 light-years away from Earth – revealing that the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole looks remarkably similar to M87’s, even though it is more…

One of the most fundamental interactions in physics is that of electrons and light. In an experiment at Goethe University Frankfurt, scientists have now managed to observe what is known as the Kapitza-Dirac effect for the first time in full…

The small Caenorhabditis elegans nematode avoids light. While it does not have eyes, some of its cells contain a protein called LITE-1, which warns it of the sun, whose rays are dangerous for the animal. A team of scientists from Goethe…

Wastewater treatment plants are undoubtedly a great achievement. After all, they have made a significant contribution to improving the quality of natural waters. A study published in the journal “Water Research” shows, however, that…

Microbes make up a large part of our body mass - up to one to two kilograms in the intestine alone. Although we now know quite a bit about the important functions of this "microbiome", the role of these endogenous microbes play in…