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A new research group in the field of computational astrophysics is starting its work at Heidelberg University in August 2022. It is based at the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR) and the Centre for Astronomy of…

With participants from all over the world, Heidelberg University’s International Summer School of German Language and Culture is taking place in person again after a two-year Covid break. Around 330 young people from 57 countries are…

A centre for model-based artificial intelligence has been set up at Heidelberg University to link mathematical modelling methods with information processing in neuronal networks. The Carl Zeiss Foundation (CZS) is funding the CZS…

The first edition of the newly conceptualised research magazine RUPERTO CAROLA appeared ten years ago, with the ambition of showcasing top-level research at Heidelberg University, its researchers and the special strengths of the…

A new research unit at Heidelberg University – the Research Center for Aramean Studies – will focus not only on the Semitic language Aramaic but also on the literature, art, history, sociology and migration of Arameans, with special…

Emissions of greenhouse gases contribute significantly to global warming. Not only carbon dioxide (CO2) but also fluorine-containing gases – including so-called per- or polyfluorinated hydrocarbons, or PFCs – have a significant share in…

The studies in CRC 873 have focused on discovering what underlying cross-organismal mechanisms regulate the maintenance and differentiation processes of stem cells, focusing primarily on adult stem cells. The investigations aimed to…

As a molecular machine found in the cells of all organisms, the ribosome is responsible for making new proteins. It reads the blueprint for a certain protein on a messenger molecule – known as messenger RNA (mRNA) – and then converts this…

The formation of the greenhouse gas methane is based on a universal mechanism. Scientists at Heidelberg University and the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg have made this discovery. The interdisciplinary…

The contributions of this 19th issue lead into the depths of the cosmos, in which matter, space and time came into being with the Big Bang approximately 13.8 billion years ago; they deal with the biblical account of creation and with the…