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Whether human or dinosaur: In the skull of most land vertebrates there is a hole in the temple area, and in the case of most reptiles there are even two. Scientists have been looking for explanations for these skull shapes for 150 years. A…

Plant leaves need a large area to capture sunlight for photosynthesis. Dr. Emanuele Scacchi and Professor Marja Timmermans from the Center for Molecular Biology of Plants at the University of Tübingen, together with an international team,…

An international research team led by Dr. Gabriel S. Ferreira from the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen has described a new species of giant tortoise from the late Pleistocene. …

The University of Tübingen is once again honoring its researchers' innovative and successful science communication. The Tübingen Prize for Science Communication 2024 goes equally to the Eastern European historian Professor Klaus Gestwa for…

The Association of Friends of the University of Tübingen, the University Association, is celebrating its anniversary: ​​it was founded 100 years ago with the aim of supporting research, education and students at the University of Tübingen. …

Every year more than 20,000 people in Germany die from blood cancer. Blood cancer is actually the most common type of cancer in children. Donations of stem cells from bone marrow or blood increase the chance of survival for people suffering…

The University of Tübingen has mastered the first stage of the current federal and state excellence competition with great success. “Six of our initiatives for the establishment of new clusters of excellence have been asked to submit a…

This year's Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize of the Evangelical Theological Faculty is awarded to the historian David Nirenberg. The faculty of the University of Tübingen honors his research on the relationship between Judaism, Christianity and…

The University of Tübingen is once again honoring its researchers' innovative and successful science communication. The Tübingen Prize for Science Communication 2024 goes equally to the Eastern European historian Professor Klaus Gestwa for…

Research team from the University of Tübingen attributes collection items from Le Moustier, France, to Neanderthals - evidence of higher mental abilities and cultural development Experiment to produce adhesive based on…