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A research team from the University of Tübingen has shown that great apes have to learn their behavior patterns anew in every generationGreat apes do not pass their behaviors on to the next generation. They do not copy the knowledge of…

After four months, the Botanical Garden of the University of Tübingen and the Museum of the University of MUT "Ancient Cultures" at Hohentübingen Castle will open again. Visitors are very welcome!The botanical garden will open from…

Every year billions of tons of valuable soil are lost worldwide through erosion, much of it is deposited in bodies of water that silt up or silt up as a result. The soil losses measured in Germany range from 1.4 to 3.2 tons per hectare…

Motor proteins generate the forces for mechanical processes in our cells. On a scale of nanometers, i.e. a millionth of a millimeter, they drive our muscles or, among other things, transport substances within a cell. Erik Schäffer can…

An international research team from the Universities of Paraná (Brazil) and Tübingen has developed a rapid test that can reliably detect antibodies against the Covid-19 pathogen SARS-Cov2 in the blood within minutes. As the researchers…

As in previous years, Dr. In 2020, the KH Eberle Foundation will again award the research prize endowed with 250,000 euros for innovative projects at the University of Tübingen. In 2020 the award went to the interdisciplinary project…

In the following, we would like to introduce you to four female and six male scientists who have accepted the position at the University of Tübingen in the past few months:Professor Dr. Robert BamlerProfessorship for Data Science and…

As a by-product of photosynthesis, cyanobacteria produce plastic on a natural basis - sustainably and environmentally friendly. Researchers at the University of Tübingen have now succeeded for the first time in changing the metabolism of…

Integration of top Scottish universities strengthens relations with Great Britain after BrexitThe University of Glasgow is a new associated partner in the European university network CIVIS, which has been funded since 2019 as part of the…

The Tübingen Prize for Older Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology goes to Dr. Anna Florin from the University of Queensland in Brisbane. The Australian is honored for her dissertation “Archaeobotanical investigations into 65,000 years of…