Research news (2018)29 August 2018|ResearchBacteria—nature’s trash collector for plastics?Photo: UHH/MIN/LatosCould microorganisms devour and rid the world of microplastics? Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Streit and his team in the Department of Biology at Universität...3 July 2018|ResearchHow extremes can help: improved accuracy for 10-year forecastsPhoto: CC3.0 B.Abis, MPI-MLeonard Borchert’s goal is to make weather forecasts for the next 10 years more accurate. To do so, he has observed the North Atlantic, which strongly...23 May 2018|ResearchInflammatory reactions of the immune system: New collaborative research center on the role of molecules produced in the bodyPhoto: UHH/SchoberScientists in the Faculty of Medicine and the Departments of Chemistry and Biology at Universität Hamburg investigate the role of signaling molecules...9 May 2018|ResearchAlexander von Humboldt Professorship for legal researcher Anne van AakenPhoto: Humboldt-Stiftung/ Svea PietschmannThe Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has awarded Prof. Dr. Anne van Aaken from Universität Hamburg with the renowned Alexander von Humboldt...16 April 2018|ResearchEmissions trading: “A powerful tool that’s become much too complicated”Photo: UHH/RRZ/MCC/MentzThe EU has once again reformed its emissions trading system—even though the previous reform had yet to go into effect. Grischa Perino, professor of...26 February 2018|ResearchOnline now: Sustainability Research MapPhoto: UHH/SukhinaMore than 400 research projects currently involving about 240 scientists and scholars at Universität Hamburg have a connection to the topic of...23 February 2018|ResearchDoctoral candidates want to improve healthcarePhoto: UHH/HCHE/PhillipsAs part of the EU-funded Improving Quality of Care in Europe (IQCE) European Training Network, a total of 15 doctoral candidates from all over the...21 February 2018|ResearchFirst professorship for provenance researchPhoto: UHH/DinglerWhere does an artwork come from? Who traded or plundered it, or who might have destroyed it? And to whom does it rightfully belong? Provenance...26 January 2018|NewsNew spider species named after Bob MarleyPhoto: UHH, RRZ/MCC, MentzThe Desis bobmarleyi is a new species of spider discovered in the corals of Australia. The spider has now been described for the first time in...
