News Location Channel: Germany

"Golden" fossils reveal origins of exceptional preservation

University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) — Tue, 02 May 2023 17:55:38 EST

A recent study by scientists at The University of Texas at Austin and collaborators found that many of the fossils from Germany's Posidonia shale do not get their gleam from pyrite, commonly known as fool's gold, which was long thought to be the source of the shine. Instead, the golden hue is from a mix of minerals that hints at the conditions in which the fossils formed.

Pain out of control

Ruhr-Universitat Bochum — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 15:05:36 EST

A study conducted by the team at the Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, provides evidence that certain brain areas involved in processing pain don't function normally in fibromyalgia patients. In healthy people, they ensure that pain that we can control is easier to bear.

Insect decline also occurs in forests

Technische Universitat Darmstadt — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 17:00:18 EST

The number of insects has been declining for years. This has already been well documented for agricultural areas. In forests, however, temporal trends are mostly studied for insect species that are considered pests.

East and West Germans show preference for different government systems 30 years on

De Gruyter — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:35:22 EST

Even after 27 years of reunification, East Germans are still more likely to be pro-state support than their Western counterparts, a new study published in the De Gruyter journal German Economic Review finds. Of the sample studied, 48% of respondents from the East said it was the government's duty to support the family compared to 35% from the West.

How the Nazi years influenced the Nobel Prize in Literature

University of Gothenburg — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 22:05:34 EST

Paulus Tiozzo studied the Nobel Prize and German literature for his thesis. Previously inaccessible archival material shows how members of the Swedish Academy viewed German literature during the two World Wars and the influence that Adolf Hitler and Nazism had on the Nobel Prize.

German-made tanks heading to Ukraine, is it enough?

Cornell University — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 13:45:24 EST

Climate change in the forests of northern Germany

University of Gottingen — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 19:35:04 EST

More and more trees are suffering the consequences of decades of man-made climate change.

Maryland Smith Expert Available on U.S. Liquidity Risk from Crises in Germany and Italy

University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 15:05:31 EST

GW Expert Available to Discuss Russia's Reduction of Gas to Germany

George Washington University — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 14:05:10 EST

Rewriting the History of the Autobiographical Graphic Novel

University of Adelaide — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 20:05:42 EST

"I donated the comics to the University of Adelaide to ensure that the history of the camps, and the experiences of the prisoners, are remembered. It is appropriate that the comics be kept in the University's Library where they will be read, researched, and appreciated for years to come." Ms Goers Fox's donation, consisting of five small books, is the only full collection of all five of Friedrich's books known to exist.

Women earn less than men overall, but the gender pay gap is smaller in occupations with a higher ratio of male employees, according to study of over 6,000 Germans

PLOS — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 14:00:00 EST

Press release by the Association for Vertical Farming, Munich Germany April 18th, 2022

Green Bronx Machine — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 07:00:06 EST

The Association for Vertical Farming (AVF) is pleased to announce our partnership with our new advisory board member, Stephen Ritz, and his non-profit, Green Bronx Machine.

Germany-Wide Pilot Project for Coronavirus Detection in Wastewater

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 06:05:59 EST

Coronaviruses can be detected in wastewater some days before first disease symptoms develop. On this basis, it is possible to determine the number of infections more quickly, analyze the infection situation more precisely, and identify new Covid-19 variants and their spread at an earlier stage. The project "Systematic Monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater" coordinated by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) now plans to leverage these potentials and to find out whether and how a wastewater-based Covid-19 early warning system can be implemented in Germany. The project is funded by the European Union with about EUR 3.7 million.

GW Expert Available to Discuss Recent German Elections

George Washington University — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 11:30:28 EST

Social distancing measures in the spring of 2020 effectively curbed the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

University of Cologne — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 17:45:46 EST

The measures adopted in mid-March 2020 to contain the COVID-19 pandemic both greatly reduced people's mobility and effectively prevented the spread of COVID-19 in the following three weeks.

Germany election 'spectacular result' for far-right party

Cornell University — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:20:46 EST

After the flood disaster in western Germany: what science must find answers to

GFZ GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 10:25:16 EST

On 14 July 2021, between 60 and 180 mm of rain fell in the Eifel region in just 22 hours - an amount that would otherwise have fallen in several months and which led to catastrophic flooding.

Historian offers first deep dive into secret German-Soviet alliance that laid groundwork for WWII

University of Notre Dame — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 14:30:31 EST

In new research, Ian Johnson, the P. J. Moran Family Assistant Professor of Military History at the University of Notre Dame, details the inner workings of the German-Soviet alliance that laid the foundation for Germany's rise and ultimate downfall in World War II.

Germans want open communication of uncertainty in the coronavirus pandemic

Max Planck Institute for Human Development — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 12:30:59 EST

The COVID-19 pandemic has once again highlighted the uncertainty inherent in science.

Modeling COVID-19 Data Must Be Done With Extreme Care

American Institute of Physics (AIP) — Tue, 19 May 2020 11:00:00 EST

As the virus causing COVID-19 began its devastating spread, an international team of scientists was alarmed by the lack of uniform approaches by various countries' epidemiologists. Data modeling to predict the numbers of likely infections varied widely and revealed a high degree of uncertainty. In the journal Chaos, the group describes why modeling and extrapolating the evolution of COVID-19 outbreaks in near real time is an enormous scientific challenge that requires a deep understanding of the nonlinearities underlying the dynamics of epidemics.