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Senate passes motion to vote out the President
On 2 October 2024, the motion to vote out the President, Professor Metin Tolan, was submitted at a special meeting of the Senate of the University of Göttingen. The senators present voted in favour of this dismissal with the necessary majority. The Senate's proposal for dismissal will only take effect if it is confirmed by the University Foundation Committee.
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Skill and technique in Bronze Age spear combat
How can we tell whether and how a prehistoric weapon was used? How can we better understand the dexterity and combat skills involved in Bronze Age spear fighting? A research team including Göttingen University present a new approach to answering these questions: they simulated the actual fight step-by-step to get new insights into fighting styles and the formation of marks on the weapons. In addition, they took into account how these marks change over time.
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Mystery of Uruguay’s amethyst geodes
Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz which has been used as a gemstone for many centuries and is a key economic resource in northern Uruguay. Amethyst geodes have been found in cooled lava flows, which date from the original breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana around 134 million years ago. However, their formation has remained a mystery. So, a research team led by the University of Göttingen investigated using cutting-edge techniques.
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Tollense valley battlefield: arrowheads indicate violent, transregional conflicts in the Bronze Age
In the Tollense valley in Northern Germany, researchers have been investigating the remains of Europe's oldest battlefield since 2008. The remains found point to a violent conflict involving hundreds of fighters in the period around 1250 BC. The origin of those involved has been the subject of much debate. Now a team of researchers has analysed the bronze arrowheads found in the valley and uncovered important information about the likely origin of the fighters.
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Megadiverse flowering plant family on isolated islands
Asteraceae, a family of flowering plants are the most diverse group of flowering plants in the world. This plant family comprises around 34,000 species. A research team found that an unexpectedly high number of evolutionary events occurred in the aster family within relatively short time periods on many islands worldwide.
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Greenwashing in food labelling
A research team led by Göttingen University found that the label ‘climate neutral’ makes food appear significantly more climate-friendly than it actually is. Even when information about how the damage to the climate is being offset was explained, this did not stop consumers gettting the wrong idea. In contrast, a traffic light labelling system helped people to better assess the climate impact of food. The results were published in the journal Food Quality and Preference.
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