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By rewetting peatlands, novel ecosystems are formed that show new hydrological, geochemical and vegetational properties. Their functions have to be analysed differently, i.e. previous knowledge about how near-natural peatlands function is only partly relevant. This is the conclusion from the results…

Physicists call the atomic nucleus of tin-100 doubly magic because it simultaneously has two shell closures. Nevertheless, it is very difficult to measure its mass. An international group of scientists at the European research centre CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire) including…

After a concept phase of two years, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Baltic Sea Region Research (IFZO) is now entering its first research phase (2021–2026). The official digital launch took place on 2 June 2021. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding the interdisciplinary…

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans Joosten needs only three words to describe his lifelong mission: “Mires require moisture!” The peatland scientist is now receiving one of the highest endowed awards of its kind in Europe for his research and his fight against peatland drainage and thus for more climate…

The University of Greifswald has joined the international network Scholars at Risk (SAR). The network brings together over 500 academic institutions; its goal is to support academic freedom and to protect threatened and politically persecuted scholars.

Vaccines are vital for controlling the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2. However, following widespread vaccination using a recombinant adenoviral vector encoding the spike protein antigen of SARS-CoV-2 (AZD1222, AstraZeneca), reports have emerged of some vaccine recipients developing…

A new substance could improve the treatment of persistent cancers. Researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the University of Greifswald have developed a new inhibitor that makes drug-resistant tumour cells respond again to chemotherapy. The new substance blocks a protein…

The Research Award 2020 of the German Duchenne Foundation, funded with 25.000 euros, goes to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The two prize winners are Dr. Alf Spitschak of University Medicine Rostock and Prof. Dr. Heinrich Brinkmeier of University Medicine Greifswald.

Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Michael North from the University of Greifswald’s Department of History has been appointed Humboldt Scout as part of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's Henriette Herz Scouting Programme. 33 researchers from Germany were selected by an interdisciplinary committee in the…

What does the internal structure of atomic nuclei look like? Physicists can approach this question by using precision measurements of the weight, size, and shape of atomic nuclei. An international research team, including physicists from Greifswald, has now studied the short-lived mercury isotopes…