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The University of Greifswald honoured outstanding achievements in teaching, studies, and research at the Dies academicus on 30 June 2026. During the…

With the first ERC Advanced Grant ever awarded in its history, University Medicine Greifswald has achieved a scientific success that will enable…

A tiny enzyme in a test tube, an old mattress at a landfill site, and a life-saving drug at the pharmacy: things that seem to have nothing in common…

The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Greifswald celebrated its 75th anniversary on 26 June 2026. Around 150 guests…

Why is it rare for dangerous blood clots to form in our blood? What happens if this safety mechanism fails? An international team of researchers…

On June 26, 2026, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ursula Gather was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Greifswald’s Faculty of Mathematics and…

People living in Germany have more confidence in themselves today than 20 years ago. They have more faith in their ability to influence their own…

An Australian spider has developed a hunting technique that is unique to the animal kingdom. It uses the aggression of its prey to trigger a…

Deep down in many of the old cellars, bunkers and caves, the same quiet routine begins year after year: volunteer nature conservationists count…

Petrus Wickerau’s twenty-five words are among the oldest surviving texts written in Old Prussian. When the manuscript was discovered and published in…