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In 2024, 953 people nationwide donated one or several organs after their deaths, for roughly 8,600 patients who need one.

The German army (Bundeswehr) to increase the number of soldiers in response to increased foreign threat levels.

The LEO study and the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies measure and literacy in adults.

Miomantis caffra is a species native to South Africa, but is now also found in New Zealand, Australia, the USA, and even Portugal.

Do major sporting events such as the Olympic Games-besides garnering a lot of attention-advance human rights and democracy in the host country?

Researchers at the University of Hamburg and DESY have found clues to the elusive toponium. With this discovery, the fundamental structure of all matter could be deciphered in even greater detail.

An international research team, including researchers from the Department of Biology at the University of Hamburg, sequenced the complete genomes of 6 primate species that are closely related to humans.

Why do we opt for unhealthy food when we're hungry? A new study by researchers at the University of Hamburg shows that hunger doesn't just shape our preferences, it also influences how we view food at different times. Nutritional value and healthy choices tend to take a back seat. Have you ever walked through a supermarket, stomach grumbling, and tried to choose healthy food over tastier but less healthy options? Anyone faced with rows of colorful products knows this feeling.

Using weather data, a traditional climate calculation model, and artificial intelligence, Dr. Daniel Krieger of the University of Hamburg's Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability

On 2 February 2025, in the midst of the Arctic winter, the temperature at the North Pole was a tad over freezing.

The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding a new research group at the University of Hamburg.

Academic surveys of groups can become less reliable if participants stop responding in the course the survey.

Climate change is forcing people to adapt to changed environmental conditions. How they do so is crucial.

On 23 and 24 July, pop singer Taylor Swift gave 2 concerts in the Hamburg Volkspark stadium. Those who couldn't get tickets could at least watch the seismic waves created during the performance, via a live stream from the WAVE network at Science City Hamburg-Bahrenfeld.

How and why do the perception and acceptance of political rules and institutions change? This is the hot-button question that a new research group on major structural change, headed by Lydia Mechtenberg from University of Hamburg, is asking.

From basic research to everyday use: the Institute for Quantum Physics at Universität Hamburg and the IT provider Lufthansa Industry Solutions are jointly developing quantum algorithms to optimize operations at airports.

A large city's sewage contains a huge variety of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other microscopic organisms.

Several research groups at the Department of Physics at Universität Hamburg will receive almost €5 million over the next three years for their joint projects at the world's largest particle accelerator.

To limit global warming, Germany is set to become climate-neutral in 2045.

Marine heat waves in the Arctic will become a regular occurrence in the future and can be traced back to the human-induced rise in greenhouse gases.

The planning phase for the innovative space observatory LISA was completed successfully. This marks the start of the implementation phase of a large-scale international project that includes 3 research groups at Universität Hamburg.

How do immune cells move in infectious regions of the body? And how do newly developed agents reach places, for example, where they can fight tumors? X-ray fluorescence imaging, developed further at Universität Hamburg, provides new insight into these questions. Now a team at Universität Hamburg wants to improve access to this technology in cooperation with Siemens- Healthineers and TU Berlin.

To what extent does the process of creating a constitution influence its content and a population's adherence and acceptance? Now an international research team from Universität Hamburg and Warsaw are attempting to answer these questions. The German Research Foundation and the National Science Center of Poland are funding the 3-year project with €480,000.

Höhere Strukturen, Modulräume und Integrabilität-this is the title of a new collaborative research center at Universität Hamburg.

The report follows on the heels of the University's sustainability report (2015-2018). The climate protection report is based only on greenhouse gas emissions, not on the entire spectrum of sustainability.

Whether at the dentist or orthopedist: X-ray examinations are among the most common diagnostic procedures.