Climate conditions during the migration of Homo sapiens out of Africa reconstructed Climate reconstruction of the last 200,000 years from East Africa illustrates the living conditions of Homo sapiens when… Read more
An unusual symbiosis of a ciliate, green alga, and purple bacterium The intracellular purple sulfur bacterium “Candidatus Thiodictyon intracellulare” has lost the ability to oxidize sulfur… Read more
Lockdown review: Face-to-face exchange makes adolescents happier than online contact Online contact could not replace face-to-face contact during the second school lockdown / Report on the results of the… Read more
Turbulence in interstellar gas clouds reveals multi-fractal structures The German-French Cooperation Programme GENESIS describes the complex structure of the interstellar medium using a new… Read more
Extreme CO2 greenhouse effect heated up the young Earth Although sun radiation was relatively low, the temperature on the young Earth was warm. An international team of… Read more
Layer by layer: Scientists decipher how skin layers are formed Cologne scientists present a new two-phase model of skin formation | The data provide insights into the balance of… Read more
A plant–fungus partnership is at the origin of terrestrial vegetation Plants that exist on land today have genes that allow them to exchange valuable lipids with beneficial fungi. This… Read more
New atomically precise graphene nanoribbon heterojunction sensor developed A team of physicists and chemists has developed a highly sensitive sensor, which was made possible by a new… Read more
New indicator for oxygen levels in early oceans developed A geoscientific research team led by scientists from the University of Cologne has come a decisive step closer to… Read more
Johanna Hey takes office as the University of Cologne’s new Vice-Rector for International Affairs Legal scholar elected as member of the Rectorate / internationalization and digitalization to be enhanced at the… Read more