Mount Etna’s exceptional CO2 emissions are triggered by deep carbon dioxide reservoirs Magma transports carbon dioxide stored in the Earth’s mantle to volcanoes, where it is released into the atmosphere.… Read more
Fungal infections in Africa: no adequate treatment despite millions of affected patients A survey in 21 African countries has shown that medical care needs to be enhanced in the area of fungal infections.… Read more
Deadly combination: new direct trigger for cell death discovered Understanding the basic mechanisms that lead to cell death (apoptosis) is essential for the development of therapies for… Read more
Two ERC Starting Grants for UoC researchers Physicist Junior Professor Dr Marcel Schubert and economist Professor Dr Matthias Heinz each receive one of the most… Read more
How the Amazon Basin waters the Atacama Desert Water from the Amazon basin is the dominant source of precipitation in the Atacama Desert / Findings will help to… Read more
Unequal cycling boom: bicycles are increasingly turning into status symbols Cycling increased in Germany by more than 40 per cent between 1996 and 2018. This trend mostly affects people with a… Read more
Infant stars identified at the centre of our galaxy A cosmic object originally classified as a gas and dust cloud actually consists of three stars / study published in ‘The… Read more
Defense or repair: How immune cells are controlled during wound healing For the first time, scientists show a causal link between tissue repair, mitochondrial metabolism, and the activation… Read more
Plant pathogen evades immune system by targeting the microbiome A Dutch-German research collaboration has discovered how a pathogenic fungus can bypass the immune system of plants. By… Read more
New Collaborative Research Centre and continued funding for two CRCs at the University of Cologne New Collaborative Research Centre in lymphoma and inflammation research / existing CRCs ‘Predictability in Evolution’… Read more