Some animal species can survive successfully without sexual reproduction Studying a species of beetle mite, an international research team has demonstrated for the first time that animals can… Read more
Researchers find potential parasites in the most common amoeba in wastewater treatment plants Rhogostoma minus is the most common amoeba in wastewater treatment plants worldwide. It can serve as a host for bacteria… Read more
Claus Kress appointed as Special Adviser to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Cologne legal scholar Claus Kress has been appointed as Special Adviser for the Crime of Aggression by the Prosecutor of… Read more
Model to predict the angle of repose of sand hills developed Geophysicists solve a key problem in physics and provide results that can be applied in such diverse areas as planetary… Read more
Willingness to take part in demonstrations depends on group size The size of one’s own group motivates protestors more than the number of counter-demonstrators / interdisciplinary study… Read more
THE Ranking: University of Cologne among the TOP 180 Universities worldwide University of Cologne comes in at place 172 internationally and place 18 nationally. Read more
Between hope and reservations: Study on what students expect of remote learning At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, teaching and learning at German brick-and-mortar universities shifted to… Read more
Cave paintings in Spain originate from Neanderthals Studies of pigments from wall paintings in Cueva Ardales, a cave in southern Spain, have confirmed the assumption that… Read more
Scientists discover new regulators of the aging process The attachment of the small protein ubiquitin to other proteins (ubiquitination) regulates numerous biological… Read more
Model developed to predict the effect of antibody treatment in HIV infection The dosage of broadly neutralizing antibodies determines the ability for virus replication / findings can contribute to… Read more