University of Bonn
The University of Bonn was established in 1818 in Bonn, Germany. Today, the university has more than 27,000 students. Among notable University of Bonn graduates are seven Nobel Laureates, Friedrich Nietzsche, Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Schumpeter and more. The University of Bonn is noted for its medical genetics, mathematics, physics, chemical biology and neurosciences programs. The University of Bonn publishes its research highlights and abstracts on-line. The University of Bonn is respected world-wide for its research in the sciences.
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Abteilung 8.2 - Presse und Kommunikation
Meinhard Heinze-Haus
Poppelsdorfer Allee 49, 53115 Bonn
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presse [dot] info [at] uni-bonn [dot] de
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0228/73 9464
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0228/73 7451
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"University of Bonn" in the news:
Study shows link between influenza virus and fever
Nov 16, 2009 |
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One feature of the "new influenza" is a sudden rise in temperature. Up to now it was not exactly understood how this reaction occurs. Scientists at the University of Bonn and the Technical University of Munich, Germany, have ...
How much water does the ocean have?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 12, 2009 |
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The calculation of variations in the sea level is relatively simple. It is by far more complicated to then determine the change in the water mass. A team of geodesists and oceanographers from the University of Bonn, as well ...
New therapy gives hope for very severe depression
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Thanks to a new method there is a reason for hope for patients with very severe depression. German physicians at the University Clinics of Bonn and Cologne have treated ten patients with deep brain stimulation. ...
Slimming gene regulates body fat
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Scientists at the University of Bonn, Germany, have discovered a previously unknown fruit fly gene that controls the metabolism of fat. Larvae in which this gene is defective lose their entire fat reserves. Therefore the ...
Researchers explain the activity of black holes at the centre of galaxy clusters
Sep 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers at the University of Bonn have clarified the connection between black holes at the centre of galaxy clusters and surrounding gas, which serves them as "food". The scientists have ...
Scientists cool gas by laser bombardment
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Three decades ago, American and Finnish scientists came up with a very powerful method for cooling gases by "laser bombardment." Only now were physicists at the University of Bonn able to demonstrate that it actually works. ...
Financial Crisis Reduces Economic Freedom in China and the West
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The current financial crisis may reduce economic freedom as governments are likely increase intervention in a bid to protect their own economies - according to a study in Pacific Focus published by Wiley- ...
Physicists take first step towards super-fast search algorithms for quantum computers
Jul 09, 2009 |
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When you toss a coin, you either get heads or tails. By contrast, things are not so definite at the microcosmic level. An atomic 'coin' can display a superposition of heads and tails when it has been thrown. However, this ...
Growth in German children
Jun 19, 2009 |
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German children are taller than 30 years ago, but the increase in height observed during the last century has become slower.
Islands top a global list of places to protect
May 11, 2009 |
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Rare and unique ecological communities will be lost if oceanic islands aren't adequately considered in a global conservation plan, a new study has found. Although islands tend to harbor fewer species than continental lands ...
Genetic variant impairs communication within the brain
Apr 30, 2009 |
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For some time now it has been known that certain hereditary factors enhance the risk of schizophrenia or a manic-depressive disorder. However, just how this occurs had remained obscure. Researchers at the Zentralinstitut ...
Icebergs break away from Antarctic iceshelf
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Satellite images show that icebergs have begun to calve from the northern front of the Wilkins Ice Shelf - indicating that the huge shelf has become unstable. This follows the collapse three ...
Collapse of the ice bridge supporting Wilkins Ice Shelf appears imminent
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Wilkins Ice Shelf is at risk of partly breaking away from the Antarctic Peninsula as the ice bridge that connects it to Charcot and Latady Islands looks set to collapse. The beginning ...
Optimized by Evolution, Ants Don't Have Traffic Jams
Mar 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As highway traffic increases, you'd probably expect a traffic jam, where vehicles slow down due to the high density. While traffic jams are a common occurrence on our highways, high density ...
Vindictiveness doesn't pay
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Vindictiveness doesn't pay. This has been demonstrated by a current study at Bonn and Maastricht Universities. According to this study, a person inclined to deal with inequity on a tit-for-tat basis tends to experience more ...
