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More Sustainability in the EU:
European Bioeconomy University Celebrates Fifth Anniversary [27.11.2024]
8 partner universities, 21 joint EU projects in education and research, 172 students: The 5-year balance sheet of the European Bioeconomy University (EBU) is impressive. Six leading European universities in the field of bioeconomy joined forces to form this alliance in 2019 on the initiative of the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, and in 2023 they were joined by two...more
Animal teamwork: birds, bees and bats working together means more macadamia nuts [06.11.2024]
The interaction of bees, bats and birds has a decisive influence on the quantity and quality of macadamia nuts. This is the conclusion reached by an international research team led by the universities of Göttingen and Hohenheim. The effectiveness of animal ecosystem services - pollination and biological pest control- also depends on the altitude of the area and whether it...more
New Centre of Excellence:
DAAD funds agricultural and nutritional research with South Africa [23.10.2024]
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is supporting the establishment of a new Centre of Excellence for Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems and Applied Agricultural and Food Data Science in South Africa. The University of Hohenheim as well as three South African and one Malawian partner university are involved in the project. Funding totalling almost 6.5 million euros...more
Wind energy:
Misinformation about wind farms is widespread [21.10.2024]
Wind turbines are harmful to health and economically inefficient - such misinformation undermines the social acceptance of wind turbines. However, they are widespread and meet with great approval: over a quarter of respondents in representative studies involving the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart agree with a variety of misinformation. This mainly depends on the...more
"Science" publication:
Ants have been farming – for 66 million years [17.10.2024]
Humans are not the only ones who farm – ants have been practicing this art for much longer. They cultivate fungi. For more than 66 million years, as demonstrated by researchers with the support of the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart. This was made possible by gene sequencing, from which an evolutionary tree of the fungi could be generated. By combining this with the ants'...more