Press releases published in English

May 2012

• Newly identified gene helps to increase sugar beet yields
  

  (143/2012, 16.05.2012)

• Ready, Set, Go – find the AgroGenes!
  Apply for the Master of Science Programme “AgriGenomics“ now
  

  (136/2012, 10.05.2012)

• What do marine snails and insulin have in common?
  Scientists at Kiel University are following a new approach to treat diabetes
  

  (135/2012, 10.05.2012)

• The electronic „Pavlov’s Dog“
  Nanotechnology scientists and memory researchers at the Kiel University redesigned a mental learning process using electronic circuits
  

  (131/2012, 08.05.2012)

April 2012

• Nano materials for medical measuring devices
  New magnetoelectric sensors for deep brain stimulation
  

  (121/2012, 26.04.2012)

• People, population and diseases in the Middle Ages
  Interreg-Project “Bones4Culture“: the first analyses of 700 skeletons from the city of Schleswig
  

  (98/2012, 16.04.2012)

February 2012

• Eat and let die
  Kiel biologist discovers new animal enzyme to use plant toxins for self-defence
  

  (48/2012, 21.02.2012)

January 2012

• Into the Future of Genome Research at Kiel University
  International degree programme “AgriGenomics” launched successfully
  

  (11/2012, 17.01.2012)

November 2011

• From the banks of the Kiel Fjord all the way to Mars
  NASA and DLR place their trust in technology developed in Kiel, Germany
  

  (201/2011, 25.11.2011)

• Kiel’s world record in efficient data transmission
  

  (182/2011, 10.11.2011)

October 2011

• At the cutting edge
  International Master’s degree programme ‘Digital Communications’ files patent applications
  

  (155/2011, 13.10.2011)

• Closer to the sun
  ESA chooses Solar Orbiter mission
  

  (146/2011, 05.10.2011)

September 2011

• If insurance companies pay out too often, farmers will be threatened with ruin in the long term
  First study on the ecological consequences of rain-index insurance
  

  (131/2011, 20.09.2011)

• Global Diving Conference takes place at Kiel University
  

  (124/2011, 06.09.2011)

August 2011

• Exotic Quantum crystal discovered
  Kiel researchers discover novel state of crystal matter
  

  (104/2011, 10.08.2011)

• Lattice of magnetic vortices
  Researchers find magnetic skyrmions in atomically thin metal film
  

  (100/2011, 01.08.2011)

June 2011

• Microscopy Conference 2011 (PDF)
  

  (74/2011, Press release of the Institute of Materials Science and German Society for Electron Mircoscopy e.V. vom 16.06.2011)

March 2011

• Rapid etching X-rayed
  Physicists unveil processes during fast chemical dissolution
  

  (27/2011, 22.03.2011)

• Ultra high speed film
  Kiel nano-scientists take snapshots of electronic states
  

  (21/2011, 09.03.2011)

• Stem cell research without animal experiments
  International research team develops innovative test for stem cells
  

  (19/2011, 07.03.2011)

February 2011

• Productive plants for the future
  Kiel University coordinates international network "Crop Life"
  

  (10/2011, 04.02.2011)

January 2011

• Tiny magnetic switch discovered
  Scientists at Kiel University develop molecular machine in form of record player
  

  (7/2011, 28.01.2011)

December 2010

• Shift work and metabolic disorders
  A German-Danish co-operation project investigates twins
  

  (188/2010, 21.12.2010)

• Water pathways from the deep-sea to volcanoes
  Marine scientists prove water cycle in subduction zones
  

  (187/2010, 20.12.2010)

• Therapy for incurable childhood diseases is in sight
  Kiel University research project receives around six million euros
  

  (184/2010, 08.12.2010)

• Electron "Pairing"
  Triplet superconductivity proven experientially for first time
  

  (176/2010, 01.12.2010)

November 2010

• Five atoms for good contact
  A team of scientists headed by Kiel University physicist studies molecules as conductors
  

  (166/2010, 15.11.2010)

• Discovery of an anti-inflammatory substance
  Biochemists at Kiel University, along with international scientists, have identified an important messenger in the immune system
  

  (164/2010, 08.11.2010)

October 2010

• Protecting embryos against microbes
  Scientists at Kiel University decipher fundamental protective mechanisms
  

  (153/2010, 05.10.2010)

• Disappearing glaciers enhanced biodiversity
  Fossils reveal history of marine diversity in Chile
  

  (152/2010, 04.10.2010)

September 2010

• Parliamentary Evening at the Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu Kiel
  The Excellence Initiative proposal has been submitted
  

  (137/2010, 01.09.2010)

August 2010

• Shanghai Ranking 2010: Christian Albrecht University 12th among German Universities
  

  (128/2010, 20.08.2010)

• Historian Christoph Cornelißen to be Gerda Henkel Visiting Professorship at the LSE and the German Historical Institute London (PDF)
  

  (127/2010, Press release: Gerda Henkel Stiftung vom 17.08.2010)

April 2010

• Bone-eating worms 30 Mio. years old
  Scientists at University of Kiel, Germany, find traces of Osedax in fossil whale bones
  

  (64/2010, 20.04.2010)

November 2009

• In Touch with Molecules
  

  (114/2009, 12.11.2009)

August 2009

• X chromosomal genetic variant delays progression to AIDS in HIV-infected women
  

  (78/2009, 13.08.2009)

February 2009

• Periodontitis and myocardial infarction: a shared genetic predisposition
  

  (19/2009, 13.02.2009)

• Living longer thanks to the "longevity gene"
  Kiel scientists prove that 100-year-old Europeans carry a special sequence variation of the FOXO3A gene
  

  (12/2009, 02.02.2009)

January 2009

• Genetic defect in human epilepsy
  Scientists find link between genetic defect on chromosome 15 and epilepsy
  

  (3/2009, 14.01.2009)

November 2008

• "Orphan" genes play an important role in evolution
  

  (107/2008, 18.11.2008)

October 2008

• Can genetic information be controlled by light?
  Researchers at Kiel University report sequence-dependent effects of light on DNA
  

  (92/2008, 10.10.2008)

September 2008

• The green Sahara, a desert in bloom
  

  (88/2008, 30.09.2008)

May 2008

• Discovery of first genes for ulcerative colitis
  Kiel University: yet another breakthrough in research into inflammatory diseases
  

  (47/2008, 19.05.2008)

November 2007

• Marine and climate research at Kiel University awarded EUR 9.3 million
  New collaborative research centre to investigate interactions between climate and oxygen budget of tropical oceans
  

  (89/2007, 22.11.2007)

October 2007

• Excellence cluster and graduate schools successful
  Research in Kiel, Lübeck and Borstel to receive around EUR 45 million
  

  (82/2007, 19.10.2007)

June 2007

• New Focal Point of Research for Kiel University
  Nature as an Example: Nanotechnology and Surface Science
  

  (48/2007, 26.06.2007)

January 2007

• "A huge success for Kiel University"
  Applications for a cluster and a graduate school in the next round of the Initiative for Excellence
  

  (2/2007, 12.01.2007)

October 2006

• Success for a Cluster of Excellence
  36 million for research in Schleswig-Holstein
  

  (85/2006, 13.10.2006)

May 2006

• Overcoming a Genetic Defect
  Kiel University coordinates European research project on alpha-mannosidosis
  

  (43/2006, 30.05.2006)

March 2006

• Breakthrough in Cell and Developmental Biology
  Zoologists in Kiel succeed for the first time in transforming stem cells in freshwater polyps
  

  (23/2006, 21.03.2006)

December 2005

• Crystal of holes discovered
  Physicists at Kiel University discover an unusual state of matter
  

  (126/2005, 05.12.2005)

November 2005

• What caused the ice sheet to grow?
  New link between atmospheric CO₂, temperature and the Earth's orbit
  

  (121/2005, 23.11.2005)

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