The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved a new Transregional Collaborative Research Centre at the University of Cologne: Together with scientists at the Universities of Hamburg and Münster, the researchers will study the control processes in the kidney filter.

Combination therapy with two cancer drugs prolongs the life of mice

The university has again received the HR Excellence in Research Award from the European Commission. The reviewers particularly emphasized the comprehensive HR strategy and the research-friendly working culture

The interplay of different ideas shapes how students learn and understand specific concepts in biology. A new study has investigated how a scientific understanding of evolution can be promoted / publication in ‘Science Education’

A representative study taken in thirty European countries shows that women with low socio-economic status in particular are less satisfied with their lives than childless women in the same social situation. In Northern European countries, parenthood is associated with the highest levels of satisfaction and meaning / publication in the “Journal of Marriage and Family”

Five proposals for Clusters of Excellence win funding in the federal competition / Clusters in the fields of aging research, astrophysics, plant sciences, quantum research and economics will receive funding

The University of Cologne awards excellent researchers from the natural and life sciences, the humanities, economics and social sciences

Using new observations with the ALMA telescope array in Chile, researchers have compiled the most precise map of three regions in the Milky Way’s Central Molecular Zone to date, providing valuable information on how stars from in that region / publication in ‘Astronomy & Astrophysics’

The West German Genome Center has been re-established on a new legal basis, allowing it to continue its internationally competitive genome research in the medical field and the life sciences. The center provides state-of-the-art genome technologies for medical and biodiversity research, plant breeding and other areas of genetics.

The Institute of Air Law, Space Law and Cyber Law celebrates its centenary / Mayor Henriette Reker and Thomas von Danwitz, Vice-President of the European Court of Justice, are the keynote speakers