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PhD student Monika Monika at the set-up where the experiments were conducted.
Image: Ira Winkler/Universität Jena
Research
Hotter than infinity – Light pulses can behave like an exotic gas
Physicists at the Universities of Jena and Central Florida investigate light with negative temperatures
Prof. Dr Christian Geis.
Image: Michael Szabó/UKJ
Research
Putting out the fire in the brain
DFG Research Unit Develops a Potential Treatment for Autoimmune Encephalitis
Collective honey foraging by two teenage boys. Here they use a technique in which they smoke the bee hives to avoid getting stung.
Image: Bryndan van Pinxteren
Life
Research
Why are our brains so huge?
Ways to acquire and gather food could be a major evolutionary driver of our large brains.
Large asteroid impacts can melt significant amounts of material from Earth's crust (artist's impression).
Illustration: NASA, Don Davis
Research
Asteroid impact in slow motion
Researchers at the University of Jena and the German Electron Synchrotron DESY solve a 60-year-old mystery with a high-pressure study
Roman Yos, Max Beck and Nicholas Coomann (from left) explore emigration in philosophy.
Image: Jürgen Scheere (University of Jena)
Research
Escape and Exile of German-Language Philosophy
Philosophers at Friedrich Schiller University Jena research the history of the political emigration of their discipline during the Nazi era
Flies also fulfil important ecosystem functions.
Image: Shawan Chowdhury
Life
Research
76 % of assessed insect species worldwide not adequately covered by protected areas
Researchers propose to consider insects in the expansion and new designation of protected areas
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Dove of peace against a yellow-blue background.
Support for Ukraine
University of Jena on the war in Ukraine and the support of students and staff affected by the war

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