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An international research team led by the Jenaer Leibniz-Institut für Alternsforschung (FLI) has decoded a biological mechanism significantly responsible for cellular aging and demonstrated its potential reversibility.
The city of Jena has presented its comprehensive “Innenstadtvision 2035” concept to the city development committee, aiming to make the city center more attractive, greener, and multifunctional over the next decade.
In the night from Wednesday to Thursday, a gray Toyota Corolla was stolen in the Westviertel district of Jena. Police have launched an investigation and are asking the public for assistance in locating the perpetrators.
The skyline of Jena’s city center has gained a new glowing attraction: at the top of the new high-rise on the Campus Inselplatz, the name of the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität and its motto have recently begun shining over the city’s rooftops.
Jena, 21.05.2026. Good news for the employees of the insolvent traditional company “Jenaer Leiterplatten”: There is a concrete future perspective for the struggling company, as a rescuing investor is in sight.
The Career Point of Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena is offering an interactive online workshop on how to present oneself optimally in initial interviews and handle difficult questions.
The city council faction Die Linke in Jena is pushing for a significant extension of daily opening hours at the Südbad and Ostbad pools to better accommodate working professionals and families.
A scientific paper from the Max-Planck-Institut für Geoanthropologie in Jena sheds new light on human dietary history: plants were an important food source in tropical rainforests thousands of years before the emergence of systematic agriculture.
The Jena-based high-tech company Göpel Electronic celebrates its 35th anniversary this month, looking back on a successful development from a local spin-off to a globally active specialist for inspection technology.
As part of the nationwide action week “#Krautschau,” two public walks in Jena at the end of May invite participants to explore the diversity of urban wild plants and document them in the cityscape.