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20 May 2022 / University of Augsburg

Technology-specific raw materials show a short useful life in the life cycle assessment

A team of researchers from Bordeaux, Augsburg and Bayreuth has studied 61 different metals…

19 May 2022 / University of Bayreuth

Honorary doctorate from the University of Bayreuth for the African sociologist and women's rights activist Fatou Sow

She is a pioneer of gender studies in Africa and a feminist who has combined her scholarly…

18 May 2022 / TUM

Role of vegetation in reducing thermal stress in urban areas

Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) conducted a multi-year empirical…

18 May 2022 / University of Bayreuth

New study examines microplastic pollution in Rhine floodplain near Cologne

Microplastic particles can be deposited in river floodplains and penetrate into deeper…

18 May 2022 / JMU Würzburg

On the trail of urinary tract infections

The German government is providing about 2.4 million Euros for a new research group in…

16 May 2022 / University of Bayreuth

In Nature Communications: New insights into photoreceptors and biological light control

Plants, fungi, and bacteria perceive blue light through photoreceptors. Light triggers…

13 May 2022 / JMU Würzburg

Great progress thanks to mini organs

Life-like organ replicas - so-called 3D organoids - are a good way to research disease…

13 May 2022 / TUM

A repair program for the heart

Following a heart attack, the human body is incapable of repairing lost tissue due to the…

13 May 2022 / FAU

New research training groups at FAU

Major success for FAU researchers: The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved…

12 May 2022 / JMU Würzburg

What Grasshoppers Feed On

Little is known about the food webs of herbivorous insects. A team from the Würzburg…