Little is known about the food webs of herbivorous insects. A team from the Würzburg Biocenter is investigating, in Lower Franconia as well as in the Berchtesgaden Alps.
If restaurants list the CO2 emissions for each dish on their menus or highlight low-emission options, diners are more likely to choose more climate-friendly options. This has been shown in a new study by the University of Würzburg.
Insect diversity is declining in Bavaria. Land use is a major driver, but the impact of climate change is still unknown. A study by the University of Würzburg has now investigated in more detail how both factors interact in driving insect diversity and what can be done to conserve it.
The Bavarian Centre for Battery Technology (BayBatt), a research centre of the University of Bayreuth, is launching into the future at a new location in Bayreuth's industrial north. On four floors with a floor space of around 7,000 square metres, the new building offers plenty of space for researching and developing intelligent, networked, and sustainable energy storage systems – in close cooperation between science and industry. Rooms for teaching events promote the dovetailing of research with innovative courses of study. A ceremonial inauguration is planned for November 2022, to which Minister President Dr Markus Söder is among those invited.
Ditches and small streams at the edge of agricultural land contribute significantly to reducing agricultural pollutants in the water cycle. They promote nitrate reduction by microorganisms and thus have an important influence on nitrogen fluxes towards larger rivers and lakes. A research team led by Prof. Dr. Tillmann Lüders of the University of Bayreuth has now demonstrated this for the first time. The scientists were able to show that the stream water is in intensive exchange with the surrounding groundwater, thus stimulating microbial activities. They present their research in the journal "Water Research".
According to the latest assessment report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a considerable reduction in CO2 emissions is required to limit the consequences of climate change. Producing fuel from renewable sources such as waste wood and straw or renewable electricity would be one way to reduce carbon emissions from the area of transportation. This is an area which is being addressed by researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM).
The manufacture of products from just one material is sustainable because resources are conserved and recycling is simplified considerably. The new MonoMat project at the University of Bayreuth aims to use additive manufacturing to make it possible to produce high-quality lightweight products in medical, sports, and lifestyle sectors from a single material. The material is to be recycled repeatedly with as little wastage as possible, and can be used in different product classes. The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection is funding the project, in which four industrial research partners are also involved, to the tune of almost € 1.3 million until the end of 2023.
Deep learning algorithms to diagnose back pain, artificial enzymes for energy conversion facilities and a Covid-19 drug: the European Research Council (ERC) has announced funding for projects at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in the form of two Consolidator Grants and one Proof of Concept Grant. The ERC Grants are among the most prestigious research awards in Europe.
The war in Ukraine is having an enormous impact on energy policy in Germany as well as the energy sector. In this interview, the economist Prof. Svetlana Ikonnikova and political scientist Prof. Miranda Schreurs discuss where Germany can find inspiration in the crisis, the relationship between liquefied natural gas and hydrogen and the role of the planned new pipeline between Russia and China.
The Centre for Energy Technology (ZET) at the University of Bayreuth today handed over a CO₂-powered air conditioning system to the Kulmbach Vocational School Centre (BSZ) for use in its operations and teaching. The system, which was developed on the campus of the University of Bayreuth, releases considerably less greenhouse gas than conventional air conditioning systems, and exemplifies the great ecological potential of this type of system. As a demonstrator, it will serve vocational training in the field of air conditioning and refrigeration technology in Kulmbach. The project was funded by the Bavarian State Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection.
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