The project BioMagnetix aims to revolutionize the usage of magnetic nanoparticles in biomedicine. It has now received EXIST start-up funding from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.With a grant of approx. 150,000 Euros, first steps to commercialize the idea can now be taken from the laboratory at the University of Bayreuth towards the market.
A new generation of cloud services is on the rise. It is based on the paradigm of "serverless computing", which is an active research topic at the Institute for Computer Science in Würzburg.
By 2035, the electricity generated in Germany is to come entirely from renewable sources. However, an electricity supply generated predominantly from sun and wind will fluctuate over the course of the day. Therefore, the Kopernikus project SynErgie, which has been funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) since 2016, is investigating how energy-intensive companies can flexibly adapt their demand to the electricity supply. On the part of the University of Bayreuth, Prof. Dr. Knut Werner Lange is researching the legal framework conditions. Recently, the third phase of the nationwide large-scale project started.
Crowdworkers are part of new worlds of work, often associated with precarious working conditions. However, some manage to be successful and happy. Researchers from the University of Passau and Deakin Business School in Melbourne have studied how that works.
A ban on using apps to collect data in order to personalize advertising would significantly reduce the spectrum of available apps and the number of updates, according to a study by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) based on the ban concerning Android apps for children. The findings can assist companies in defining their business models and policymakers when regulating targeted advertising.
"A clear position against disinformation and hate speech! How companies take responsibility while also protecting their business" is the motto of a new whitepaper published by the Corporate Digital Responsibility Initiative of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection. Co-author is Prof. Dr. Dr. Alexander Brink, Chair of Business and Corporate Ethics at the University of Bayreuth. The white paper was published by the CDR Initiative, founded in 2018, and encourages companies of all sizes and industries to actively engage against disinformation and hate speech, suggesting concrete options for action.
A study conducted by early career researchers from the Universities of Passau and Bern based on data from Switzerland has revealed: On days when temperatures exceed thirty degrees Celsius, the number of occupational accidents increases by 7.4 percent. With office workers, the night is the main cause.
Rising incomes in the world's poorer countries weaken terrorism: many political decision-makers have been convinced of this since the attacks of September 11, 2001. However, a study by Bayreuth economist Prof. Dr. David Stadelmann published in the "Journal of Conflict Resolution" puts this view into perspective. Together with research partners in Abu Dhabi/UAE and Perth/Australia, he demonstrates that an increase in income in poorer countries is initially accompanied by an increase in terrorist activity. Only when average incomes reach a level of around $12,800 do further increases in income go hand in hand with a sustained weakening of terrorism.
Those who assess themselves and their abilities realistically get further in life than others. A study by the University of Würzburg now shows how children can learn precise self-assessment.
In a recent study, a team of economists, amongst others from the University of Passau, shows that the pandemic more than 100 years ago resulted in a stable shift towards left-wing parties; extremists could not benefit.
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