Applied computer scientists at the University of Bamberg are currently developing an AI medical companion that will help doctors in recognising and diagnosing types of cancer and pain.
Researchers at FAU find no negative effects on immune system
What are the legal requirements for commercialising foods from precision fermentation in the EU? A research project by the Chair of Food Law at the University of Bayreuth's Kulmbach campus is investigating this question. The background to this is the unclear legal framework for products from precision fermentation for use in food. The research team is also looking at possible declarations for the innovative products, as it has not yet been clarified whether claims such as "animal-free" are even possible for artificial proteins.
Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have compiled information to help political decision-makers better understand the individual options for a new EU-wide regulation of breeding technologies. The aim is to ensure the success of food producers in the EU on the global market. The scientists' findings have now been published in the renowned scientific journal Nature Plants and will be incorporated into the current debate on a draft law by the EU Commission.
The possibilities for researching human behaviour with the help of artificial intelligence are being taken to the next level in Kulmbach: The Live-in Lab there is Europe's leading laboratory for digital, AI-supported research into human behaviour in everyday life. It has now been opened.
A simulation study conducted by a team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) demonstrates that a soft drink tax in Germany would have significant positive effects. In all of the simulated variants evaluated, less sugar was consumed and the rate of illness dropped. This would be a way to reduce costs to the national economy and alleviate the burden on the health care system. There is, however, a difference between taxes aimed at reducing soft drink consumption and taxes aimed at bringing about changes in product formulation.
New research findings reveal: some children in early medieval Bavaria were breastfed for much longer periods than today. Also, many early Bavarians buried around 500 AD originate from other geographical regions where feeding practices apparently differed. A team of researchers led by the SNSB anthropologists Michaela Harbeck and Maren Velte analyzed human teeth from various archaeological sites in Bavaria. Their research findings were recently published in the scientific journals PLOS ONE and Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences.
The special requirements placed on trucks and agricultural machinery often make it difficult for engineers to bring them into the electric age. At the Agritechnica agricultural machinery fair researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are now showing what a modular development kit for electric tractors can look like. Their platform features modules for various uses and a power bank which can be used as a replacement battery when necessary.
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded one of its most prestigious research awards, an ERC Synergy Grant, to Professor Dr. Christine Ziegler, biophysicist at the University of Regensburg, and biologists Professor Dr. Malcolm Bennet (University of Nottingham), Professor Dr. Eilon Shani (Tel Aviv University), and Professor Dr. Thorsten Hamann (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) for their research on plant water stress perception. The ERC is providing €10 million for their six-year HYDROSENSING project.
Under the direction of Dr Sofia Rüdiger, the role of language on the internet is being analysed at the Department of English Linguistics at the University of Bayreuth. A new project focuses on videos that showcase excessive food consumption. The German Research Foundation is funding the project with around 500,000 euros over a period of three years.
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