How can robots be integrated into workplaces to promote worker mental well-being and efficiency? The MindBot project is researching how a user-centered approach using collaborative robots can do just this.
Large-scale longitudinal study shows: In the US data analyzed, living near wind turbines is not associated with sleep disturbances, depression, anxiety disorders or headaches. This is the conclusion of a new study by Niklas Rott (University of Augsburg), Douglas Almond (Columbia University) and Osea Giuntella (University of Pittsburgh), published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). It is one of the most comprehensive longitudinal studies on this topic worldwide to date.
The aim of a cooperation agreement signed by the Technical University and the University of Augsburg with the University of the Highlands and Islands in Inverness, Scotland (UHI), is to further research into resilient hydrogen-based energy systems. The universities intend to strengthen their existing academic collaboration. To this end, they signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Mai 11th.
It’s not just what is said, but how it is said: A study from the University of Augsburg examines how the voice of service robots influences customer perceptions after service failures
In close collaboration with researchers from the University of Michigan (USA), physicists in Augsburg have succeeded for the first time in proving experimentally and theoretically that heat transport through molecules can change by up to a factor of two through the exchange of a single atom. The results open new avenues for the targeted control of heat flows at the atomic level and are significant for the further development of nanoelectronic components, thermoelectric materials and metal-organic framework compounds. The study was published in the highly renowned journal Nature Materials.
It‘s a change that often goes unnoticed: while tropical agricultural regions are delivering ever higher yields, soils may be changing at a faster pace than we think — and not for the better. From March 2026, a new Emmy Noether Research Group at the University of Augsburg, led by soil scientist Dr. Pedro Batista, will focus on this barely visible but globally significant process.
Antiferromagnets are considered “invisible magnets": unlike familiar everyday magnets, they do not produce a measurable external magnetic field. For a long time, this made them difficult to control. In condensed-matter physics and materials research, however, they have recently gained strong momentum—because they could not only significantly accelerate data processing, but also reduce energy demand. Given growing data volumes and the electricity consumption of digital infrastructure, this could be an important step toward more environmentally friendly electronics and telecommunications.
Scientists at the University of Augsburg have discovered a particularly active subgroup of blood platelets that cause heart attacks in people with coronary heart disease despite drug therapy. This discovery may open up new prospects for customized therapies. The research results are published in the renowned European Heart Journal and were presented on August 31 at Europe's largest cardiology congress.
In a comprehensive study, researchers from the Department of Epidemiology at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Augsburg have provided reliable evidence for a link between chronic inflammatory diseases and the development of tumours in the digestive tract. The results were recently published in eClinicalMedicine, which is part of the Lancet Group.
Obesity increases the risk of numerous secondary diseases such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and mental illness. Prof. Dr. Kerstin Stemmer, Professor of Molecular Cell Biology at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Augsburg, explains the role of genetics in weight loss and the effect of GLP-1 weight loss medication . She is researching the extent to which fat cells can communicate directly with the pancreas in order to stimulate insulin production.
