A German-polish research team from Augsburg, Münster, Munich and Wrocław successfully mixed nanoscale sound waves and light quanta.

The Rectorate has awarded the WWU Research Prize for 2020 to Eugen Hellmann, an investigator of our Cluster of Excellence, for his outstanding achievements.

Research on manufacturing battery cells is gaining momentum - and there is a strong need, considering the future demand for energy storage: For the year 2030, global production of rechargeable batteries will double from today's 750 gigawatt hours (GWh) per year to 1,500 GWh.

“Sustainability? is the term given to a global concept which seeks to unite environmental protection, social justice and economic prosperity to the benefit of present and future generations.

Smartphones and laptops constantly in use, smart building technology, the expansion of renewable energies, networked charging stations for electric cars or the debate surrounding air taxis: sustainable, safe and efficient batteries are the basis of our lives as well as paving the way for the future.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is seen as a key technology with fields of application in a wide variety of areas in society.

Climate change - mobility - consumption: for some years now, the idea of sustainability has been playing an ever greater role in social and political life.

Renowned cultural scientist and Egyptologist working at University of Münster's Cluster of Excellence on cultures of remembrance in times of digital change - Public evening lecture on 2 February on religion and culture from Ancient Egypt to the modern period