MEET Battery Research Center of the University of Münster starts a new research project in 2022: In the joint project -AReLiS-2-, lithium-sulfur batteries (LSB) and thus a potential successor to today's lithium ion batteries are being investigated.

A research team led by Prof. Stephan Ludwig, a virologist at the Institute of Virology at the University of Münster, has found a new dual attack mode of action while working on the development of a drug candidate against SARS-CoV-2 infections.

"Molecular Machine Learning" (MML) is a new branch of research with the potential to change chemical research. Prof. Frank Glorius , coordinator of the new Priority Programme "Molecular Machine Learning" (SPP 2363), funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), and Philipp Pflüger , who is working on his PhD in Chemistry and helped to develop the programme, explain in this interview with Christina Hoppenbrock what MML means, what opportunities and challenges this new field of research presents, and what working in chemistry will be like in tomorrow's world.

Enormous ecological and economic potential consists in the circular value chain of batteries: The use of recycled materials not only reduces the costs of raw materials, but also enables energy savings in battery production.

Summer 2022 is looking good: Prof Gustav Holzegel and Prof Thomas Nikolaus, both members of the Cluster of Excellence Mathematics Münster, have been invited to talk about their research at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) being held in St Petersburg in July.

Scientists from Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität (WWU) Münster have developed a method to measure the full extent of eye movements during blinks for the first time.

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Dr. Ilya Kupenko an "ERC Starting Grant". The research project "Light elements in the core" (LECOR), which the scientist plans to carry out over the next five years at the Institute of Mineralogy at the University of Münster with the help of EU funding of around two million euros, comes from the field of mineral physics.

Biochemist Prof. Lydia Sorokin about her research on the -extracellular matrix-, her love of nature and new digital formats for exchanging knowledge with international colleagues Prof. Sorokin, what research topic are you working on? In my research group we focus on the extracellular matrix - these are protein structures that are secreted by cells and surround cells in tissues.