Urbanisation appears to be another key factor for insect decline. This is shown by a study in which the impact of climate and land use on insects was disentangled for the first time.

09/28/2021 Physics is getting exciting! "Kitty Q-a quantum adventure" from the Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat for children from 11 years can be pre-ordered as of now in the app store and tested in Würzburg until October 2.

09/24/2021 - Lasers are ubiquitous. Scientists from Würzburg have now developed the virtual-reality laser laboratory "femtoPro", which simulates optical setups in real time and enables eye-safe training in the handling of short-pulse lasers.

09/23/2021 - Poxviruses have found a unique way of translating their genes into proteins in the infected organism.

In the winter semester, the University may offer extensive on-site teaching again for the first time in the Corona pandemic. Here, students learn what they should be prepared for.

09/24/2021 - Israeli and German researchers have developed a way to force an array of vertical cavity lasers to act together as a single laser - a highly effective laser network the size of a grain of sand.

09/23/2021 - The higher the biological diversity in an ecosystem, the better the important processes there function.

09/14/2021 - Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat-Complexity and Topology in Quantum Matter-have recently conceived and realized a new quantum material.