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COVID-19: How vaccination and previous infections also help fight against Omicron
Immune cells against previous Sars-CoV-2 variants also recognize Omicron well and can thus protect against severe disease / Vaccination can improve immune response even after infection / Study by Frei
Immune cells against previous Sars-CoV-2 variants also recognize Omicron well and can thus protect against severe disease / Vaccination can improve immune response even after infection / Study by Frei
Alumna Samantha Cristoforetti arrived on ISS
Her workplace is six hours away from Earth by rocket. It is 1,200 cubic meters in size, about the size of a small factory hall, and orbits the Earth once every 94 minutes.
Her workplace is six hours away from Earth by rocket. It is 1,200 cubic meters in size, about the size of a small factory hall, and orbits the Earth once every 94 minutes.
New collaborative project on chemical and biological weapons
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the development and availability of chemical and biological weapons has once again attracted renewed scrutiny.
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the development and availability of chemical and biological weapons has once again attracted renewed scrutiny.
A watershed in the global condition? Leipzig conference takes a look at globally intertwined crises
ReCentGlobe's annual conference asks about the future of globalisation in the shadow of profound change.
ReCentGlobe's annual conference asks about the future of globalisation in the shadow of profound change.
Pilot Phase Launched: Tampons and Sanitary Pads in Campus Toilets
The University of Bonn has become one of the first universities in North Rhine-Westphalia to provide free period products to its students.
The University of Bonn has become one of the first universities in North Rhine-Westphalia to provide free period products to its students.
EU Research Council awards ’Advanced Grant’ to Lydia Sorokin and Christian Weinheimer
Biochemist Prof. Lydia Sorokin and particle physicist Prof. Christian Weinheimer from the University of Münster have each received one of the coveted Advanced Grants awarded by the European Research Council (ERC).
Biochemist Prof. Lydia Sorokin and particle physicist Prof. Christian Weinheimer from the University of Münster have each received one of the coveted Advanced Grants awarded by the European Research Council (ERC).
Bundling conflict research on Eastern Europe
In a nationwide research network on and Research (BMBF) with around three million euros, six institutions across Germany - including the University of Jena - will bundle and further develop research on conflicts in Eastern Europe over the next four years.
In a nationwide research network on and Research (BMBF) with around three million euros, six institutions across Germany - including the University of Jena - will bundle and further develop research on conflicts in Eastern Europe over the next four years.
New Emmy Noether group researches topological quantum theories
The German Research Foundation has awarded €1 million in funding to the early-career research group headed by Dr. David Reutter in the Department of Mathematics at Universität Hamburg.
The German Research Foundation has awarded €1 million in funding to the early-career research group headed by Dr. David Reutter in the Department of Mathematics at Universität Hamburg.
Two new ERC Advanced Grants
The University of Stuttgart is scoring with projects in the social sciences and at the interface between biomechanics and simulation science In the latest tender round of the European Research Counci
The University of Stuttgart is scoring with projects in the social sciences and at the interface between biomechanics and simulation science In the latest tender round of the European Research Counci
International Exercise on Nuclear Disarmament
On behalf of the Federal Foreign Office and the French ministry of defense and foreign affairs, researchers from the Carol Friedrich von Weizsäcker Center for Science and Peace Research at Universität Hamburg are organizing a multi-day exercise on controlled nuclear disarmament.
On behalf of the Federal Foreign Office and the French ministry of defense and foreign affairs, researchers from the Carol Friedrich von Weizsäcker Center for Science and Peace Research at Universität Hamburg are organizing a multi-day exercise on controlled nuclear disarmament.
Successful spin-off from the University of Bonn and LSI
APIS Assay Technologies Ltd acquires startup Clickmer Systems, which is developing antibody alternative The British company APIS Assay Technologies Ltd has acquired the University of Bonn's spin-off project Clickmer Systems, which was further developed at the Life Science Inkubator (LSI), for a single-digit million euro sum.
APIS Assay Technologies Ltd acquires startup Clickmer Systems, which is developing antibody alternative The British company APIS Assay Technologies Ltd has acquired the University of Bonn's spin-off project Clickmer Systems, which was further developed at the Life Science Inkubator (LSI), for a single-digit million euro sum.
E-Genius breaks world record again
Back in Business: Two major world records achieved [Picture: University of Stuttgart / Institut of Aircraft Design] E-Genius", the electric aircraft designed by the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering a
Back in Business: Two major world records achieved [Picture: University of Stuttgart / Institut of Aircraft Design] E-Genius", the electric aircraft designed by the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering a
Meat consumption must fall by at least 75 percent
However, in small quantities it can be quite sustainable, shows a study by the University of Bonn If our planet Earth is to continue feeding us in the future, rich countries must significantly reduce their meat consumption - ideally by at least 75 percent.
However, in small quantities it can be quite sustainable, shows a study by the University of Bonn If our planet Earth is to continue feeding us in the future, rich countries must significantly reduce their meat consumption - ideally by at least 75 percent.
Digitisation of the sense of smell
Over the next three years, the participating partner institutes from Germany, Israel and Finland want to jointly develop intelligent electronic sensors that can detect and digitally transmit healthy and pathologically altered body odours.
Over the next three years, the participating partner institutes from Germany, Israel and Finland want to jointly develop intelligent electronic sensors that can detect and digitally transmit healthy and pathologically altered body odours.
HeiGIT: Making Geodata Useful for Mobility Support and Humanitarian Aid
Klaus Tschira Foundation bolsters funding for Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology Freely accessible route planners that can be quickly used after catastrophes for work by aid organisat
Klaus Tschira Foundation bolsters funding for Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology Freely accessible route planners that can be quickly used after catastrophes for work by aid organisat
Flourishing trade in workers
They have jobs as harvest workers in Spain, on building sites in Malaysia or as cleaners in Saudi-Arabia - mostly under precarious living and working conditions and earning low wages.
They have jobs as harvest workers in Spain, on building sites in Malaysia or as cleaners in Saudi-Arabia - mostly under precarious living and working conditions and earning low wages.
’That special moment when an idea becomes reality’
Burkhard Wilking has been awarded the Staudt Prize, and in this interview he talks about the fascination of mathematics.
Burkhard Wilking has been awarded the Staudt Prize, and in this interview he talks about the fascination of mathematics.