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The University of Freiburg has been successful in the current round of the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments.

Among the "Top 3" of universities and public research centres in Germany for patents and inventions In cancer research, Heidelberg University is one of the driving forces in Germany in terms of patents and inventions to fight cancer. Among universities and public research centres, Ruperto Carola takes third place after the Max Planck Society and the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg.

European Research Council supports the development of a microplastic filter for washing machines Alexander Blanke from the Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology at the University of Bonn has been awarded a Proof of Concept Grant (PoC) by the European Research Council (ERC).

Perspectives on a research domain Electrons that spin to the right and the left at the same time. Particles that change their states together, even though they are separated by enormous distances. Intriguing phenomena like these are completely commonplace in the world of quantum physics. Researchers at the TUM Garching campus are using them to build quantum computers, high-sensitivity sensors and the internet of the future.

Robotics in nursing care It is essential in nursing care to have a transparent mapping of the entire human-robot interaction. That is the outcome of the interdisciplinary research project Responsible Robotics, which researchers from TUM and the University of Graz completed in 2023. A data recorder helps to capture all events that occur when using a nursing care robot and make them visible and understandable for everyone involved.

Scientists from Heidelberg and Mainz are collaborating in a joint research project to improve the frequently difficult prognosis of disease progression and hence the treatment options for people with cardiac insufficiency.

A cooperation with the University of Freiburg and Bosch Research seeks to enable safer, more transparent, and more robust overall systems.

At the international trade fair "Ideas - Inventions - Innovations" iENA 2023 in Nuremberg, scientists from TU Ilmenau did extremely well in the awards for the best inventions: they received three gold, four silver and two bronze medals.

The project "XR Future Forest Lab" will develop virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality applications for forest and environmental sciences starting 2024.

How can reducing greenhouse gas emissions, more efficient energy use and animal welfare be balanced even more successfully in livestock farming in the future?

In a new ranking, Computer Science at the University of Würzburg has achieved very good positions in a number of areas. In one discipline, it is even ranked 1st in Germany. First place in Germany, third place in Europe, sixth place worldwide: This is the result achieved by the Chair of Human-Computer Interaction at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) in the CSRankings in the research field of Virtual Reality.

A new Würzburg space mission is on the home straight: The SONATE-2 nanosatellite will test novel artificial intelligence hardware and software technologies in orbit.

Smartbax nominated for Falling Walls Award It all started with basic research: During experiments in the laboratory, a team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) discovered an active ingredient against multi-resistant bacteria that is fundamentally different from existing antibiotics. The researchers have since founded a start-up for the development of a novel drug.

The new high-performance computer "Marvin" is now available for University of Bonn researchers to use-one of the world's top 500 most powerful computers Constantly increasing data volumes, ever more

Operational start-up ceremony held at the University of Bonn Research and Technology Center for Detector Physics (FTD) New high-tech measurement methods are required to detect new phenomena sought after in particle physics. The University of Bonn Research and Technology Center for Detector Physics (FTD), thanks to its research groups, is a leading developer of such detector technology, employed at research institutions around the world.

Exchange data between medical devices from different manufacturers in a secure and user-friendly way: The answer is IEEE 11073 Service-oriented device connectivity (SDC). This is a networking technology that is primarily used in operating rooms and clinics and was co-developed at the University of Leipzig.

Whether at the dentist or orthopedist: X-ray examinations are among the most common diagnostic procedures.