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Höhere Strukturen, Modulräume und Integrabilität-this is the title of a new collaborative research center at Universität Hamburg.

Study: Soft drink taxation is relevant way of preventing diseases such as diabetes A simulation study conducted by a team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) demonstrates that a soft drink tax in Germany would have significant positive effects.

Because conventional antibiotics are increasingly failing, researchers at the Helmholtz Institute in Würzburg are looking for new solutions.

International evaluation names researchers whose publications have been most cited worldwide Twelve researchers from Heidelberg University feature on the recently published list of "Highly Cited Researchers".

A team of Würzburg cancer researcher Hermann Einsele is part of an international consortium funded by the American Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation with a total of 21 million dollars.

The "SKL Glücksatlas 2023" produced under the academic guidance of Freiburg researcher Bernd Raffelhüschen has been released The "SKL Glücksatlas 2023" [SKL Happiness Atlas 2023] was released on 9 November 2023.

Carl Zeiss Foundation finances cross-location joint project in AI-assisted cancer research Forecasting how aggressive brain tumours respond to certain substances with Artificial Intelligence (AI) met

Award for ToSyMa study This year the prestigious Hufeland Prize went to Walter Heindel and Stefanie Weigel.

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.

The new Center for Bionic Intelligence Tübingen Stuttgart (BITS) aims to optimize the inter-action between humans and technical systems in a fundamentally new way. Scientists from the University of Stuttgart, the University of Tübingen, the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics are conducting research on intelligent bionic systems that will aid understanding and treatment of certain diseases of the central nervous system.

Minimizing the use of antibiotics without compromising animal welfare: Julia Steinhoff-Wagner, Professor of Animal Nutrition and Metabolism at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), is working on a new research project to ascertain how this can be achieved in the field of poultry farming.

People with type 2 diabetes have an increased risk of kidney disease, heart attack or stroke and are exposed to higher mortality.

There will be a new treatment option for people suffering from mild to moderate depression in the future.

The gold standard for the treatment of chronic wounds is thus obsolete . Once the leg is open, patients often begin a long journey of suffering.

Psychiatric advance directives do, of course, carry risks; but these risks can be minimized. Researchers describe the relevant options in a series of high-profile publications. While advance directives are quite common for patients with physical impairments, advance directives for people with mental impairments are controversial.