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In the Center for Soft Nanoscience physicists, chemists, biologists and physicians research together under one roof It is bright, functional and interdisciplinary: the Center for Soft Nanoscience (SoN) at the University of Münster is a high-tech research building for the nano-sciences.

Michael te Vrugt is a physicist and a philosopher - and he is currently writing his second PhD It is a Tuesday evening in late April, and Room 102 at the Volkshochschule (Adult Education Institute) in Vagedesstraße in the small town of Ahaus, 50 km from Münster, is filling up.

University of Münster prepares the introduction of system accreditation as a quality management system The University of Münster is on the way to establishing a quality management (QM) system with th

University of Münster signs agreement with university in Chernivtsi There are fundamentally more important issues which people at Ukrainian universities are currently concerned about than research, studies and exchanges.

Initial findings from the -Asking the Pope for Help- project: approach of Christian charity clearly recognisable during the Nazi period.

An interdisciplinary glossary covering historical legal research is being compiled at the University of Münster The Käte Hamburger Kolleg "Legal Unity and Pluralism" at the University of Münster is committed to interdisciplinary exchanges and international networking in the field of comparative historical legal research.

Asia Minor Research Centre documents state of cultural monuments in the region in Turkey hit by earthquakes The images of the massive earthquakes which occurred in south-eastern Turkey on February 6 are shocking.

Inauguration of a new high-performance cryogenic electron microscope at the Center for Soft Nanoscience When the big box with this piece of equipment was delivered in September 2022, the members of P

The AI programme ChatGPT is -a new milestone- / It presents both opportunities and risks - not only for universities The programme provides answers to almost every conceivable question - within seconds.

Study of foreign rule, and systemic inflammations: German Research Foundation (DFG) provides funding for new Humanities group and continues its support for a medical alliance Over seven million euros

The -InFlame- Medical Scientist Programme supports postdocs from natural science disciplines to conduct medical research on inflammatory processes / Interview with the programme spokesperson Petra De

Harald Hiesinger talks about the European Space Agency's -PANGAEA- training programme and about his job as a course instructor In a few years' time, man wants to return to the Moon.

Philosopher of science Ulrich Krohs and physicist Kai Schmitz talk about the universe Science Year 2023 is devoting itself to the subject of "Our Universe".

The -PharMSchool- started up ten years ago and is a lighthouse project for interdisciplinary, networked teaching Can therapeutic plasters help to combat depression?

Legal scholar Frank Zimmermann on the criminal law assessment of the current climate protests.

Philip Bockholt researches the history of the Turkish-Persian world using historical manuscripts When historians devote their attention to translations, they are not primarily concerned with the language.

Every year, members of the Asia Minor Research Centre at Münster University spend several weeks in the summer in south-eastern Turkey to study the archaeological remains of the village of Doliche.

Our world changed in the spring of 2020. We were living in lockdown, working from home. We kept our distance from our family, from friends, and from colleagues at work.