• von Jennifer Meina
• 09.08.2022

Writing about language and literature when one is at a loss for words. This is what happened to Ukrainian scholar Prof. Mariya Shymchyshyn during the war in her home country. She is now at the UDE on a scholarship - and has rediscovered her language.

• von Birte Vierjahn
• 08.08.2022

Storing and transporting hydrogen easily, safely and without loss on a scale of millions of tons – in metal form: engineers are developing materials and processes for this purpose in a project funded by BMBF.

• von Birgit Kremer
• 15.07.2022

Security experts from paluno, the Ruhr Institute for Software Technology at the UDE have revealed many vulnerabilities in fingerprint sensors and crypto wallets. They used a newly developed technique that, for the first time, enables fuzz testing of protected memory areas in…

• von Thomas Wittek
• 08.07.2022

Funding for the new ACTIVE SITES research building has been secured: Following the Science Council, the Joint Science Conference (GWK) has now also given green light for the new 70-million-euro building.

• von Birte Vierjahn
• 06.07.2022

The human body has trillions of cells that work non-stop and produce waste that is decomposed in cellular trash cans. If these are damaged, it becomes dangerous. Biologists from UDE published in "Molecular Cell" how cells protect themselves from the peril within.

• von Cathrin Becker
• 20.05.2022

Prof. Matthias Brand has been researching for years what goes on in the minds of addicts and how their behavior can be changed. In the current issue of Science, the psychology professor now analyzes the similarities between problematic Internet use and other addictions.

• von Thomas Wittek
• 29.04.2022

Milestone for basic research at the UDE: The Science Council has classified the planned ACTIVE SITES research building as worthy of funding. This means that the project can be realised - subject to the approval of the Joint Science Conference.

• von Birgit Kremer
• 22.02.2022
• English version

Sirr! Heran fliegt der Joystick auf der Mini-Drohne: Mit Controllern, die sich bei Bedarf nähern, will die HCI Group das Eintauchen in virtuelle Welten verbessern. Sie fühlen sich an, wie sie aussehen und müssen nicht mitgetragen werden. Ein Video zeigt, wie es funktioniert.

• von Birgit Kremer
• 22.02.2022

Low buzzing … and up flies the joystick on top of the mini-drone: The HCI Group at UDE wants to improve immersion in virtual worlds with flying controllers that approach when needed. They feel like they look and don't need to be carried around. A video shows how it works.

• von Dr. Alexandra Nießen
• 30.11.2021

Viruses are survivors! Desert heat and desiccation can’t harm some of them. An international team led by UDE-Prof. Dr. Alexander J. Probst discovered the viruses and microorganisms in the Atacama Desert. This has been published in two journals.

• von Birte Vierjahn
• 29.11.2021

A protein in our body uses an old needlework trick – that's what molecular biologists have discovered. By connecting amino acids that are only a few nanometers in size, the researchers were able to understand the process at the molecular level.

• von Ulrike Bohnsack
• 19.10.2021

A physics team from the UDE has developed ultra-thin and very sensitive sensors together with Russian colleagues. These can detect such small concentrations of water vapor as was previously impossible. The detectors are based on highly conductive materials known as MXenes.

• von Dr. Alexandra Nießen
• 01.10.2021

The summer floods in Germany have shown once again: "Water bodies and their floodplains need more space – they have to be renaturalized," says UDE-Prof. Daniel Hering. He coordinates the joint project MERLIN, the EU is funding it with 21 mio. euros.

• von Birte Vierjahn
• 26.08.2021

Recycle as much as possible, and do it sustainably! This is the aim of a project led by the UDE, dealing with the cultivation, processing and transport of citrus fruits in the Mediterranean area.

• von Ulrike Bohnsack
• 20.08.2021

It is a special honor: For ten months, Prof. Till van Treeck will be teaching at the renowned New School for Social Research in New York. The visiting professorship is in the tradition of the social sciences and humanities. Well-known intellectuals taught there.