Originally developed for research applications, the technology is also of interest to industry. Clara Saraceno plans to bring a new kind of laser to the market with a grant from the European Research ...

The discovery of the phantom touch illusion provides insights into human perception and opens up new perspectives for interaction with virtual reality technology. Virtual reality (VR) is not only a ...

Projects are funded in electrical engineering and information technology, chemistry and psychology. Receiving a grant from the European Research Council (ERC) is one of the most prestigious awards in ...

A learning experiment with participants of different ages produced surprising results. The ability to make the connection between an event and its consequences – experts use the term associative ...

Linguistic symptoms and an onset early in life: Disorders to which this applies are frequently associated with left-handedness resp. mixed-handedness. The fact that left-handedness resp.

Sabine Swoboda outlines in our interview the definition of genocide in accordance with international law and what this definition means for the situation in Gaza. Discussions about the situation in ...

Not all cancer metastases have the same destructive effect. Researchers demonstrate different mechanisms in experiments. A recent paper in “Cell Reports”, co-led by Dr. Christina Scheel from the Skin ...

Drones shouldn’t be able to fly over airports and should have a unique serial number. In theory. Researchers from Bochum and Saarbrücken have detected security vulnerabilities, some of them serious, ...

A sensor identifies misfolded protein biomarkers in the blood. This offers a chance to detect Alzheimer's disease before any symptoms occur. Researchers intend to bring it to market maturity. The ...

Ein Transferzentrum aus der Bochumer Chemieforschung soll sich in Herne ansiedeln. Die Ruhr-Universität und die Stadt Herne haben eine entsprechende Absichtserklärung unterzeichnet. Die ...

Formaldehyde can inhibit enzymes that produce hydrogen particularly efficiently. Researchers from Bochum have discovered how this can be prevented. Formaldehyde is known as a preservative, among other ...

Die Forschenden kombinieren Plasmen mit Katalyse, Elektrolyse und Biokatalyse zur Wandlung von erneuerbaren Energien in chemische Energie. In der dritten Förderphase sind Prototypen für größere ...