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Regenbogenfahne
Walk of Diversity 2023

We’re looking for your ideas – queer and diverse

On 24 May, Ruhr University will be celebrating Diversity Day. Anyone can contribute to our vibrant and diverse programme – we are looking for participants. The registration deadline has been extended to 24 March.

15 March 2023
Mann lehnt an Wand
Data security

The telltale zero

Attacks on the TLS protocol are both rare and highly complex. And yet, the encryption experts at Ruhr University Bochum are constantly tracking down new ones.

9 March 2023
Hand mit Kleingeld
Service

One-off payment regarding energy costs for students

Applications can be submitted from mid-March.

9 March 2023
Ein Autolenkrad mit einem Touchdisplay daneben
Computer science

Three tough nuts for quantum computers to crack

Algorithms made in Bochum are becoming the global standard for secure encryption in the age of quantum computing. They’ve arrived just in time.

24 February 2023
Porträt einer jungen Frau mit türkisfarbenem Pulli und schwarzen Locken.
Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

“This is hard to bear”

Beray Macit talks about how she copes with her own feeling of helplessness and about the psychotherapeutic counselling available to people in the earthquake zones.

22 February 2023
Foto von einer zerstörten Häuserzeile in der Edbebenregion.
Earthquake relief

Mobilising the Ruhr University Bochum community

The level of support for the victims in the earthquake region in the Turkish-Syrian border region is overwhelming. Stories, tips and advice are now available on a single website.

17 February 2023
Sena Demir (vorne) engagiert sich gemeinsam mit Kommilitoninnen und Kommilitonen für die Erdbeben-Opfer.
Interview

“Acknowledge our pain, talk to us and stand with us.”

Master student Sena Demir from Turkey could not bear surrendering to the situation in the earthquake area, to the grief and helplessness. Thus, she decided to help those affected by the earthquake.

17 February 2023
Vytautas Petkevicius is sitting in the labratory at Vilnius University, Lithuania, looking friendly into the camera. On a countertop behind him there are pipettes, standing in a rack, and some small plastic boxes.
Interview

Keep those enzymes busy

“Multidisciplinary, high-tech, innovative and internationally-minded” is how a postdoc from Lithuania sees Ruhr University after a two month stay in Bochum. A joint research project exceeded all his expectations.

16 February 2023
Zhenya Landiak
Peer Quartier

Support for refugees

Zhenya Landiak is a new member of the Psychological Student Advisory team and offers counselling in English, Ukrainian and Russian.

15 February 2023
Porträt Omar Chehadi
EARTHQUAKES IN TURKEY AND SYRIA

“Two minutes of tremors felt like an eternity”

Omar Chehadi from the Faculty of Psychology lived through the earthquake while on a family visit and is currently volunteering on the ground to help others.

14 February 2023
Landkarte vorderer Orient
Earthquakes

This is how you can help people in Turkey and Syria

The Turkish-Syrian border region has been hit by catastrophic earthquakes at the beginning of February 2023. Ruhr University Bochum feels for those affected.

10 February 2023
Porträt Annika Wilde
Equal opportunities

Research is always discovering something new

Interview with Annika Wilde on the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

10 February 2023
A left hand in a blue labratory glove ist holding a test tube with a clear red liquid. The right hand, equally in a blue glove, is holding a pipette and filling the red liquid into three bins standig in a rack.
Type 2 diabetes

Ukrainian researchers defy the war

Power, water and heating for four hours a day, freezing cold and darkness for the entire night. And yet, researchers from Kyiv carry on with their work and publish their results in an international journal.

8 February 2023
Das Wissenschaftlerteam
Cryptography

Security with an in-built vulnerability

Secret services want to know as much as possible. For example, they try to circumvent data encryption. This can cause collateral damage, warn Bochum researchers.

18 January 2023
Porträt von David Zanders
Bi-national doctorate

“It’s well worth the effort”

David Zanders completed his doctorate simultaneously in Bochum and Canada. In this interview, he reveals in what way it was a unique experience and how the exchange led him to competitive axe throwing.

21 December 2022
Gehirnmodell
Synthetic Biology

Serotonin enters, light exits

A genetically modified receptor helps to gain new insights.

16 December 2022
Hardware auf einem Tisch
IT Security

Intelligent monkeys

Researchers from Bochum are particularly quick at finding security vulnerabilities in IT systems. Their trick: they focus on the essentials – and explain it with the theorem of the infinitely typing monkeys.

14 December 2022
Aufschrift auf einer Mauer
Open letter

Solidarity with the people in Iran

Scientists can sign the letter online.

8 December 2022
Polizeiauto mit Sirene
Nationwide Alert Day

Drill for emergency scenarios

On 8 December 2022, authorities and emergency services will test sirens and other warning devices across Germany. For the first time, they will also send warning messages to smartphones.

7 December 2022
Gruppenbild vor dem Forschungsbau ZGH: Tina Boes vom Inkubator Materials, Chinmay Khare und Alfred Ludwig
Interview

"In a word: motivating"

Founder Chinmay Khare is supported in his venture by the Worldfactory Start-up Center and Worldfactory International.

5 December 2022

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