Selected press releases
Thermometer

Microbiology How diarrhoea pathogens switch into attack mode at body temperature

Bacteria don’t produce disease-causing substances until they have infected a warm body. To this end, they use a special thermometer. Researchers have now analysed the exact mechanism.

Chemie-Professor Nils Metzler-Nolte

Chemistry A key to new drugs

Hepatitis-E-Forschungsteam

Medicine First robust cell culture model for the hepatitis E virus

Materialforscher

Materials Science Bochum team wins second place in machine-learning competition

Porträt von Neurowissenschaftler Nikolai Axmacher

Research funding ERC Consolidator Grant for neuroscientist from Bochum

Schlagzeuger

Neuroscience How playing the drums changes the brain

Porträt von Steffen Haupeltshofer und Simon Faissner

Medicine The gut may be involved in the development of multiple sclerosis

Materialforschung

Material research An alloy that retains its memory at high temperatures

Gehirnmodell

Neurology Understanding of the perception of touch in the brain

Probe aus einem Tropfstein

Climatology This is what the monsoon might look like in a warmer world

Hände beim Arbeiten in einem Handschuhkasten

Biology How oxygen destroys the core of important enzymes

Blick auf einen Monitor, der ein mikroskopisches Bild zeigt

Medicine/material research Impaling bacteria

Blick durch Smart Glasses

Computing in Engineering New algorithms tell smart glasses where they are

Spinne auf Blatt

Psychology Hormonal contraceptives affect the efficacy of exposure therapy

Drei Forscher

Neuroinformatics The driving school for computers

Legoroboter sitzt vor einem Foto

Neuroinformatics Why artificial intelligence doesn’t really exist yet

Alexa vor Monitor

IT Security How voice assistants follow inaudible commands

Forscher mit Tablet an Versuchsstand

Digital Engineering Create your own Augmented Reality

Harald Platta (links) und Fahid Boutouja

Protein research New findings on the recycling centres of cells

Drei Forscher im Labor

Chemistry How to make biocatalysts immortal

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