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Newsportal - Ruhr-Universität Bochum

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Fünf Forscher im Labor
Chemistry

Catalysts stay on the electrode surface

The method developed by chemists from Bochum is as easy as varnishing a car door. It could make new catalysts operational in the industry.

30 June 2017
Forscher im Labor
100 per cent organic

Researchers produce new biodiesel

In the EU, automotive diesel contains only seven per cent biodiesel. Conventional diesel engines cannot sustain more than that. Until now.

19 June 2017
Vier Forscher hantieren mit einer Apparatur.
Chemistry

Self-healing catalyst films for hydrogen production

Chemically aggressive conditions prevail during the manufacture of hydrogen from water. This wears out the catalysts used. It would be practical if they were to regenerate themselves.

26 May 2017
Porträtfoto von Martina Havenith-Newen
Interview

Of solvents and dissolved agents

Chemistry in solution takes place everywhere, for instance in our bodies. Research in the Ruhr is pulling out all the stops to understand all the details of this.

22 May 2017
Porträt im Labor
New method

Water mapping around solutes

In the first attempt, the chemists investigated alcohols using their new procedure. Later, they want to work on larger molecules. This could help when developing medications.

22 May 2017
Kind bei den Hausaufgaben.
ADHD

Some children suffer twice or three times as much

Researchers at the university clinic in Hamm are studying the attention deficit disorder ADHD in depth. In the course of a study, correlations to other chronic diseases in children have been emerging.

3 May 2017
Radarantenne
Blind people’s radar

Follow the sound

The ability of experiencing the world like a bat and finding your way around without visual cues would be a great help for visually impaired people. Engineers are trying to make it happen.

24 April 2017
Dunkler Qualm tritt aus einem bewachsenen Hügel unter Wasser aus.
Catalytic processes

RNA molecules in the primordial soup could have been highly reactive

Not only proteins, but also RNA molecules could have contributed to important catalytic functions during the creation of life.

20 April 2017
Komet vor Sonne
Astrochemistry

Did life come from space?

We usually imagine comet impacts as a threat and not as the source of life. But perhaps they were precisely that.

10 April 2017
Wissenschaftlerinnen bei der Recherche in Textstücken
Linguistics

English connects the world

On holiday, on business trips or as migrants in a foreign country: people who speak English will more often than not be able to make themselves understood. However, English does not equal English.

4 April 2017
Christiane Meierkord
Interview

Is Standard English endangered?

English linguist Prof Dr Christiane Meierkord explains in our interview if Standard English has a future or if specific varieties will prevail.

4 April 2017
Preisübergabe, zu sehen sind zwei Männer
Humboldt Research Award

Resolv gains reinforcement from Taiwan

He has achieved ground-breaking success in the field of spectroscopy. Taiwanese academic Yuan-Pern Lee is now bringing his expertise with him to RUB.

3 April 2017
Zwei Wissenschaftlerinnen in einem Sprachlabor.
Electrical Engineering

Comprehensible speech despite noisy surroundings

Hearing aids are meant to transmit speech intelligibly – even if it is loud in the environment. Bochum-based researchers have gained new insights to support the development of better devices.

30 March 2017
Wissenschaftler sitzt mit einem Buch an einem Schreibtisch.
Latin

From world language to analytical instrument

In the past, anyone who wanted to belong to the cultural elite had to study Latin. A lot has changed since then. However, Latin has not disappeared, far from it.

27 March 2017
Beine einer Balletttänzerin, die auf Zehenspitzen steht
Medicine

Discovery of a rare muscle disorder

The cause of this disease had not been identified until a painstaking search was carried out by Bochum-based doctors. Yet many questions pertaining to the underlying mechanisms have still remained open.

22 March 2017
Porträt
Point of view

Mathematics as the only language is not enough

Economists barely communicate in natural language anymore. Thus, economics cannot do justice to relevant question of society, according to Michael Roos who advocates a change to the underlying ideology.

10 March 2017
Porträt
Interview

Cut off from related disciplines

Mathematics has become the centrepiece of modern economics. Some people celebrate that as progress. Others caution that it constrains thinking processes.

10 March 2017
Blick in Tunnelröhre
Tunnel Construction

Navigating underground

What will happen to the buildings above ground if a tunnel boring machine moves beneath them? Engineers calculate the answer to this question using artificial intelligence.

7 March 2017
Porträtfoto von Martina Havenith-Newen
University Alliance Ruhr

Resolv gets inter-university professorship

The Cluster of Excellence Resolv will receive the boost of an inter-institutional professorship, to expand laser spectroscopy technology within the research field of solvation science.

6 March 2017
Forscher setzt Teile eines Modellgehirns zusammen.
Interview

Science and mystery

In his PhD thesis, Patrick Friedrich investigates the causes of differences in the brain activity of different individuals. In the process, he pushes the boundaries of scientific methods.

3 March 2017

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