Newsportal - Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Selected news

Individual silver nanoparticles observed in real time

The particles have an antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect. They are used in medicine and the food industry. But little is known about their mode of action and degradation so far.

30 July 2018

Dulce Morales, Steffen Cychy, Stefan Barwe, Dennis Hiltrop, Martin Muhler und Wolfgang Schuhmann im Labor

Hydrogen and plastic production

New catalyst with a dual function

Plastic production with this catalyst would be sustainable and would also enable the creation of hydrogen as a potential energy source.

24 July 2018

Eine feste Substanz löst sich in einer Flüssigkeit.

Third-party funding

RUB ranks highly in chemistry and civil engineering

The German Research Foundation has released the Funding Atlas 2018. When compared to the previous report, the Bochum-based university has significantly improved its performance in many of its main research disciplines.

9 July 2018

Thorsten Scherpf, Viktoria Däschlein-Gessner, Lennart Scharf and Christopher Schwarz

Chemistry

New chemical compounds make catalysts more efficient

Catalysts should be as stable, efficient and adaptable to certain applications as possible. This Bochum development makes all of this possible.

9 July 2018

Deutsche und japanische Flagge auf dem Campus der RUB - Fotomontage

RUB International Science Days

Towards Society 5.0

Germany and Japan are working closely together politically on digitisation – there is now an initiative from RUB for greater cooperation within research.

28 June 2018

Chemistry

Why bioelectrodes for energy conversion are not stable

How artificial photosynthesis systems should be designed in the future to remain functional in the long term.

25 May 2018

Chemistry

Substance libraries for new antibiotics

How the pharmaceutical industry could obtain new active ingredients in the future.

24 May 2018

IT Security

New technology for monitoring nuclear disarmament

One day, this technology might help verify if countries abide by disarmament treaties.

18 April 2018

Chemistry

Carbon dioxide as a raw material

This chemical reaction could someday make it possible to put the climate-damaging gas to good use.

17 April 2018

Interview

Why Is It Often So Hard to Understand IT Specialists?

Linguist Steffen Hessler analyses how the communication between IT experts and end users could be improved.

13 April 2018

Chemistry

Observing biological nanotransporters

How molecules are transported through membranes.

13 April 2018

Cosmic magnetic fields

Astonishing order in space

Modern radio telescopes unearth structures that nobody has ever expected.

5 April 2018

NRW-Wissenschaftsministerin Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen

Research Training Group opens

The human factor in IT security

A visit from the Minister: Work on a new North Rhine-Westphalian Research Training Group on cyber security has commenced.

23 March 2018

Neuroscience

Moving a robot arm with the brain

Researchers study the principles of man-machine collaboration in the virtual world.

23 March 2018

Reverse Engineering

How Hackers Learn

Many an idea has been stolen due to electronic components being counterfeited. Insights into the methodologies applied by hackers might help render chips more secure.

19 March 2018