Jump to navigation
A Bochum research team has developed a German version of the "Stress Overload Scale". The translation improves the international comparability of results in stress research.
Many encryption algorithms are mathematically proven to be one hundred per cent secure. Nevertheless, they sometimes fail to protect confidential data. This is because encryption doesn’t happen merely in theory.
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.
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.
Applications can be submitted from mid-March.
Algorithms made in Bochum are becoming the global standard for secure encryption in the age of quantum computing. They’ve arrived just in time.
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.
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.
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.
“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.
Zhenya Landiak is a new member of the Psychological Student Advisory team and offers counselling in English, Ukrainian and Russian.
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.
The Turkish-Syrian border region has been hit by catastrophic earthquakes at the beginning of February 2023. Ruhr University Bochum feels for those affected.
Interview with Annika Wilde on the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
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.
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.
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.
A genetically modified receptor helps to gain new insights.
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.
Scientists can sign the letter online.
