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Prof. Dr. Volker Epping honoured with award from Brno University of Technology

LUH president given Czech university's gold medal for his commitment to internationalisation. Volker Epping served as chairperson of the EULiST network's President's Board from the founding of the ten-university alliance in 2021 until 2024.

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SpongeWorks: Expert team plans sponge landscapes for climate resilience and biodiversity

EU project coordinated by Leibniz University Hannover aims to improve landscapes’ water retention and prevent flooding.

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Physicists develop new method to combine conventional internet with the quantum internet

Researchers from the Institute of Photonics have developed a transmitter-receiver concept for transmitting entangled photons via optical fibre. This could enable the next generation of telecommunications, the quantum internet, to use existing infrastructure.

© Gilmour Lab/Köhnke Lab

New insights into molecular mechanisms of cholera infection

A team from LUH, the University of Münster and ETH Zurich has investigated a key component of the so-called GM1 cholera toxin. The findings may help to enable the development of inhibitors that can prevent life-threatening cholera infections.

© Foto: Anna Vollheyde

Increasing the sustainability of agriculture and food with chickpeas and beans

The Institute of Environmental Planning is part of the new EU project VALERECO, which supports sustainability in the agricultural sector. The project aims to identify and utilise the benefits of legumes for the agricultural ecosystem.

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14th International Symposium on Foundations of Information and Knowledge Systems

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7th October 2024

The University Sports Centre’s course catalogue for the winter semester is now online

1st August 2024

Gauß-Newton Medal goes to Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Wriggers

DigiUni project supports Ukraine’s digital future

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Research on optical precision instruments in the Cluster of Excellence PhoenixD

Goal of the Cluster of Excellence Hearing4all is improved hearing experience for all

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The Cluster of Excellence QuantumFrontiers deals with light and matter at the quantum frontier

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