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Hacker attacks can paralyse companies, administrations and universities. The Innovation Day Mainfranken 2025 on 22 October showed what this can look like and how to protect yourself effectively.

The Women's Leadership Programme is entering a new round. Female junior professors, female professors and experienced female working group leaders at the University of Würzburg can apply to take part until 30 November.

Bavaria and the Max Planck Society have agreed to establish a Max Planck Institute in Würzburg. Representatives of the University and the University Hospital welcome this decision.

Physicists at the University of Würzburg have developed extremely small pixels using optical antennas and a clever design. These can be used in compact AR glasses, for example.

Topological insulators usually only work at very low temperatures. Researchers at the University of Würzburg have now developed an insulator that exhibits the desired properties even at higher temperatures.

A model project that is unique in Bavaria has been running in Klingenberg since 2021: four women with complex disabilities live together in a shared flat. What researchers say about the project.

Carpenter ants are not squeamish when it comes to caring for the wounded. To minimise the risk of infection, the insects immediately amputate injured legs – thereby more than doubling their survival rate.

In keeping with the international quantum year "Quantum 2025", around 600 children experienced the fascinating phenomena of quantum physics live at the children's university on 18 October.

Late summer in Lower Franconia: there are hardly any flowering plants left, and food for honey bees is becoming scarce. Researchers at the Biocenter have investigated how bees cope with this situation.

Read about new appointments, job anniversaries, research sabbaticals and more.

Whether on television, radio, online or in print - researchers at the University of Würzburg are well represented in the media. Here are some current examples.

The CHARM-EU Alliance is calling on teachers to submit their micro-credentials or online courses. The aim is to make innovative teaching formats more visible across Europe and increase the impact of educational programmes.

As part of the CHARM-EU network, it is still possible to submit courses for the Transnational Online Learning (TOL) offer in the summer semester 2026 until 9 November 2025.

Get to know key sustainability topics and explore paths to a sustainable future: All students, teaching staff and members of the university are invited to the kick-off event on Thursday, 6 November.

"What do you want to do with it later?" Students of the humanities and social sciences are often asked this question. A lecture series at the JMU Career Centre will provide answers from Thursday, 23 October.