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Before nuclear power plants are dismantled, it is checked whether the parts of the building to be dismantled are free of radioactivity. A research team is working on a new measuring method to detect radiation efficiently.

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

Cooperation between Würzburg and Queensland receives funding: Complex models for complex diseases: 3D-printed synapses open up new ways of understanding childhood disorders of the nervous system.

Patrick Meybohm has been appointed as a new member by the Presidium of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.

The European Union is funding a new research consortium investigating neuropathic pain with 1.5 million euros. A team from the University Hospital of Neurology in Würzburg is part of it.

"Forschung hilft", the foundation for the promotion of cancer research at the University Hospital of Würzburg, supports 21 projects with a total of almost 235,000 euros.

Rare genetic variants in nerve cells influence brain development and significantly increase the risk of ADHD. This is shown by an international study in which Würzburg University Medicine was involved.

Hannes Keiling, PhD student at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, has won first prize at the Mexican Science Day in Berlin. He can now use the 12,000 euros he won to plan a scientific workshop in Mexico.

This year's student prize for outstanding teaching goes to the psychologist Armin Stock and the physics didactics experts Jens Damköhler and Wolfgang Lutz.

On Monday, 1 December, a new project from the WueDive project will be presented. Modern learning materials are intended to promote the intercultural competence of teachers. The event will be rounded off with a concert.

When it comes to artificial intelligence, Europe is technologically dependent on the USA and China. A new project involving the University of Würzburg aims to change this. The aim is to develop a sovereign European AI.

The Faculty of Management and Economics invites you to the 25th anniversary of the Bachelor's degree programme in Business Informatics. The event will take place on 27 November 2025. Participation is possible without registration.

Something strange goes on inside platinum-bismuth-two (PtBi₂). A new study by the Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat demonstrates that while PtBi₂ looks like a typical crystal, electrons moving through it do something spectacular.

A hybrid edition of Aurora von Königsmarck’s works is being produced in Eichstätt, Würzburg and Darmstadt. As a poet, musician and organiser of courtly festivities, she was a key figure of galanterie in the German-speaking world.

The University of Würzburg performs very well in the 'Global Ranking of Academic Subjects'. Pharmaceutical sciences, life sciences, medical technology, and physics are particularly noteworthy.