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As a hotspot of climate change, Würzburg faces particular challenges. Countermeasures are made more difficult by a lack of planning tools. A multidisciplinary project is working on a digital solution.

Researchers at the Würzburg site of the Cluster of Excellence ctd.qmat have successfully transferred the topological quantum Hall and spin Hall effects to a hybrid light–matter system using targeted material design.

Eva Östreicher deals with personnel matters in Department 4.4 at the University of Würzburg. In her spare time, she is an active sports shooter - most recently successfully competing in the European Compressed Air Championships in Armenia.

Highly renowned guest at the University of Würzburg: Chemistry professor Makoto Fujita from Tokyo joins Professor Frank Würthner's team as a Humboldt Research Award winner.

A unique experiment tracks the evolution of plants in response to climate change - and defines the limits of adaptability. Researchers from the University of Würzburg are also involved.

Promoting diversity in commercial forests on the basis of ecological theories: This is the aim of a research group that has now been approved for further funding by the DFG. The group is headed by JMU forest ecologist Jörg Müller.

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

151 pupils from 14 schools were guests at the University of Würzburg in mid-March. They had to demonstrate their creativity, logic and teamwork skills in the international Náboj competition.

From 24 March, the "Lebendiger Campus" initiative invites all members of the university to an active lunch break. Every fortnight, various activities will take place on the orchard meadow at Hubland.

Girls' Day is on 23 April: schoolgirls can get to know professions in which hardly any women have worked so far. The university offers insights into the STEM subjects of biology, chemistry, maths, computer science and physics.

Würzburg geography professor Matthias Naumann and Dr. Gala Nettelbladt (Bauhaus University Weimar) have created two episodes for the Urban Political Podcast. Topic: the progressive or authoritarian transformation of local statehood.

Chemistry: A sophisticated process stacks dye molecules in such a way that their luminosity increases significantly as their size grows – a significant step forward for the electronics of tomorrow.

Does depression leave lasting physical traces? A study by the Würzburg University Medical Centre suggests so. It shows that the strength of the hands remains reduced after overcoming depression.

A unique document of cartography will enrich the holdings of the Würzburg University Library in future. The Mercator Atlas, which is over 400 years old, is a gift from Professor Peter Deeg.

With a new chair, the University of Würzburg aims to further improve conditions in a sensitive area: Laboratory animal science and animal welfare. Professor Jan Baumgart is taking over as head.