Homer's "Iliad" provides a blueprint for how base instincts unleash violence that is still valid today. A key scene from the epic is depicted in a high-ranking painting. It has now been acquired for the Martin von Wagner Museum.
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Hanna Zieger is fascinated by nerve cells. At a start-up in France, she is working on unlocking the cells' secrets and using this new knowledge to combat diseases.
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After a heart attack, scar tissue forms. Researchers from Würzburg and Freiburg have created a molecular heart atlas showing how cells shape this process – and how healing could be enhanced.
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The Academic Orchestra will provide a world premiere and prizes totalling 268,000 euros will be awarded. The festive concert of the Universitätsbund will take place on Thursday, 13 November. Admission is free.
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The "Würzburger Zukunftsrat" transformation experiment is entering a new phase: The recommendations developed there have been edited and will be presented to the Würzburg City Council on 13 November.
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