Press Releases

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.

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.

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.

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The University of Würzburg has proven its strong global standing: in the newly released Times Higher Education Ranking, JMU ranks 179th worldwide. The university performed particularly well in knowledge transfer and research quality.

The Science Slam is celebrating its 10th birthday. There will be two events to mark the anniversary: a classic slam on Friday, 7 November. Plus a best-of from ten years on Saturday, 8 November.

Lectures for the winter semester 2025/26 start at the University of Würzburg on 13 October. At the annual press conference at the start of the semester, President Paul Pauli provided information on current topics from the university.

There are now explanatory videos on literary learning in German lessons for student teachers: freely accessible, practical and ideal for the entire degree programme. They were developed at the University of Würzburg.

Detect influenza viruses quickly and easily with chewing gum or a lollipop: researchers from Würzburg, Braunschweig and Cologne demonstrate with a new diagnostic tool how this works.

The SCoRE tool developed at the University of Würzburg reliably records the football skills of girls in real game situations for the first time. It is available as an app for coaches.

Improving biodiversity and maintaining yields at the same time? For many, this sounds like a contradiction in terms. However, a new study by the University of Würzburg shows that both are possible under the right conditions.

It is highly likely that the female menstrual cycle was originally synchronized with the lunar cycle. This has changed significantly with the rise of artificial light and smartphones, as a new study by the University of Würzburg shows.

The Würzburg literary scholars Professor Stephan Kraft and Dr. Holger Hof have already jointly published two of Gottfried Benn's correspondences. A third now presents Benn's correspondence with his daughter Nele.

Eliminating toxic and expensive heavy metals in the chemical industry: A new publication from the University of Würzburg Chemistry points the way forward.

Using innovative RNA technology, Würzburg researchers have intervened in the reproduction of phages. The study, published in Nature, could pave the way for new therapeutic approaches to treating infections.