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Würzburg economist Peter Bofinger is a member of the pension commission appointed by the German government. The commission is tasked with drawing up proposals for pension reforms.

Major international investment in a Würzburg start-up: The company aims to develop more effective and more readily available CAR-T therapies against cancer.

Christmas address: President Pauli addresses the university community – Onboarding: how to make it work – Honours: anniversary celebrants and retirees – Good communication: ‘Science Pub’ receives award

The Würzburg-led research unit “Relativistic Jets in Active Galaxies” has been investigating the powerful plasma beams emitted by supermassive black holes since 2021. Now the DFG has extended its funding.

A new study from the University of Würzburg's Chair of Mathematics Education shows that AI research for STEM education focuses too much on technology and neglects the holistic development of students.

Minister President Markus Söder has honoured nine personalities with the Bavarian Maximiliansorden. Among them from Würzburg: Professors Georg Ertl and Jörg Vogel.

A functional sperm tail is essential for successful reproduction. Defects in its development often lead to infertility. This is also shown by a recent international study involving researchers from Würzburg.

When ant pupae are infected by pathogens, they change their body odour. In this way, they warn the colony of the risk of infection - and thus seal their death.

Germany should not become too dependent on other countries for clean energy resources. This is the demand made by the members of the Kopernikus project Ariadne. Among them is Würzburg economist Joschka Wanner.

A new Research Training Group in medicine and an extended one in psychology, psychiatry and neurobiology: researchers in Würzburg are celebrating funding success from the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Glossy flowers are visible to bees from a distance, but make color recognition difficult up close. They thus represent a visual compromise of nature, as a new study by the University of Würzburg shows.

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.

Great result for the University and the University Hospital: all six proposals from Würzburg were approved in the latest round for the awarding of Collaborative Research Centres.

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.