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What influence do supervisors have on the motivation of students working on their thesis? And what effect does grade pressure have? Psychologists at the University of Würzburg investigated in a study.

A new and more precise way of measuring time is the aim of an international research project in which Würzburg physicist Adriana Pálffy-Buß is involved. The results could also help in the search for dark matter.

The University of Würzburg has been awarded the "Shaping Diversity" certificate for its diversity concept. The next step is to set up a diversity management system.

“Management International“ is the new English-taught Master's degree programme that the Faculty of Business Management and Economics is launching in the winter semester 2024/25. Applications are open now.

Bavaria's new Digital Minister Dr Fabian Mehring paid his first visit to the University of Würzburg. He was visibly impressed by the projects and achievements of the XR Hub.

The University of Würzburg was successful in the first round of the Excellence Strategy with one of its submitted research outlines. The University Council has now congratulated the University Board.

In a new forum at the University of Würzburg, small and medium-sized companies are finding out whether and how they can benefit from artificial intelligence. The EU is funding the project with 1.6 million euros.

Cancer is one of the most common causes of death in children worldwide. A research team in which the University of Würzburg is involved wants to change this – and has now received substantial funding for its work.

Germany's first escape room on quantum physics will be open to the public at the SPIN2030 Science Festival in Dresden on 8 and 9 March. It is based on the work of the Dresden-Würzburg Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat.

On the night of March 4-5, 2024, the University of Würzburg's SONATE-2 nanosatellite was successfully launched into space. It will test new hardware and software technologies for artificial intelligence.

Breakthrough in materials research: A team from the Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat has developed an innovative protective film for 2D quantum materials that could play a key role in shaping the future of electronics.

JMU alumna Sabrina Hilscher is a project manager at a company that supplies drive and chassis technology for motorsport, among other things. Here she talks about her job.

The batteries of the future must be both powerful and sustainable. A new joint project, coordinated by the University of Würzburg, aims to make sodium-ion batteries ready to fulfill for these requirements.

Empathy can be transferred. This means that people can acquire or lose empathy by observing their environment. This is shown by a new study by Würzburg neuroscientist Grit Hein.

Desert ants find their way during an early learning phase with the help of the Earth's magnetic field. The associated learning process leaves clear traces in their nervous system. This is shown in a new study by a Würzburg research team.