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Physicists of the University of Würzburg have succeeded in concentrating light in an inconceivably small area. They took advantage of an effect that also occurs when coffee is spilled.

In patients suffering from multiple sclerosis, the brain is capable of compensating for certain disorders to some extent. How it does this has been examined in detail by medics from Würzburg University Hospital. Their findings may help to improve treatment.

The University of Würzburg has just signed partnership agreements with no fewer than three leading research institutions in India. In so doing, it is intensifying the cooperation that already exists in the areas of life sciences, space technology, and mathematics.

Many genes are suspected of being involved in the development of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). A Franco-German research group has now examined the role of one of these more closely and discovered clear indications of its complicity.

A large number of drugs for cardiac insufficiency, high blood pressure and other conditions take effect by modulating the function of receptors. Researchers from Würzburg, Bonn and Milan have now designed new agents, with which receptors can be finely regulated in a completely novel way.

Every two minutes someone in Germany suffers a stroke, yet there are hardly any effective treatments. Scientists from the University of Würzburg are now pursuing a new approach: inhibiting a blood protein seems to mitigate the negative consequences of strokes quite dramatically.