Press Releases

Researchers at the University of Würzburg have developed a method that can improve the performance of quantum resistance standards. It´s based on a quantum phenomenon called Quantum Anomalous Hall effect.

Professor Bernhard Nieswandt is investigating a cellular mechanism in blood platelets that appears to play a crucial role in inflammatory diseases. He has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for his work.

The transition from the esophagus to the stomach is a delicate region from a medical point of view, often associated with pathological disorders leading to cancer. An international research team has now gained new insights into this region. These pave the way for new prevention and treatment options.

Würzburg-based physical chemist Tobias Brixner has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for his pioneering work on multiple electronic excitations. He already received an ERC Consolidator Grant in 2013.

Würzburg physicists of the Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat have discovered that quantum entanglement toughens up quasiparticles against impurity scattering – even when they are subject to strong disorder.

An international team including researchers from the University of Würzburg has succeeded in creating a special state of superconductivity. This discovery could advance the development of quantum computers.

HIRI scientists have identified a small RNA that influences the sensitivity of the intestinal commensal Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron to certain antibiotics.

Experimental and theoretical physicists from the Würzburg Institute for Topological Insulators observed a re-entrant quantum Hall effect in a mercury telluride device and identify it as a signature of parity anomaly.

One of the benchmarks used to measure the success of research is the volume of publications in esteemed journals. The Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat has celebrated its 1000th publication.

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.

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.