Grateful to be among the 25 inspiring women featured in @zeit.de as part of the #Zia fellowship for Visible Women in Science. Thanks to @uni-wuerzburg.de for their support and to everyone involved for making scientific work by women more visible. Honored and proud to be part of this initiative ☺️.

Die DFG fördert die Forschungsgruppe zu kosmischen Jets weitere vier Jahre. Das Team untersucht unter anderem, wie riesige Teilchenströme aus Schwarzen Löchern entstehen und was sie für Galaxien bedeuten. #Astrophysik #SchwarzeLöcher @matthiaskadler.bsky.social @aippotsdam.bsky.social

Neue Studie der Mathedidaktik zeigt: In der Forschung zu KI im Unterricht geht’s nur um Technik – die Bedürfnisse von Schüler*innen rücken zu sehr in den Hintergrund. Forschende fordern: Mehr Fokus auf Motivation, Ethik & echten Lernalltag. #KI #Schule #MINT 📷 cvetikmart / generiert mit KI

Herzlichen Glückwunsch an die Professoren Georg Ertl und Jörg Vogel! Für herausragende Verdienste um die Wissenschaft ( #Herzinsuffizienz / #RNA-Biologie) haben sie den Bayerischen Maximiliansorden erhalten. @jorg-vogel-lab.bsky.social ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/aktuelles/pr... 📷 Joerg Koch

Scientists work on a new method to measure #radioactivity for dismantling nuclear power plants. The method is already used in satellites. #Astrophysicists from Würzburg develop the analyses software. ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/aktuelles/ei... 📸 Christian Schwier / AdobeStock

🔬 Why do some sperm cells fail to work properly? A team from Japan and @uniwuerzburg identified a key structure needed for sperm movement. If it’s missing, infertility can occur. #Research #Biology #JMU 📷Ilja / Adobe Stock (generated with AI)

Amazing #ants: When Lasius neglectus pupae are infected by pathogens, they change body odour to warn the colony of the risk of #infection - and thus seal their death @natcomms.nature.com / @istaresearch.bsky.social / Thomas Schmitt JMU 📷Christopher D. Pull / ISTA www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

Deutschland darf bei grünen Technologien nicht in neue Abhängigkeiten geraten! Ariadne-Forschende @ariadneprojekt.bsky.social warnen: Diversifizierung ist entscheidend. Mit Joschka Wanner @joschkawanner.bsky.social #Energiewende #Klimaschutz #Innovation 📷 FotoArtist / Adobe Stock

Congratulations, Vanessa Borst! Our doctoral student in computer science was selected as one of the IT Women of the Year 2025 in the Young Leader category in the field of #eHealth. 📸 Manuel Emme ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

🌸 Shiny flowers: easy to spot from afar, tricky up close! Researchers @uniwue @rug.nl reveal how gloss attracts bumblebees but messes with color perception. #Biology #Pollination #Science 📷 Michael Steiner / Adobe Stock

Great result for our researchers: All six Würzburg proposals for new Collaborative Research Centres were approved @dfg.de ! Congratulations to all those involved #chemistry #medicine #CRC ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

📢 Der Rechtswissenschaftler Kyrill-Alexander Schwarz ist Mitglied des bundesweiten Beraterkreises zur Islamismusprävention und -bekämpfung, den das Bundesinnenministerium eingerichtet hat. Das 15-köpfige Gremium soll einen bundesweiten Aktionsplan zur #Islamismus| bekämpfung entwickeln.

A #microrobot that delivers #drugs precisely to their target location in the body and is soon to be clinically available: great work presented @science.org by @ethz.ch with contributions by JMU Professor Tessa Lühmann! 📷Luca Donati / lad.studio Zurich ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

Der Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien benötigt riesige Flächen; die aber sind ein knappes Gut. Konflikte sind deshalb vorprogrammiert. Forscher aus Würzburg und Dänemark fordern deshalb einen neuen Blick auf die Energiewende. Neuer Beitrag der @humangeowue.bsky.social. go.uniwue.de/energiewende 📷visoot

We are delighted to announce our #HighlyCited2025 researchers: Ronny Thomale, @angelifriedmann.bsky.social , Georg Gasteiger, @dominicgrun.bsky.social, and Christoph Wanner. Congratulations! ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

An AI 🖥️ developed at JMU has autonomously controlled a satellite 🛰️ in orbit – a world first. The Würzburg team’s success marks a major step toward fully autonomous space systems. ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-... #AI #SpaceTech #Würzburg #InnoCube

Deer browsing limits forest diversity – even in the light. New study in @jappliedecology.bsky.social by Würzburg ecologists and others: Even sunny canopy gaps cannot offset the impact of roe deer on forest regeneration. 🦌🌳☀️ ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

🏆 Die Uni Würzburg ist Deutschlands Recyclingpapier-freundlichste Hochschule! Sie setzt zu 100 % auf #Recyclingpapier. Alleine dadurch konnten über 657.000 l Wasser & 148.000 kWh Strom letztes Jahr eingespart werden. ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/aktuelles/pr... 📸 Sascha Hilgers

A tiny neural network is sufficient to control the daily rhythm of the fruit fly: New paper out in @pnas.org s.org by @nils-reinhard.bsky.social and @flyingclocks.bsky.social ingclocks.bsky.social. Only four specialized nerve cells drive the animals' endogenous clock. go.uniwue.de/circadianclock

Physicists at JMU have developed a topological #insulator that works at higher temperatures than previous materials. It could pave the way for the development of topological electronics. Now published in Science Advances. go.uniwue.de/topo-insulator 📷 Mason / Adobe Stock / generated with AI

🟠 The Smallest Pixel in the World! Physicists at JMU have developed extremely small pixels using optical antennas and a clever design – just as bright as an OLED pixel. A step towards mini displays for AR glasses. 🔬 Paper in Science Advances #Nanotech #OLED #AR go.uniwue.de/pixel

To minimise risk of infection, carpenter #ants resort to drastic measures: they amputate injured legs immediately. “Better safe than sorry” – the pragmatic approach proved effective, with survival rates of injured workers more than doubling. Study by @etf1989.bsky.social in @royalsociety.org

Bayern und die Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de haben sich darauf verständigt, in Würzburg ein Max-Planck-Institut 🔬 aufzubauen. Unipräsident Paul Pauli: "Das ist ein starkes Zeichen für den Wissenschaftsstandort Würzburg." go.uniwue.de/mpg-wue 📷 Mindcore

We warmly welcome Professor @uhammes.bsky.social as the new Head of the Department of #Botany I at our university! He is investigating the proteins that help #plant #hormones reach their sites of action. We wish him every success in his research and teaching! ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

🏺✨We are launching our new research project. We will combine archaeological and philological sources with digital methods. Our aim is to enhance the Hethitologie-Portal Mainz using LLM, LOD, geolocation and more. @dai-weltweit.bsky.social @volkswagenstiftung.de www.uni-wuerzburg.de/aktuelles/ei...

🎓 Neu für Lehramtsstudierende & Lehrkräfte Deutsch "Deutschdidaktik to go": 12 Erklärvideos zum literarischen Lernen – anschaulich, praxisnah & bei #VHB frei verfügbar als OER. 📺 Jetzt entdecken: www.uni-wuerzburg.de/aktuelles/pr... #Lehramt #OER #LiterarischesLernen #UniWürzburg

Detect #influenza #viruses quickly and easily with chewing gum or a lollipop: researchers demonstrate @pubs.acs.org how this works. Congratulations on this paper to all participants! @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social , Uniklinik Würzburg, @uniklinikkoeln.bsky.social ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

We welcome Tomislav #Begušić as our new Professor of Theoretical #Chemistry! The alumnus of @caltech.edu and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne #EPFL joined us on 1 September. ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

#Fußball: Deutschlands erste wissenschaftlich geprüfte #Leistungsdiagnostik für Juniorinnen #SCoRE, entwickelt im Team unserer Professoren Heinz Reinders und Olaf Hoos! App für Trainerinnen und Trainer verfügbar. Publikation #GerJExercSportRes #Sport ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/aktuelles/pr...

The female menstrual cycle was probably originally synchronized with the lunar cycle. This has changed significantly due to artificial light and smartphones, as a new study now published in the Journal Science Advances shows. go.uniwue.de/moon

Religiöse Praktiken sind heute eng mit digitalen Medien verwoben. Forschungsteams der Unis Würzburg und Bremen untersuchen ab sofort in einem interdisziplinären Netzwerk das Verhältnis von Mensch, Religion und Künstlicher Intelligenz. (📷 Firmantio / Adobe Stock / generiert mit KI) go.uniwue.de/card

#Chemistry: Eliminating toxic and expensive heavy #metals in the industry. New publication from the #Braunschweig group @natchem.nature.com points the way forward. #boron #olefins ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

Am 3. Oktober 2025 lädt die Universität Würzburg Kinder zum Aktionstag „Türen auf mit der #Maus“ ein. Drei Fakultäten öffnen ihre Labore und Hörsäle und machen #Wissenschaft spielerisch erlebbar. 📷 WDR

Herzlich Willkommen an der Uni Würzburg: Mit einem Willkommenstag hat die JMU 19 neue Azubis begrüßt. #Ausbildung 📷 Hofmann/JMU

What is #European? Democracy? Freedom? Many people have one-sided or distorted ideas about this, as professor Dag Nikolaus #Hasse (#History of #Philosophy) shows in a book that is now also available in English @amsterdamupress.bsky.social

Programmable #antibiotics: Using innovative #RNA technology, Würzburg researchers succeeded in specifically interfering with #phage reproduction in #bacteria. New publication @nature.com @helmholtz-hiri.bsky.social @jorg-vogel-lab.bsky.social #asobiotics

We proudly present two new Indo-German research projects: Functional #nanosystems / New therapies against infections, such as #tuberculosis. @daadworldwide.bsky.social #India #IIT Indore #IISER TVM ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

Insta-Walks und Cook-Alongs: Ein neues Handbuch stellt mobile Methoden der #Sozialforschung und #Raumforschung vor. Mitherausgeber ist unser Professor Matthias #Naumann @humangeowue.bsky.social @transcript-verlag.bsky.social ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/aktuelles/ei...

We are very proud of our researchers Beatrice Baragli, Jerome Beetz, Jacqueline Degen, Mona Garvert, Jake Greenfield, and Jens Hör: They have been awarded prestigious ERC Starting Grants worth €1.5 million. Congratulations! @erc.europa.eu #ERCStG ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

New study published at Nature Structural & Molecular Biology: Pox viruses have developed a unique strategy to rapidly multiply after infecting a host cell. The findings may serve as a starting point for the development of new antiviral agents. go.uniwue.de/smallpox

Enduring competitive pressure not only changes young people's behaviour, but also their personality: they become less prosocial. New paper @fabiankosse.bsky.social et al. @jeeanews.bsky.social #prosociality ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

A fantastic event organised by our Graduate Academy and our Graduate School of Life Sciences – open to JMU researchers from all disciplines!

Great! Ranked 3rd in Bavaria, 15th in Germany. 🥳And we are among the top 220 universities worldwide. That's what an internal analysis of the 2025 #Shanghai #Ranking #ARWU says about us! ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

A European research consortium is working on satellites equipped with gecko technology to remove space debris. 🛰️🦎 The satellite's brain is being developed in Würzburg, where the gecko materials are also being made space-ready. ➡️ go.uniwue.de/geckosatelli...

Study shows: Parental leave longer than 12 months means a loss of income for #PhD graduates – women are affected more by this. Paper @jmfncfr.bsky.social. 📸 HOX Life Science GmbH ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

Germans spend ten hours of their day sitting down. This is a #health risk, as the new #DKV report shows. It was compiled under the co-direction of JMU #sports scientist Dr. Birgit #Sperlich: ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

🥳🥳🥳We are very proud that the women's #football team from Würzburg has won the European University Football #Championships for the second time in a row. Congratulations! ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

#Biochemistry: #PEX39, a newly discovered #peroxin protein, transports enzymes into #peroxisomes like a relay racer. New paper @natcellbio.nature.com – congratulations to @dwendscheck.bsky.social @warscheidlab.bsky.social et al! ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

Das Doktorandenkolleg RNAmed erhält bis 2030 eine weitere Förderung vom Elitenetzwerk Bayern – Forschende in frühen Karrierestadien entwickeln darin neue #RNA-Therapien und knüpfen internationale Kontakte. (📷 Luisa Härtig / HIRI) ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/aktuelles/ei...

Harvesting #robots: a novel 3D laser scanner system for precise plant analysis in the field. New development in cooperation @leibnizatb.bsky.social ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...