Top researcher Prof. Dr. Xijie Wang has taken up his professorship for ultrafast electron diffraction at two universities. It is a first for the University Alliance Ruhr. In future, the physicist will be researching at both the UDE and TU Dortmund University
Urban mining in thermal waste recycling: UDE and industrial partners have developed an economical process to recover waste incineration slag as a raw material for cement production. Metals and minerals are separated and cleaned.
Researchers at the UDE have developed a model to regulate protein unfolding and degradation using compartmentalization strategies, which could advance artificial nanofactories. These tiny workshops, made from human molecules, may one day help detect disease markers.
Researchers from UDE and HHU have succeeded in identifying and synthesizing a group of molecules that act in a new way against the tuberculosis trigger. This involves so-called callyaerins, which disrupt the metabolism of the tuberculosis bacterium.
The team led by Prof Dr Everschor-Sitte laid the foundations for magnetic reservoir computing around seven years ago. Now, together with Norwegian colleagues, they have developed the idea of ferroelectric reservoir computing. Nature Reviews Physics reports.
During cell division, each of the resulting daughter cells receives one part of a pair of chromosomes. But how is this process monitored and how are potential errors prevented? Biologists at the UDE have been able to clarify the matter. Current Biology reports.
Regionally available, cheaper, more environmentally friendly: UDE engineers and industrial partners have developed a method of desulphurising molten iron with lime instead of imported magnesium from China. The plant is already up and running.
After surviving a stroke or heart attack, infections start to increase. A team from the UDE, the UK Essen and the ISAS in Dortmund has found a reason why the immune system is often disturbed after these health incidents and derived a treatment approach from this.
Is it worth repairing the lysosome? Or is its dissolution safer? Researchers at the UDE have identified a new signaling pathway for our cells to make the decision to degrade the organelle. The biologists have published their findings in Molecular Cell.
New methods for biodiversity monitoring help to detect changes at an early stage and protect nature. This particularly applies to river ecosystems. The "DNAquaIMG" project led by UDE Professor Florian Leese enables better monitoring of biodiversity in rivers.
As part of the UA Ruhr, the partners have strategically developed their research together. The excellent water research has now won through with the "REASONS" project in the first round of the two-stage excellence competition organised by the federal and state governments.
The first prototypes of solid-state batteries should be ready in two years: more durable, safer and with more storage capacity than conventional lithium-ion batteries. Their anode material is produced in the facilities of the NanoEnergieTechnikZentrum (NETZ) at the UDE.
Most rivers in Europe are not doing well. An international research team, led by the Aquatic Ecology department at UDE, has investigated how different types and intensities of agriculture affect the ecological status of rivers.
Rare in humans, but apparently the norm in massive stars: multiple births. A group of international scientists, including those from UDE, have just published their findings in Nature Astronomy. The results are based on data from the ALMA observatory, Chile.
Catalysts play a crucial role in splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen. Yet, applying electrical voltage alters the catalyst's structure, impacting catalytic activity. This poorly understood phenomenon has been investigated.
