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Macrophages formed in the bone marrow can only assume the function of embryonal phagocytes to a certain degree according to a study by the University of Bonn and @thedohertyinst.bsky.social in @cp-immunity.bsky.social: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/154-...
Resistance Training activates the muscle repair machinery. This is shown by a study conducted by researchers from the universities of Hildesheim, @uni-freiburg.de and Bonn. The study funded by @dfg.de and @dlr-de.bsky.social forms the basis for optimized training: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/149-...
#ScienceSnack: Land degradation significantly reduces crop yields. If human-made soil degradation were to be reversed by 10 percent, the Earth’s arable land could feed an extra 70 million people in purely mathematical terms. Read more: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/144-... © Image: Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn
Together with @fzborstel.bsky.social a new mechanism of action for a synthetic peptide that mitigates excessive inflammatory responses in allergic asthma has been discovered. This opens up new avenues for treating chronic inflammatory diseases: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/143-... © Photo: A. Schromm/FZB
#ScienceSnack: Policies to protect cropland quality work in many countries. A study by @land-economics.bsky.social y.social in @natfood.nature.com shows their impact depends on the political & institutional context. www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/141-... © photo: Frank Luerweg
Robotics expert Stefano Mintchev is joining the University of Bonn from ETH Zurich. His interactive drones use flexible materials, tactile sensors & smart control to support agriculture, biodiversity research & environmental monitoring. Welcome! www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/139-... © R.Ferone;VL/Uni Bonn
The Bonn exhibit “Caution: Inflammatory!” at the MS Wissenschaft demonstrates exactly how lifestyle and the immune system are connected. The floating science center, featuring exhibits on the theme “Medicine of the Future,” was currently in Bonn and will make its next stop in Cologne.
🎉Congratulations to our graduates 2026! Nearly 2,000 graduates celebrated its traditional “Universitätsfest” with their friends and family. Read more www.uni-bonn.de/de/neues/hue... (c) Marc John/Uni Bonn
Gentle purchase incentives can lead customers to choose groceries with higher animal husbandry standards more often. A recent study at the University of Bonn at least suggests this: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/126-... © Figure: ILR/Uni Bonn
Congratulations! Neuroscientist Dominik Bach, chemist Ala Bunescu and radiologist Philipp Vollmuth (UKB) receive a Proof of Concept Grant by @erc.europa.eu to turn their findings into commercial products or services: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/124-... © Photos: B. Frommann/T. Schwerdt/B. Yehdou
Splashing out money—or save it? Psychologists at the University of Bonn, along with more than 100 researchers, are conducting a study on decision-making behavior in 77 countries. Interested adults can participate until August 18, 2026: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/123-... ©Illustration:K. Keidel/Uni Bonn
Celebrating research and engagement for gender equality: The University of Bonn honored outstanding theses and initiatives with its 2026 Gender Studies Prize and Maria von Linden Gender Equality Prize. Congratulations to all awardees! More: shorturl.at/a3iLE © Photo: Gender Equality Office/Uni Bonn
Congratulations to Matthew Smith on securing a €2.5M ERC Advanced Grant! @erc.europa.eu will fund his research into ethical-technical dilemmas inherent to digital security and privacy technologies. More: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/117-... © Photo: Barbara Frommann/Uni Bonn
Collision in space is not evidence of dark matter after all? Study led by the University of Bonn presents new data that calls the current model into question. Read more: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/coll...
#ScienceSnack: A new book co-edited by Jun.-Prof. Dr. Alice Toso (University of Bonn) shows how identities of people from Late Antiquity to modern times can be reconstructed from bones, graves & objects—revealing how people lived and were seen: shorturl.at/BMWtZ © Yehdou/Uni Bonn
Autonomous, fast, successful: University of Bonn students won “Best Performance Overall” with their AI and robotics project LamarRacing at the RoboRacer Competition during ICRA 2026 in Vienna, outperforming 35 international teams in the time-trial race. Congratulations Team LamarRacing! ©photo: ICRA
Why do mothers in West Germany work significantly fewer hours than mothers in East Germany—even 30+ years after reunification? New research by Zainab Iftikhar and colleagues explores what this means for childcare, parental leave, and the labor market: shorturl.at/uFnTF © Frommann/Uni Bonn
People around the world are more cooperative than we expect and we underestimate the willingness of others to cooperate, says a global study by a Bonn-Frankfurt Research Team. ➡️ www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/102-... © Montage: Reinhard Bosse / Universität Bonn
How do fictions and models shape our understanding of existence? Join IMPULSE-Focus “Imagination” with Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht: a public lecture on 9 June and an experimental workshop on 10 June with colleagues from across disciplines. © Ulrike Syrakas/IMPULSE Bonn
UKB and University of Bonn's PearNet project develops wearables that give epilepsy patients advance warning of seizures and records them when they happen. It has now secured €2.7 million in funding via the GO-Bio next program run by BMFTR. More: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/092-... © Vanessa Hüsch/UKB
#ScienceSnack People with depression do not perceive food as less rewarding when they actually consume it—differences emerge during anticipation. New study by The University Hospitals Bonn & Tübingen and the University of Bonn: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/088-... © UKB/Aljoscha Haupt
#ScienceSnack: A new discussion paper shows that executives in the US are now reaching top positions later in their careers. This is attributed to firms increasingly demanding that their CEOs be generalists. Read more: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/082-... @econtribute.bsky.social © G. Schwan/M. Thürbach
#ScienceSnack Less hunger, more environmental problems? In sub-Saharan Africa, wealthier people are adopting Western-style diets, leading to better nutrient intake but also higher environmental costs. Researchers from Bonn & Ghana outline solutions: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/080-... © M. Qaim/Uni Bonn
What did people eat and drink in the Bronze Age South Caucasus? Dairy products, wine, and beyond: Researchers studied the foodways and culinary practices of Kura-Araxes communities. More: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/076-... (c) A. Decaix, ANR SWEED and the Mission “Boyuk Kesik” & ANR KUR(A)GAN
Congrats to Junior Professor Marc Rußwurm! @dfg.de will be providing up to €1.4 million in funding for his Emmy Noether Group devoted to developing AI methods for fusing different types of geodata to arrive at a uniform geospatial representation: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/068-... © G. Hübl/Uni Bonn
Power struggles, shifting alliances, global uncertainty—in the new episode of our podcast "Hypothesis", political scientist Hendrik W. Ohnesorge explores why international relations are "anarchic" and how theories make sense of global dynamics (German only): www.uni-bonn.de/de/neues/hyp...
3 new research groups at the University of Bonn are set to receive funding from the @dfg.de: on concepts of God in ancient Israel, Chinese tech companies, and precise Earth rotation measurements. Funding totals millions of euros. More: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/conc... © T. Wagner/V. Lannert/COLOURBOX
Europe wants to become more digitally sovereign—but how dependent is it really? A new policy brief from the University of Bonn & the Vodafone Institute shows that hidden trade dependencies on the U.S. & China call Europe’s strategies into question: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/057-... © GH/Uni Bonn
The International Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD) was held in Europe for the first time—at the University of Bonn. Members of companies like NVIDIA, Apple & IBM came together to discuss the foundation of our digital future: powerful microchips. www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/chip... © DM/Uni Bonn
