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Sensor technology monitors the wear and tear on aircraft and wind generators, enhances the safety of robotic systems and provides more scope of action for robots: just three examples of applications connected with research carried out by the Central Research Unit “Integrated Solutions in Sensorial…

Climate research in the oceans, building under-water vehicles, or the coastal mud flats and its inhabitants: these are just a few of the topics which make up the MINTIA “Water Worlds” event open to female high-school students from the eighth to the thirteenth grades from May to July 2011 – a new…

In March 2011 the satellite instruments SCIAMACHY and GOME-2 measured the lowest ozone values above the Arctic since the start of the European data record in 1995. The origin of the strong ozone losses are very low temperatures in the stratosphere (about 20 km altitude) that release chlorine and…

The Bremen “B-Human” robot soccer team is European champion once again. Following on its two previous triumphs as world and European champions in the Standard Platform League, the B-Human team stormed to victory in the RoboCup German Open 2011 in Magdeburg. With a devastating overall score of 267:8…

The University of Bremen has re-aligned its internal research development program. Calls in 2011 will encompass a total of eight new funding lines. These range from stipends to facilitate the transition to doctoral studies, through impetus funding  for doctoral students and post-docs, up to…

The LION building, which in Klagenfurter Straße 2 will house laser research at the University of Bremen, is nearing completion. The impressive new research building for the engineering sciences stands on the site of what was once a car park. Yesterday the traditional topping-out ceremony marked an…

Where would we be without engineers? No electricity, no telephones, no cars – the world simply wouldn’t be the same. From the printed book, through the purification of drinking water, up to life-saving medical technology – none of these things could have happened without the ingenuity of engineers.…

How to secure future energy supplies is the topic currently on everybody’s lips, lending new momentum to the debate surrounding the use of our planet’s scarce resources. Quite independent from the earthquake catastrophe and nuclear disaster in Japan, the second lecture in the series “Die Uni (in)…

The University of Bremen has positioned itself as a forerunner among German research institutions by committing to fund open access publications. By taking this step the University hopes to boost the motivation of its members to make their publications available online in so-called open access…

Psychological disorders in childhood and adolescence put an unbearable strain on family life and endanger healthy development. However, the field of therapy in this area has been sadly neglected. Children and young people often have to wait for nine months or more before they can receive treatment,…