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Experience first-hand how exciting research can be. From 27th and 29th of April 2011 young people will be able to do just that during the University of Bremen’s Children’s University. Not surprisingly, the event is attracting a great deal of interest: more than 1,450 tickets have already been sold,…

Supported by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU), the University of Bremen is in the process of setting up an innovative educational portal: the nation-wide “Virtual Academy” for teaching the foundations of sustainable development. Announcing project funding in an amount of € 400,000,…

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Mathematics can be much more than what most of us remember from our schooldays: that is why the University of Bremen has now opened a “maths studio“. In the “matelier“ teachers and trainee teachers will be able to receive valuable tips on how to make mathematics lessons more attractive for…

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…