Focus: Water
Most Expensive River In The World
The Emscher was once dead, but now it has undergone a miraculous transformation. In high-profile projects UDE’s researchers are…
Precious Elixir of Life
It has to be safe and clean and supply billions of people: water. Use of the resource is ever…
Future Water
Energy source, pollutant collector, elixir of life, cause of conflicts – water is so diverse. All these facets come together…
The River Doctor
Only aquatic isopods and chironomid larvae in the stream instead of exuberant biodiversity? In that case, it is in…
Studying the Future
The water industry needs experts worldwide. Our university trains them. An example. By Katrin Koster Water is a fascinating…
The Environmental Specimen Bank
Travelling back in time to biological diversity: The German Environmental Specimen Bank stores more than 500,000 snapshots from various…
Blue-green instead of Brown
A climate-resilient city needs intact green spaces. The Smart Green City pilot project uses intelligent sensors to ensure that these areas…
Under One Roof
Water research at the UDE is getting its own building, the FutureWaterCampus. It will offer a home for all…
Portrait
Pushing Boundaries
She actually wanted to be a pianist. Now Ute Klammer is setting standards as a scientist. Portrait of a tireless…
Highlights
More Time for People
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the hospital still feels futuristic to many people. Yet it is now an important issue…
Evolution or Revolution?
At present, 5G is still the be-all and end-all in mobile communications and the changeover is in full swing. At the…
Close to Light Speed
Taking concrete into space sounds strange enough, but how about mixing it on the International Space Station (ISS) in…
Unique
With ACTIVE SITES, the UDE is getting a new research building where big things will happen. It is a…
Transfer
Duisburg: A Hydrogen Hotspot
Germany has ambitions to become a hydrogen republic. The hydrogen and fuel cell center ZBT GmbH will play a…
AI on Prescription
It takes over such tasks that bore or overwhelm humans: artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to become the metronome…
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Tetris for Industry
It stands like a stacking game in the labs of the NanoEnergieTechnikZentrum (NETZ) – a modular roll-to-roll coater whose…
Gedruckt
Knowledge Between Covers 2022
A small selection of new publications. ‘Sounds utopian – and that’s what it’s meant to be’ Everyone should be allowed…