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Successful series for materials research

A new research network aims to understand and design the surfaces of complex metallic solid solutions with atomic precision. Its approval was preceded by the news of two new ERC grants in materials research.

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Our Clusters of Excellence

Cluster of Excellence

Ruhr Explores Solvation

In the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV, scientists work in the field of solvation science.

Cluster of Excellence

Cyber Security in the Age of Large-Scale Adversaries

IT security has become a central societal issue since networked devices have permeated our world. This is what the Cluster of Excellence CASA is concerned with.

Further Research Areas

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Materials science

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Cognitive neuroscience

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Plasma research

News

Physik: John Bulava erforscht die Interaktionen von Elementarteilchen

ERC Grant

Understanding particle interactions in neutron stars

Neutron stars may be much heavier than predicted by theory. This is possibly due to hyperons, i.e. poorly understood elementary particles. John Bulava aims at reconciling theory and experiment with new simulations.

Tong Li hat an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum die Professur für Atomic-Scale Characterisation am Institut für Werkstoffe inne.

ERC Grant

Two million euros for investigating the processes in batteries

Improving safety and durability of batteries requires a better understanding of processes that take place inside them at the atomic level. Tong Li intends to lay the foundations for this as part of a Consolidator Grant.

For me as Rector of Ruhr University Bochum, sustainability is a basic component of the strategy of a modern university.

– Prof. Dr. Martin Paul, Rector of Ruhr University Bochum