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Work Hauptgebäude Chemie 04103 Leipzig Phone: work +49 341 97-36000 341 97-36094 Dean Christoph Schneider Vice-Dean Holger Kohlmann Dean of Studies Reinhard Denecke Deanery Marco Weiß Work Institutsg

What role do African countries want to play in the globalised world of the future? There has been a growing realisation among African countries over the past twenty years that issues such as the clima

News from To strengthen its cutting-edge research, Leipzig University submitted three draft proposals yesterday (Wednesday, 31 May 2023) in the Clusters of Excellence funding line in the second competition phase of the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments.

Chemistry and physics research team investigates hyperpolarization to improve molecular diagnostics Multi-million funding for joint Collaborative Research Centre of Leipzig University and Chemnitz Uni

Researchers from Leipzig University will present an interactive digital cube that can visualise climate data from anywhere in the world in space and time at the Building Bridges for the Next Generations conference on 16 May. As a freely accessible website, LexCube makes terabytes of data available to everyone.

News from Magnetic resonance techniques are used in a wide range of scientific disciplines and in practice. The best-known example is magnetic resonance imaging in medicine. These techniques are currently enjoying a major boost thanks to the rapidly developing field of spin hyperpolarization. This can considerably increase the intensity of signals, counteracting the relatively low sensitivity of magnetic resonance.

Urban inequality in Europe and the United States is so severe that urban elites claim most of the benefits from the agglomeration effects that big cities provide, while large parts of urban populations get little to nothing. In a study published in Nature Human Behaviour, researchers at Linköping University and Leipzig University show that the higher-than-expected outputs of larger cities critically depend on the extreme outcomes of the successful few.

News from To mark the meteorological start of winter today (1 December 2023), Leipzig University's Office for University Communications is publishing its first multimedia story entitled "In search of snow's secrets".

News from An innovative European research project called ENDOMIX aims to uncover the hidden dangers of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and decipher their effects on human health.

The world is experiencing two megatrends: Climate extremes are increasing in magnitude and frequency while biodiversity is declining. Researchers from Leipzig University and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) with collaborators across Europe, express concern that these two trends can mutually exacerbate each other.

In Germany, about ten per cent of all children are born before the 37th week of pregnancy and are thus considered premature.

Researchers from Leipzig published a gigantic digital map displaying the full diversity of life through thousands of photos.

Phase transitions in active matter, German-Arabic language phenomena, and collective action Leipzig University is attracting more and more bright minds from abroad.

ReCentGlobe's annual conference asks about the future of globalisation in the shadow of profound change.

Now that the Rectorate has approved the Faculty's application to change its name to 'Fakultät für Geschichte, Kunstund Regionalwissenschaften' in German and to 'Faculty of History, Art and Area Studies' in English, the institution can operate under this name.

With the return of the Polarstern, the largest Arctic expedition of all time has come to a successful end. For more than a year, the German research icebreaker travelled in five cruise legs with more than 400 people from 20 countries to investigate the epicentre of climate change more precisely than ever before.

Minister for Democracy Katja Meier said: "The Else Frenkel-Brunswik Institute will compile studies on anti-democratic attitudes and supplement them with its own research and research assignments on Saxony and individual regions in Saxony.

The new Bundesliga season kicks off on 18 September. One subject that never fails to spark debate in German professional football is whether the so-called 50+1 rule should be abolished - something favoured by Uli Hoeneß and others.

Zu "News Portal" German polar research aircraft start atmospheric surveys over the Arctic Ocean Following a five-month mandatory delay due to the coronavirus pandemic, yesterday (30 August) the two Ge

Zu "News Portal" Environmental Ministry of Saxony and City of Leipzig agree an measures to improve state of Leipzig's floodplain forest Leipzig.