Wie lässt sich Licht so lenken, dass es robust auf seinem Weg bleibt? Mit dieser Frage beschäftigt sich Sebastian Klembt, Physiker an der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg und Forscher im Würzburg-Dresdner Exzellenzcluster ctd.qmat – Complexity, Topology and Dynamics in Quantum Matter. Jetzt hat er den Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Physik I in Würzburg übernommen.
Bei hochsommerlichen Temperaturen von über 30 Grad eine anspruchsvolle 8,4 Kilometer lange Strecke bewältigen: Das war die Challenge beim WVV-Firmenlauf in den Abendstunden des 18. Juni 2026.
Mit mehr als 150 Läuferinnen und Läufern war die Universität Würzburg so stark vertreten wie noch nie. Erstmals gingen neben Mitarbeitenden auch Studierende für das Uni-Team an den Start – und sorgten umgehend für einige sportliche Highlights.
Spitzenplätze in den Einzelwertungen
In der Biologie galten Zytokinine lange Zeit als exklusive Regulatoren des Pflanzenreichs, die dort unter anderem das Wachstum und die Reaktion auf Stress steuern. Dass diese Stoffe auch im menschlichen Organismus eine wesentliche Rolle spielen könnten, war bisher kaum erforscht. Ein Forschungsteam vom Biozentrum der Universität Würzburg hat jetzt jedoch nachgewiesen, dass Zytokinine systemisch in verschiedenen Organen von Säugetieren – und damit auch beim Menschen – vorkommen.
Congratulations to Sebastian Veldhuis on successfully completing his PhD in Economics!
Sebastian successfully defended his dissertation entitled „Essays on Instabilities and Nonlinearities in Long-Run Macroeconomic Relationships“ on May 26, 2026.
Exciting boccia tournament at the USI outdoor grounds: Team ‘Kugelsicher’ clinches the title!
Fantastic summer weather, thrilling matches and a great atmosphere: this year’s boccia tournament at the USI outdoor grounds was a resounding success.
The road to the final
Congratulations!We would like to congratulate all recent graduates on completing their studies and look forward to welcoming you to the alumni network of the University of Klagenfurt!
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DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMMES
Two Awards at SACM 2025 for the Media Change and Innovation Division
Michael Reiss successfully defended his cumulative dissertation
Generative AI is Taking Over Everyday Life in Switzerland: From Experimentation to Regular Use
New publications on Transhumanist Anthropocene, Content Creators and Chilling Effects
“Artificial Intelligence” in Switzerland 2024: Rapid Diffusion and Increasing Digital Inequality
Internet Use as Everyday Religion on the Rise, Cyborgization Still in its Early Stages
Vortragsreihe: Wie Digitalisierung und Künstliche Intelligenz unsere Gesellschaft verändern
Kiran Kappeler successfully defended her dissertation
New publications on techno-religion, human augmentation technologies, internet use in Switzerland
Daniela Jaramillo-Dent wins Best Seminar Award for outstanding teaching
This time, we learned from initiatives around the world that have breathed new life into dusty archives using both open and non-open technologies
The post Roundtable Recap: How to digitise a physical archive to work strategically with AI? first appeared on Open Knowledge Blog.
With the adoption of the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in 2022, the European Commission embarked on a paradigm shift. It created a comprehensive framework that establishes rights for users of digital intermediary services—such as social media platforms or marketplaces for private listings—vis-à-vis the providers of these services. The protection of children and adolescents is a particular focus here, because although their daily lives and social interactions are heavily influenced by social media, these environments are anything but child-friendly.
The training data for generative AI systems contains millions upon millions of copyrighted works. The rights holders of this material were neither asked if they consented to this form of use nor were they compensated for it. Many celebrate the fact that texts, images, and musical works are publicly available on the internet as an achievement for free education and participation in humanity’s cultural wealth. Of course, no one thought about the for-profit companies that develop large language models on this basis.