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New BI.research: Growing together
13 Focus Areas are bringing together academics from different disciplines to advance outstanding topics. They demonstrate how the university is growing together. The new BI.research magazine presents them all.
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How cities are changing social behaviour in urban animals
Cities profoundly shape how animals interact with one another. A new comprehensive review by researchers at Bielefeld University shows that urbanisation alters animal social behaviour – from mate choice to group living.
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Future skill: Critical thinking under pressure
A new project at Bielefeld University aims to show how pupils’ judgement can be strengthened as a competence for the future. It is being funded with 100,000 euros from the Stifterverband and the Heinz Nixdorf Foundation as part of the ‘Futureversities’ programme.
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WhatsApp data show: We often deceive ourselves
How active are we really in chats and how accurate is our self-perception? A new study using anonymized WhatsApp metadata shows how data-driven feedback can improve our understanding of communication and digital well-being.
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Live Ideas: New teutolab for Social Sciences launches
Bielefeld University is establishing a new extracurricular learning space with the teutolab for social sciences. Combining politics, economics and sociology, it invites young people to critically explore everyday life, social conflicts and future challenges.
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Statement: Incidents at the event “Academic Anti-Semitism”
Statement by Professor Dr. Angelika Epple, Rector of Bielefeld University, on incidents at the event “Academic Anti-Semitism” on December 8 at the university.
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Humans and Machines as a Team: New “Humation” Alliance
How can humans and machines be brought together in ways that benefit both? This question drives the new competence network Humation – Human-Centred Automation, founded jointly by Bielefeld University and the Fraunhofer IOSB-INA in Lemgo.
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NEOLAiA representatives at the global meeting in Salerno
Representatives of all partner institutions meet at the Italian partner university halfway through the first funding phase. The delegation from Bielefeld University was also present.
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Contactless Pulse Measurement Falters at High Heart Rates
Researchers at Bielefeld University have analyzed how reliably AI methods can detect pulse rates from simple video recordings.
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Europe meets in Bielefeld
The NEOLAiA Focus Academy celebrated its premiere at Bielefeld University, bringing together students from across Europe to explore digital transformation and entrepreneurship.
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Robust Decisions in Natural and Artificial Intelligence
People, animals and AI make decisions every day under conditions of uncertainty. A new international research group at ZiF Bielefeld is investigating robust decision-making strategies for this purpose. For the first time in a workshop from 8 to 19 December.
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Make foams recyclable via break points
Chemists at Bielefeld University receive funding to apply research on recyclable plastics.
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What Our Meadows Reveal About the Future
Meadows are quietly losing their diversity – often before we even notice. A research team led by Prof. Dr Lena Neuenkamp has now demonstrated in Nature Ecology & Evolution that spatial data can predict changes in species diversity over time with astonishing accuracy.
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Thinking Takes Energy
A new study shows how our brain metabolism sets the limits of thinking. Researchers explain why cognitive models remain incomplete without considering biological resources.
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Extreme-matter research secures renewal
The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding the transregional Collaborative Research Centre (CRC/TRR) 211 ‘Strong-Interaction Matter under Extreme Conditions’ for another 3.5 years. The DFG announced the decision today (21 […]
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Cells Pull the Emergency Brake When Oxygen Runs Low
When cells face a lack of oxygen, they switch to energy-saving mode:
A team at Bielefeld University shows how they deliberately slow down their secretory transport pathway to do so.
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Our Solar System Is Moving Faster Than Expected
Our solar system is racing through space faster than current models predict – as shown by a new study from Bielefeld University. The surprising findings challenge fundamental assumptions of cosmology.
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Public Opinion Divided on Military Service
Conflict Monitor: Younger People Favor Voluntarism, Older Generations Call for Compulsory Service.
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Polio Vaccination Remains Essential
A new study shows: The polio vaccine remains essential. Prof. Dr. Oliver Razum emphasizes: Eradication is unlikely, vaccination protection remains indispensable.
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Clinical Guidelines as a lever for more equitable healthcare
How can clinical guidelines be designed to enable equitable and inclusive healthcare – and at the same time promote research and innovation? Professor Dr Sabine Oertelt-Prigione and her colleagues discuss these questions in their contribution to the current special edition of the British Medical Journal.
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Research Team Explores Inclusion at Conferences
A research team from Bielefeld University investigates how inclusive academic conferences really are and offers concrete recommendations to promote participation and diversity.
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City lizards turn out to be surprisingly social
Narrow walls, few hideouts: in cities, wall lizards build more social ties and form stable bonds, unlike their more solitary counterparts in natural habitats.
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Partnerships boost life satisfaction
Life satisfaction rises significantly when people move from living alone into a committed relationship and start living with a partner. This is shown by a new study from Bielefeld University and the University of Greifswald and the University of Warwick.
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Humans and Machines Learn Differently
Bielefeld researchers analyze in “Nature Machine Intelligence” how humans and AI systems learn new things and what this means for the future of Artificial Intelligence.
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