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In the production of compounds, chemists have the goal of finding strategies that are most selective and avoid waste products. This helps to drive industrial innovation and drug development. Now a team of researchers at Münster University developed a new approach to allyl functionalization using radical chemistry. The study has been published in “Nature Catalysis”.

Informations on health topics in Internet forums are often so complex that laypersons are barely able to form considered judgements on the advice. One criterion which users apply instead in evaluating the information is the style of the language used. This is the result of the research carried out by psychologists at the University of Münster.

The publication of two anthologies on the debate in Münster on the culture of remembrance with regard to Paul von Hindenburg and on gender history in Westphalia based on the example of the diaries of Anna Topheide: these are the results so far of the research carried out by Klaus-Dieter Franke. Since the winter semester of 2015/16, he has been taking part in the Senior Guest Programme.

In the production of chemical compounds, the success of each individual reaction depends on numerous parameters. It is not always possible to predict whether a reaction will take place and how well it will work. Chemists and computer scientists from Münster University have now developed a tool based on artificial intelligence. The study has been published in “Chem”.

The University of Münster (WWU) is taking further steps to slow down the spread of the novel coronavirus. Starting on Wednesday, 18 March at 6 pm, the buildings of the University will be open only to WWU employees including student and research assistants.

As a further measure to reduce the risk of infection by the corona virus, the Botanical Garden of the University of Münster will remain closed until further notice. This applies to individual visits as well as all public guided tours taking place there.

In a recent publication, Nora Markard, Professor of International Public Law and International Human Rights Protection at the University of Münster, looked at the issues of sea rescues, places of safety and the behaviour of the European Union (EU). In this interview, Nora Markard explains the legal situation, current practice on the part of the EU and what needs to change in future.

On account of the spread of the coronavirus, the NRW state government decided today (13 March) that teaching at NRW universities will not begin until 20 April 2020. This decree therefore also applies to the University of Münster.

On 6 March, 35 international scientists set off on a special research trip. With the research vessel "Sonne" they set off from Cape Town in South Africa into the Indian Ocean to study the submarine uplift "Marion Rise" on the Southwest Indian Ridge. Also on board are four researchers from the Institute of Mineralogy of the Münster University.

Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1348 – "Dynamic Cellular Interfaces" – at University of Münster offers school students majoring in Biology an opportunity to take a close-up look at university research and conduct their own experiments. For two weeks, every spring and autumn, senior school students can be found at the Institute of Neuro- and Behavioural Biology.

15 junior researchers at the University of Münster have received nearly 20,000 euros in funding by the Cells in Motion Interfaculty Centre. They will use the money to implement their own research ideas, gain experience in another working group or present their research findings at international conferences. An example: A team of four wants to develop an imaging system for analysing sperm motility.

On Friday morning, 28 February, two suspected unexploded bombs from the Second World War were uncovered on the cathedral square. Since these were so-called ground detonators, defusing them was not necessary. There are numerous university institutions in the vicinity of the site. The road closures in the city centre were lifted. The university buildings in the evacuation radius remain closed today.