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A team led by Prof Simon Lux has analysed the future energy demand associated with the EU's goal of strengthening local battery supply chains in Europe. According to their projections, Europe will have to generate significant amounts of energy for local battery cell production.

Chemists from the University of Münster´s Institute for Organic Chemistry report a new strategy to unlock unprecedented reactivity in earth-abundant aluminium catalysts using light. The work features a method developed by the group of Prof. Ryan Gilmour, and a theoretical investigation led by Prof. Johannes Neugebauer.

About 250 scientists from all over the world will meet at the University of Münster from 24 to 29 August for the "Chlamy 2025" conference to discuss the latest research findings on microalgae.

Sustainable development is a challenge that scientists at the University of Münster are also taking up. Chemist Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius and his research group are organising an international symposium on sustainability in chemistry for the third time. It will take place on 21 August in the university's castle.

Dry processed electrodes that do not require expensive and sometimes toxic solvents and instead use polytetrafluoroethylene as a binder could make battery cell production more environmentally friendly and cost-effective. A research team from the MEET Battery Research Center and the Institute of Business Chemistry at the University of Münster has now developed a method for recycling such dry-processed cathodes — an important step toward circular batteries.

Dr Selidji Todagbe Agnandji has held the new professorship in geographical epidemiological medical microbiology since the end of 2024. This is the first joint professorship between the University of Münster and an African university, a scientific bridge project that will initially run for five years. The project focuses on researching tropical infectious diseases such as malaria, a field in which Selidji Todagbe Agnandji is a leading expert.

Anyone who is new to the University of Münster, or who is inviting people from abroad, will probably have many questions: Where can I find support? How do I make contacts? And how do I find my place in everyday university life? Fortunately, there are numerous offers to help newcomers settle in and ensure that the unfamiliar quickly becomes familiar. Three people talk about how they found their way to the University. Their experiences show why internationalisation is more than just a buzzword.

Interferon or glatiramer acetate? Both medications are considered equally effective in treating multiple sclerosis (MS). An international working group led by Prof Nicholas Schwab from the University of Münster has now discovered that the success of treatment depends on individual genetic biomarkers. This means that the best choice of medication can be determined before therapy begins. The results of the study have now been published in the journal eBioMedicine.

Those who are new to the University of Münster or have been invited from abroad often have many questions: Where can I find support? How do I make contacts? And how do I quickly find my place in everyday university life? Many departments, networks and services provide orientation for new arrivals so that they can get off to a successful start in Münster.

Dr Frank Brückerhoff-Plückelmann has developed photonic processors that can perform complex AI calculations energy-efficiently at the speed of light. He has also designed a neural network that can self-assess the reliability of its predictions. He provides insights in this interview.

A research team from the University of Münster (Germany), the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Battery Cell Production (Germany) and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA) has used California as a case study to explore whether used electric vehicle batteries should be recycled immediately or given a second life through reuse.

The Falling Walls Science Summit will bring together hundreds of guests from science, politics and society in Berlin in November. As a partner, the University of Münster is organising the Falling Walls Lab Münster, one of only three German preliminary rounds for the international competition. The search is on for the ‘Breakthrough of the Year’.