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  • In Search of New Data Storage Elements - Universität Bielefeld
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    10.11.2026

    In Search of New Data Storage Elements

    Dysprosium holds great potential for quantum information technology. International researchers will discuss how its unique magnetic properties can be harnessed at a workshop held at the ZiF at Bielefeld University from November 17 to 19.
  • New method shows cells in unprecedented detail - Universität Bielefeld
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    05.11.2026

    New method shows cells in unprecedented detail

    How do cells respond to drugs? A new microscopy technique could provide more precise answers to this question in the future. Researchers from Bielefeld University and the University of Vienna have developed a method that makes the smallest cellular structures visible.
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    04.11.2026

    Bielefeld and Ostrava strengthen European cooperation

    A high-level delegation from the Czech University of Ostrava – a partner in the European university alliance NEOLAiA – is visiting the university. The focus is on new opportunities for joint research, teaching and international mobility.
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Transcending Boundaries is the Bielefeld approach and stands for crossing boundaries between disciplines and scientific cultures, between research and teaching and between science and society. For our researchers, it is the driving force behind cutting-edge basic research at an international level.

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    Profile building at the university: New strategic research networks and the "brains behind them" are presented in the new issue of BI.research magazine.

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Erinnerung an Krieg und Frieden an der deutsch-polnischen Grenze
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