Even though Christmas will be more digital this year...
...the University of Bayreuth wishes you and your family a relaxing holiday season and a successful and, above all, healthy new year! We have rarely looked back on a year as extraordinary as 2020 - but despite everything, it has taught us many valuable lessons. ...more
The University is taking its winter break
At the turn of the year, services at the University of Bayreuth will as usual be suspended for a fortnight, up to and including 06.01.2021. Due to the current pandemic situation, the University Library and our catering facilities will not reopen until 10.01.2021 at the earliest. ...more
The new SPEKTRUM is here! Topic: Life Sciences
The current issue of the Science Magazine of the University of Bayreuth uses selected examples to illustrate the diversity of disciplines and research fields that work together on our campus in the area of life sciences. ...more
Hydrogen variants collapse under high pressure
Researchers from Bayreuth have discovered that ortho- and parahydrogen no longer exist as distinct states under high pressures. The new findings were published in Nature Communication. ...more
If you eat mussels, you eat microplastics
Researchers from the University of Bayreuth investigated the microplastic load of four mussel species which are particularly often sold as food in supermarkets from twelve countries around the world. ...more
New study: How microplastics are internalized into living cells
A research team at the University of Bayreuth has discovered that microplastic particles find their way into living cells more easily if they were exposed to natural aquatic environments. The new findings are presented in “Science Advances”. ...more
