Carbon monoxide improves endurance performance
Carbon monoxide is a life-threatening gas - and yet it can have a performance-enhancing effect in small quantities, comparable to staying in an altitude training camp. Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have come to this insight thanks to a new study in the field of sports medicine. ...more
Winter Semester 2020/21: face-to-face with digital components
It is our goal basically to be able to conduct the coming winter semester in face-to face courses, insofar as the trajectory of the pandemic allows. Priority will be given to new students and students nearing graduation. ...more
Collisions in the solar system: Origins of stony-iron meteorites
Pallasites are stony-iron meteorites, and are known for their visually attractive structures. Researchers at the Bavarian Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry & Geophysics (BGI) of the University of Bayreuth have now succeeded in simulating their formation by means of high-pressure experiments. ...more
Bayreuth physicists discover mechanism for the formation of blood platelets
A healthy human produces more than one million platelets per second. Just how the organism manages this enormous task, has now been discovered by physicists of the University of Bayreuth with the help of computer simulations. ...more
University of Bayreuth opens Gateway Office in Bordeaux
In addition to its already existing representations abroad, in Melbourne and Shanghai, the University of Bayreuth now opens a further Gateway Office in Bordeaux. The partners of this new Gateway Office are three local university and research institutions. ...more
