The discovery of the phantom touch illusion provides insights into human perception and opens up new perspectives for interaction with virtual reality technology. Virtual reality (VR) is not only a ...

Linguistic symptoms and an onset early in life: Disorders to which this applies are frequently associated with left-handedness resp. mixed-handedness. The fact that left-handedness resp.

A misfolded protein facilitates reliable diagnosis even in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease in body fluids. Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that is usually diagnosed in its ...

An international research team has decoded the genome of the longest-lived known vertebrate: the Greenland shark. It is huge and has special repair capabilities. The Greenland Shark (Somniosus ...

People who reduce their screen time on by merely one hour a day improve both their well-being and their motivation at work. On average, we spend three and a quarter hours a day looking at our phones.

A research team from Bochum has identified a crucial detail that’s essential for the production of hydrogen using biocatalysts. Under certain conditions, some algae are able to produce hydrogen – a ...

It has long been assumed that it is necessary to use different exposure therapies to treat different fears. A new study from Bochum challenges this view. Exposure therapy for a specific fear can also ...

Projects are funded in electrical engineering and information technology, chemistry and psychology. Receiving a grant from the European Research Council (ERC) is one of the most prestigious awards in ...

Electromagnetic engines can’t be reduced to just any size. It takes clever engineering tricks to generate active movement in miniature format. Researchers in Bochum are constantly coming up with new ...

The energy carrier hydrogen can be obtained from water by electrolysis. This works particularly well with Cobalt spinel electrocatalysts containing manganese. However, it was unclear why. Conventional ...

The impact of structural changes on people can be measured through immersion in virtual models. What should the city we live in look like? How do structural changes affect the people who move around ...

Am 18. Juni 2025 steigt die Feier zum 60. Geburtstag der Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Es gibt jede Menge zu sehen und alle sind herzlich eingeladen. 60 Jahre Ruhr-Universität – das muss gefeiert werden!