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Podcast Explores How the Ruhr Innovation Lab Supports Start-Ups

In Episode 5, start-up advisor Michelle Twardzik and chemist Dr. Thomas Seidensticker talk about how ideas take off.

Photo: Michelle Twardzik and Dr. Thomas Seidensticker are sitting on a blue couch and a yellow chair, smiling at the camera.

Partnership for Water and AI

TU Dortmund University and the Dortmund-based Wilo Group have agreed to collaborate on the Wilo Global WATER AI Academy.

In the photo, Oliver Hermes, Ina Brandes, and President Prof. Manfred Bayer are standing in front of a digital screen. They are standing side by side and smiling at the camera for the photo.

Transparent Labeling of AI Content in Journalism

The Institute of Journalism is participating in a project funded by the Federal Government to combat digital disinformation.

Photo: AI-generated cyber space

New Research Unit Funded by DFG is Working on Resource-Efficient Milling Processes

Petra Wiederkehr leads the consortium conducting research into data-driven modeling. It has received a grant of €3.7 million.

Portrait photo of Prof. Wiederkehr: Prof. Wiederkehr wears a patterned scarf and a black blazer. She smiles at the camera.

UA Ruhr Establishes Three Research Communities on Key Future Topics

The three universities are pooling their strengths in research communities on education, sustainability and diversity.

Why Some People Mentally Travel into the Future More Often than Others

Psychologist Ekrem Dere of Ruhr University Bochum theorizes that mental time travel can activate the reward system of the brain.

Portrait of a smiling man leaning against a wall.

To a Successful Partnership with Co-worker AI

AI will not necessarily cost us our jobs, says labor researcher Manfred Wannöffel. What matters is how companies regulate and negotiate the use of AI.

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Gregor Leander Named IACR Fellow for 2026

The professor from Ruhr University Bochum has been awarded one of the highest honors in the field of cryptology.

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“We Want to Make AI Technologies More Accessible”

Small and medium-sized enterprises can benefit from AI-based services but often lack the infrastructure and expertise to implement them.

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