Cheering fans, shrill whistles and sometimes horrific bellowing: that's what makes the atmosphere in football stadiums - and he can't hear any of it: Ricardo Scheuerer is a deaf referee who referees football matches for hearing people in the German national league.

A carbohydrate-rich meal in the morning triggers a lower glucose increase than the same meal in the evening - that is the current state of science. The latest results now show: This is not the case for everyone and depends on the "internal clock".

Prof. Dr Matthias Bauer, Prof. Dr Claudia Schmidt, Prof. Dr Werner Homberg, Prof. Dr Elmar Moritzer, Prof. Dr Eric Bodden and Prof. Dr Christian Plessl have been elected to the various committees

Through the further development of the algorithm on which the Nutri-Score system is based, the assessments should in future correspond even better with the national nutritional recommendations of the countries using the Nutri-Score.

Physicists at Paderborn University have used complex computer simulations to develop a new design for significantly more efficient solar cells than previously available.

The ability to characterise optical quantum states makes the method an essential tool for quantum information processing.

Natural scientist Dr Ying Pan has been awarded the Paderborn University's Postdoctoral Fellowship 2023 and can therefore look forward to monthly funding of 2,400 euros for a period of 18 months.

More than 10 million euros in EU funding for large-scale research project

Prof. Dr Thomas Zentgraf is the new spokesperson for the DFG Collaborative Research Centre "Tailored Nonlinear Photonics"

Experts from science, politics and organised sport discussed the promotion of physical activity in primary schools at the expert discussion of the Research Association for Children's and Youth Sport NRW at Paderborn University.

Scientists at Paderborn University are working with Atrineo AG to set up an extracurricular meeting and educational centre for quantum technologies as part of the joint project "Introducing Generation Z to the quantum physics mindset" (HedwiQ).

On Friday, December 15, at 9 a.m. in lecture hall G, the second training science Christmas lecture will take place at Paderborn University.

Traditional chemical experiment lecture - this year on historical accidental discoveries.

Scientists at Paderborn University have also scientifically confirmed the influence of exergames on the performance of older people in particular.

On 25 November, the Faculty of Natural Sciences celebrated the successful completion of their degree or doctorate in the Audimax with this year's graduates and their friends and family.

The expertise of Paderborn science is in demand: Prof. Dr. Eric Bodden, Head of the Institute of Computer Science, and Prof. Dr. Christine Silberhorn, physicist and holder of the Chair of "Integrated Quantum Optics", have been accepted as new members of the German Academy of Science and Engineering - acatech for short.

Professor Martin Brehm is researching the computer-aided analysis and prediction of material properties

At its constituent meeting on 18 August, the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Natural Sciences elected the new Dean's Board for the term of office from 1 October 2023 to 30 September 2027. The elections have now been finalised with the confirmation by the President. Prof Dr Wolf Gero Schmidt was re-elected as Dean. He has held this position since April 2018. Wolf Gero Schmidt, Department of Physics, has been Professor of Theoretical Physics at…

Paderborn University sets up virtual laboratory for students

Paderborn scientists heading up international research project