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What Impact Do EU Courts Have on National Welfare Benefits?

A heated debate is going on in the European Union about poverty driven immigration. During negotiations on how to tackle the problem the different EU member states are struggling to maintain control over their individual social security systems. But to what extent can this be possible in view of…


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Atomic electric fields revealed by a quantum mechanical approach to electron picodiffraction

Knut Müller, Florian F. Krause, Armand Béché, Marco Schowalter, Vincent Galioit, Stefan Löffler, Johan Verbeeck, Josef Zweck, Peter Schattschneider and Andreas Rosenauer.

Nature Communications (2014) 5, 5653.

doi:10.1038/ncomms6653

By focusing electrons on probes with a diameter of 50 pm,…


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Europe’s Forests Absorb More Carbon Dioxide than Previously Thought

A study compiled by environmental physicists at the University of Bremen arrives at an unexpected conclusion: Europe’s forests absorb more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than previously thought. In cooperation with international and German partners, including the Max Planck Institute for…


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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Nürnberger Lebkuchen or shortbread...? The Personal Robot PR2 in the research lab of the Technology Center of Computer Science and Information Technology (TZI) cannot decide which is best. Sure is: Both are tasty! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all students, employees, Alumni, friends,…


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New DFG Research Group: Nanoporous Gold as new catalyst material

In December the DFG [German Research Foundation] granted the University of Bremen a new trans-regional research group, in which the University of Oldenburg, the Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, and the FU Berlin will also be involved. The group is to be led by chemists, physicists, and…


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Atomic electric fields revealed by a quantum mechanical approach to electron picodiffraction

Knut Müller, Florian F. Krause, Armand Béché, Marco Schowalter, Vincent Galioit, Stefan Löffler, Johan Verbeeck, Josef Zweck, Peter Schattschneider & Andreas Rosenauer 

Nature Communications (2014) 5, 5653

doi: 10.1038/ncomms6653

By focusing electrons on probes with a diameter of 50 pm,…


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DFG Approves Third Phase of Funding for Collaborative Research Center 747

An important accolade for the University of Bremen: The German Research Foundation gave the green light for the third – and subsequently last – four-year phase of the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 747 “Micro-cold Forming”. This means another 11.2 million euros of funding over the next four…


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Uni Bremen: Award for Two Volunteer Projects

The "In Touch" project enables refugees to attend lectures and courses.  The University’s  Erasmus-Initiative provides assistance to international students studying in Bremen. Both initiatives rest on the activities of engaged volunteers. In recognition of this unselfish dedication the University of…


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University of Bremen Inaugurates Green IT Housing Center

The University of Bremen has just inaugurated a new Green IT Housing Center with a surface area of 570 square meters. The centre is a forerunner on the German university landscape. What’s so special? In future the University’s computing capacity will be concentrated in one ultra-modern building on…


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