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Historic Success: University of Bremen Acquires Funding for Two Clusters of Excellence for the First Time

Scientists from the marine and materials sciences impressed the German federal and state governments in the Excellence Strategy: Two Clusters of Excellence have been awarded to Bremen. This also qualifies the university to apply for the title of “University of Excellence.”


Projekt Kerzenmacher, Labor, Guillaume Pillot
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MATENA innovate! Center: A bridge over the "Valley of death"

Journalist Christian Heinrich visited the newly founded MATENA innovate! Center at the University of Bremen. His report for the Joachim Herz Foundation shows how the transfer from research to application could be realized in an exemplary way at MATENA.


Scientist Lucia Sorrill presenting her reaserch in the pub Maerz.
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The Harmless Charge: A Battery Safe Enough to Eat

Scientist Lucia Sorrill performed at Science goes PUBlic in the Bremen Quarter on April 10, 2025 and presented battery research at the University of Bremen.


Tim neudecker and colleagues in their laboratory at the University of Bremen.
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How Bremen researchers want to convert space radiation into energy

Scientists are working on a material that generates electricity and at the same time protects against space radiation. The project could revolutionize future space missions. An article about research in the Humans on Mars Initiative at "buten un binnen".


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MAPEX visits Cardiff University

Clean Energy, Sustainable Manufacturing, and a Better Environment – these were the key themes of a recent exchange between scientists from MAPEX and the Net Zero Institute at Cardiff University.


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How to bring research from university to school

In March, researchers from MAPEX and teachers from Bremen schools discussed how current research can find its way out of the laboratory and into the classroom.


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Jun
Can we terraform Mars?
14:00 15:00
Location: Zentrum für Angewandte Raumfahrttechnologie und Mikrogravitation (ZARM)

Bremen Human Space Exploration Seminar Guest: Fran?ois Forget Fran?ois Forget is a Senior scientist at Centre national de la recherche [...]

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July 2025
09.10.
Jul
Scientific Writing in the Natural and Engineering Sciences: Towards Organization and Motivation
09:00 17:00
Location: AIB 1020/30 (Hochschulring 40)

This workshop is part of the MAPEX Doctoral Qualification Programme. We aim to support and train doctoral candidates in acquiring transversal [...]

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October 2025
06.
Oct
Science on Screen: Creating Videos with Your Smartphone
09:00 17:00
Location: AIB 1020/30 (Hochschulring 40)

This workshop is part of the MAPEX Doctoral Qualification Programme. We aim to support and train doctoral candidates in acquiring transversal [...]

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December 2025
09.
Dec
How to Science Slam | science communication & storytelling
09:00 17:00
Location: AIB 1020/30 (Hochschulring 40)

This workshop is part of the MAPEX Doctoral Qualification Programme. We aim to support and train doctoral candidates in acquiring transversal [...]

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