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News from the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI)
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News from the University of Cologne
Research by University of Cologne & Partners: Virtual Reality Games Can Be Used as a Tool in Personnel Assessment

People who finish Virtual reality (VR) games faster than their fellow gamers have higher levels of general intelligence and processing capacity.
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News from Campus OWL
Intelligent Algorithms to Aid Disaster Management

After a disaster such as flooding or an earthquake, many people want to help. In order to quickly coordinate the assistance and use it in the most targeted way possible, a new project financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) was launched in January. Paderborn University is collaborating with its partners T-Systems (coordinator), Fraunhofer FOKUS, and others on digital solutions to coordinate volunteer helpers.
News from the University of Cologne
Students from Cologne and Ukraine Conduct Research on Climate Change

A joint research project of the University of Cologne (UoC) and the University of Applied Sciences in Cologne (TH Köln) with Ukrainian universities further develops study and teaching in biology and engineering sciences.
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News from the University of Freiburg
Lianhuanhua – Chinese Comics as a Specific Cultural Form

University of Freiburg Sinologist Lena Henningsen receives Consolidator Grant from European Research Council (ERC).
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News from Campus OWL
More sustainability, less waste: intelligent production facilities for small baked goods

A consortium from research and industry is examining how the manufacturing process for rolls, doughnuts, pretzels could be made more sustainable.
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News from Universität Hamburg
Social Change More Important than Physical Tipping Points

Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is currently not plausible, as is shown in a new, central study released by Universität Hamburg’s Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” (CLICCS).