How are self-control and internet addiction related?
What happens in the minds of people who use the internet addictively? This is what UDE-Prof Dr Matthias Brand and his team want to find out. The researchers have now published their initial findings on self-control functions in the renowned American Journal of Psychiatry.
UA Ruhr and HHU create degree programmes on the energy transition
Under the name ‘International Academy for German Engineering and Science’, the UDE, RUB, TU Dortmund and Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences will offer four english education programmes on the energy transition in the future. Two programmes will start in the winter semester.
Humboldt-Professor Joins University Alliance Ruhr
How do cells manage to precisely duplicate their genetic material, especially in conditions of DNA damage? Prof Dr Dana Branzei has found ground-breaking answers to this question. She was awarded a Humboldt Professorship 2025 by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for her outstanding research.
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