Research in Bavaria

How strong are in-group and out-group biases?

A recent study by the University Hospital of Würzburg highlights the limitations of external rewards in reducing prejudice: financial incentives may reduce avoidance behaviour towards out-groups, but they do not change opinions.

Detect influenza viruses quickly and easily with chewing gum or a lollipop: researchers from Würzburg, Braunschweig and Cologne demonstrate with a new diagnostic tool how this works.

Four of the most important interconnected parts of the Earth's climate system are losing stability. This is shown by an international scientific study based on observational data published in Nature Geoscience. The researchers succeeded in highlighting the warning signals for destabilization of the…