What new therapies will emerge when the brain and technology communicate directly with each other? The next event in the Science@Lausitz series will provide answers to this highly topical question on Wednesday, 28 January 2026, at the Medical University of Lusatia - Carl Thiem in cooperation with BTU.

Two graduates of the Urban and Regional Planning master's programme at BTU were awarded a prize at the prestigious Balg-Mächler Prize for Young Scientists 2025.

Dr Christoph Maximilian Abels, behavioural scientist at the University of Potsdam, will conclude the Open BTU series at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg on Wednesday, 28 January 2026, at 5:30 p.m. in the current winter semester.

BTU cutting-edge research goes into weightlessness: a new space project funded by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) "Dielectrophoretically Induced Convection (DEPIK II)" is researching how heat can be transported efficiently using electric fields, even without gravity.

Researchers at BTU are working on a new type of recycling process for electronic waste: metals such as copper, gold and silver are recovered from old circuit boards with the help of microorganisms. So far, biomining has rarely been used on an industrial scale, but it could help to conserve resources and protect the climate.

Exciting insights into practical research work and future-oriented study programmes await pupils in years 11 to 13 from Tuesday to Thursday, 27 to 29 January 2026, at the Cottbus main campus of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU).

Numerical simulations will be the subject of the Student University on Wednesday, 28 January 2026, at 3:30 pm at the Cottbus main campus of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU).

The scholar Prof. Dominik Lengyel has been appointed a Corresponding Member of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) as part of the Winckelmann Celebration of the DAI. The award recognises his internationally visible research achievements at the interface of archaeology, Architecture and digital visualisation.

Once again, the canteen on the Campus Senftenberg of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus Senftenberg (BTU) will be transformed into a ballroom on Saturday, 24 January 2026. The 3rd Snowflake Ball welcomes not only BTU members, but also external guests.

The Lausitz-Spreewald regional competition of the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) will be held on Saturday, 24 January 2026, from 9 a.m. in the Central Lecture Hall Building on the Cottbus main campus of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU).