At the KoWi conference in Bremen, questions and viewpoints on the EU's next research and innovation framework programme were the focus of discussion
At the KoWi conference in Bremen, questions and viewpoints on the EU's next research and innovation framework programme were the focus of discussion
Astrophysics: Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, and all other galaxies possess huge magnetic fields. To understand their formation and development, researchers are using a combination of radio telescope observations and numerical computer simulations. This approach is pushing the frontiers of knowledge.
Germany, England, Sweden and the Netherlands: what is life like for second-generation migrants in the Europe of today? What can we say about their lives and attitudes? An interview with Mannheim-based sociologist Frank Kalter, who is leading the German part of a major long-term European project.
In the search for innovative ways of synthesising new materials, researchers are exploring a wide array of technologies and approaches – from sugar-producing single-celled organisms to biotemplates and 3D printing. In one novel technique, scientists are exploiting the sensitivity of microorganisms such as red algae and cyanobacteria.
Decades of guerilla warfare in Colombia have left behind a deadly legacy of thousands of landmines. Now a German-Colombian partnership is developing new ways of detecting these often improvised devices. Innovative technologies such as these can help further the incipient peace process.
Digitalisation and digitality are changing the world – and the sciences and humanities with it. This transformation gives rise to unpredictable opportunities for knowledge yet at the same time poses enormous challenges that must be addressed in science-driven research funding.
“Another World is Possible”: under this motto, a transnational movement is opposing neoliberal globalisation. While activists share an image of neoliberal globalisation as being unfair and destructive, the forms their protest takes are as varied as their short-term and long-term goals. A comparative perspective reveals how the repertoire of social movements forms and reforms.
What happens in your head when the words get stuck? Stuttering can be associated with a high level of psychological strain. New studies, based on modern neurophysiological and MRI examinations, are helping researchers to understand the causes of this disorder in the brain, predict its progress more accurately, and improve stuttering therapy.