Who Is the Strongest? – Team of biologists is looking for the invasive success of blue-green algae
The Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera) has succeeded. So has the Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis). Both belong to the plant and animal …
About two thirds of all Europeans and over three quarters of Germans now live in cities…and their number is continuously increasing. Urbanization is a …
Solid Relationships – Research cooperation between Potsdam and Argentina expanding
The Andes are an Eldorado for geoscientists: The South American mountain range is one of the earth’s youngest and most active ranges, making it one of …
SpiderMAEN – Prof. Andreas Taubert and his team of chemists “spin the silk” from gene to material
SpiderMAEN is the current project of Prof. Andreas Taubert – alluding to the well-known comic superhero. The professor and his research group are not …
Set in Stone – What Geoscientist Silvio Ferrero Finds Inside Rocks is 500 Million Years Old
Stones move, not just in the pockets or backpacks of fascinated collectors around the world. Stones also move through rock: from the surface they get …
Borders of the Unknown – Ludwig Leichhardt from Brandenburg on Expeditions through Australia
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt was born in 1813 in Trebatsch, Brandenburg. At the age of 35, he disappeared during an expedition through the hot …