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apl. Prof. Dr. Dietmar Sturzbecher. Foto: Dirk Vegelahn

Coming of Age – Growing Up at the Focus of Research

Childhood and youth are times of great changes and searching, phases full of tensions, risks, and opportunities. At the Institute for Applied …
Restless Legs Syndrom is barely explored in children. Photo: AdobeStock/MohdHafiez

When Night Turns to Day - Interdisciplinary Cooperation Project Researches Restless Legs Syndrome in Children and Youth

Adults have it, and children, too. But how common restless legs syndrome (RLS) actually is in minors has hardly been researched. A study carried out …
The researchers are particularly interested in everyday stress. Photo: AdobeStock_141210590

Stress Be Gone! – A psychological study investigates how self-compassion and mindfulness helps processing stressful situations.

Once again I haven’t managed what I had planned to do. Others can do it, but not me. — Many people know such depressing thoughts. To deal with them, …
Pastures at Sanssouci Palace. Photo: Karla Fritze

Sheep in Sanssouci Park – Biologists Accompany a Grazing Project

Sheep are quite a rare sight in historic public parks. Some, however, have temporarily moved into Sanssouci Park. From July to November 2018, the …
Printed batteries of different shapes and structures. Photo: Dr. Kerstin Zehbe.

Batteries from the Printer – Chemists from Potsdam and Karlsruhe Are Developing Novel Electrochemical Storage Systems

Powerful batteries are in demand as never before. They are not only the key to electromobility and energy supply for our everyday electronic …
Prof. Dr. Norbert Gronau. Photo: Ernst Kaczynski.

“Not Everything Needs to Be 100 Percent Autonomous”

Business Informatics Specialist Norbert Gronau Says: What Matters Is How Humans and Machines Interact

Driverless cars, fully-automated factories, self-learning computer programs: Is technical innovation making humans redundant? Are these developments …
Dr. Hannes Vasyura-Bathke. Photo: Tobias Hopfgarten.

Exemplary – How Artificial Neural Networks Can Revolutionize Georeseach

Geoscientists have a problem: The phenomena they research are so complex that it is difficult to track them down. New sensor technology, satellite …
Prof. Dr. Ottmar Ette (links) und Dr. Tobias Kraft. Photo: Karla Fritze.

Humboldt’s Journey into the Digital World – From a Hand-Written Diary to a Digital Edition and Back to Printed Paper

2019 marks Alexander von Humboldt's 250th birthday – a good reason to look at the comprehensive academy project of editing his travel diaries. Romance …
Prof. Dr. Johann Ev. Hafner. Photo: Karla Fritze.

In Search of Islam – Where do Muslims Live in Brandenburg?

Thousands of migrants and refugees come to Germany every year. As a result, the diversity of faith in Germany is greater than ever before. Despite …
The team oft he start-up "Humangold". Photo: Patrick Bröker.

That Work Doesn‘t Make You Sick - A Start-up Team at the University of Potsdam Develops App Against Psychostress

Burnout, depression, anxiety: Psychostress pushes more and more working people into early retirement. But what actually is mental stress in the …