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 …
When the Flood Comes – Catherine Abon Develops a Flood Early Warning System for the Philippines
With its 7000 islands, the Philippines is the world’s fifth largest island country – and a holiday paradise. Lying at the border of the Philippine and …
The Shaking on the Ground – Prof. Torsten Dahm Investigates Earth with Geophysical Methods
A deadly 8.2-magnitude earthquake devastated the Chilean northwest coast in early April 2014. It claimed many lives. The risk of aftershocks was very …
What the Pupil Tells Us about Language Acquisition
At the IDEALAB doctoral program, an international group of young academics study the relationship between language and brain. They conduct research on …
