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The team of Milon. Photo: Karla Fritze.

The Art of Proper Stimuli - How the “MILON” team makes companies fit

“No sports!” British Prime Minister Winston Churchill – a known cigar smoker and whiskey lover – is alleged to have said this when asked how he …
Prof. Dr. Maria-Rosa Cioni. Photo: Karla Fritze.

Distant Neighbors - Astrophysicist Prof. Maria-Rosa Cioni explores the motion of galaxies

They are invisible from Europe; only in the Southern Hemisphere are they visible as bright spots in the southern sky. The Magellanic Clouds are …
The experiments investigate the movement of the tongue, among other things. Photo: Karla Fritze

The Sooner, the Better - Linguists Research Early Indicators of Developmental Language Disorders

Their vocabulary is small and expanding slowly, words are mispronounced, grammatical rules are not applied correctly – these and other symptoms in …
Dr. Markus Seyfried. Photo: Karla Fritze.

Measuring Quality – Political scientists study quality management in teaching and learning at German universities

The term is difficult to grasp but is on everyone's lips: quality management at universities. There are now numerous centers, contact points, newly …
Art discovers life in the countryside. Janna Kapustnikova: Polesien, 2012.

Out to the Countryside - Looking for the lost village

“How beautiful life in the countryside is!” one might think when looking at the idyllic depictions in magazines that arouse the wish to live there - …
The App „Zirkus Empathico“ in use. Photo: Prof. Dr. Ulrike Lucke.

Of Emotions, Foxes, and a Circus - How to adjust training programs to emotions

They are a part of our lives – we invariably face them every day: emotions. The older people get, however, the more difficult it often becomes for …
Lab mouse. Photo: Fotolia/Kirill Kurashov.

Mouse-free is the way to be – Nutritional scientists develop a method to replace animal testing

It is one of the strongest neurotoxins known to man – and yet is also important for medicine. Botulinum toxin is also known as Botox and is used as an …
Maize roots. Photo: Dr. Christian Tötzke.

Rooted – Prof. Sascha Oswald visualizes plant water supply

Our vegetation is not just an essential part of the environment; we also expect its yields to feed the present and future world population, fuel …

Pure Theory – From the fascination of mathematics without figures

When Marco Benini works, then the work that he does – even if he does it with his own hands – is pure theory. The Italian, who is currently a guest …

Good Leadership in the Public Sector? – Dominik Vogel examines the behavior of public administration leaders

Ministries, district offices, and town halls – nowhere else would you less expect to find charismatic leaders who skillfully lead their employees, …