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Scientists of the University of Potsdam at Lake Challa, Kenia. Photo: Stephan Opitz.

Here It Comes Again – A strong El Niño is wreaking havoc on the world climate. Potsdam researchers have been studying the phenomenon for some time now.

Heat, drought, flooding, record rainfall, and wildfires – the weather phenomenon El Niño affects various regions of the world in different ways. …
“Application Center Industry 4.0”: a simulation platform for new factory models and a learning factory at the same time. Photo: Karla Fritze.

The Transformation of the Factory – How Industry 4.0 brings human and machine into dialogue

“Up to now, a workpiece in a factory has been ignorant. It does not know what it is, where it comes from, and whether it is important,” Norbert Gronau …
At the laboratory of the KINGS-Study. Photo: Karla Fritze.

More than Dumbbells, Sweat, and Bulk – Joint project researches strength training in youth athletes

Strength training had long been regarded as a pastime for enthusiasts looking to increase their strength and muscle mass but we now know that …
Physics lessons thrive on experimental learning. Photo: Fotolia/Christian Schwier.

The Secret of the Teaching Profession – Physics educationalists examine what makes a good lesson

You can tell good teachers by their students. But what makes them good? Why are some teachers better able than others at giving their students a leg …
Mountains of files had to be studied for the project. Photo: MMZ.

More Politically Motivated Cases than Presumed – Earlier cases of extreme rightwing and racist violence reappraised

One spring evening in May 1993, Belaid Baylal, an asylum seeker from Morocco, and some of his friends went to a pub in Belzig. What may sound like a …
Telemedical rehab program in front of the TV – and with a camera. Photo: Matthias Heyde (Fraunhofer Institut für offene Kommunikationssysteme - FOKUS)

Getting Fit in Front of the Screen – Physicians, sports scientists, and engineers are developing telemedical assistance system

Telemedicine makes it possible for doctors to diagnose and treat diseases even if the patient is not sitting in the doctor’s office, but rather at …
When you become intoxicated by consumption, it is difficult to do without. Picture: Fotolia/Amy Fang

Less is more: share not own – Ingo Balderjahn wants sustainable consumption included in school curricula

School children are being taught to cook, do housework and handicrafts – to sustainably prepare for life. This is not a glimpse of our grandparents’ …
“Between democratic responsibility and economic modernization”: Can the welfare state be adaptet to the conditions of the 21st century? Photo: Fotolia.com/Gina Sanders.

Between Democratic Responsibility and Economic Modernization – Political and administration scholars compare welfare state reforms in Europe

Outdated, inefficient, and no longer supported by a majority of the people: Systems of the welfare state, with a long tradition in Europe, have become …
Luther linden tree in Treuenbrietzen. Photo: Uwe Tresp.

500th Anniversary of the Reformation – Towns in Brandenburg discover their Reformation history

If you visit a Brandenburg town, you are likely to happen upon benches, tables, lecterns, and gates made of rust-brown metal. You will find them in …
Project manager Dr. Marian Krawietz and Prof. Ulrich Kohler. Photo: Karla Fritze.

Sudden Revolution or Long Turn? – What grievances statistics tell us about the end of the GDR

Above a gray cabinet in an open-plan office filled with folders standing in pairs is a map of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR). Its former …