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Too Much or Not Enough

Malnutrition – A worldwide problem

Not enough food to fill the stomach. This is bitter reality for about 2 billion people on our globe. Millions die every year. Undernourishment is …
Pict: Karla Fritze

When Just a Plaster Won't Do

Polymers for the medicine of tomorrow

Since early 2013, the Helmholtz Graduate School for Macromolecular Bioscience has been offering PhD students a structured, interdisciplinary training …
Pict: Karla Fritze

One for All

Potsdam business informatics specialist designs a model factory

A conveyor belt, four tunnel-shaped boxes with touch displays and screens, a robot arm, several sensors, a scanner, antennas, cabling and a small …
Pict: Matthias Zimmermann

A Jewish Bible „in the Spirit of the German Language”

The Torah Translated by Ludwig Philippsons

In 1839 the young Jewish scholar Ludwig Philippson took on a huge project. He decided to begin a new translation of the original Hebrew texts of the …
Picture: Karla Fritze

At the Limits of Resilience

Workplace-Related Anxieties and How They Can Be Treated

It breathes down your neck: it chokes you. There is pressure on your chest. It sends chills down your spine. Anxiety has many faces. A briefly flare …
Image: Thomas Roese

What You Believe

An Interview about the Relationship between Belief and Science

What is belief? – Is it religion? Or is it a conviction that can get its orientation from other values? Prof. Johann Hafner, a professor of religious …
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Bit by Bit

Gilles Blanchard Uses Statistics for Machine Learning

Not only people but also computers learn. Character and spam recognition are examples of how computer programs automatically learn to make …
Image: Oliver Korup

Tales as Old as the Hills

Geoscientist Oliver Korup Explores Natural Hazards

If earthquakes, landslides, floods and debris avalanches cannot be prevented, then people in the affected regions want to know at least how often such …
Picture: Karla Fritze

In the Course of Life

LifE-Longitudinal Study Records Living Conditions across Generational Borders

There is something fascinating about chronicles: Like in fast motion, you can relate to events, how conditions and relationships have changed and the …
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Off to New Systems

Biologists from Potsdam Think about Biotechnological Applications

Synthetic biology is among the latest technical developments in modern sciences. It has huge innovation potential and combines a broad spectrum of …