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What Does Climate Change Have to Do With the Pyramids in Egypt?

We are all familiar with pictures of the three great pyramids of Giza or have even been there and were impressed by their size. And, of course, we are …
Prof. Dr. Roland Oberhänsli

Prof. Oberhänsli is the new chair of the "Commission for the Geologic Map of the World"

Professor Roland Oberhänsli was elected President of one of the oldest geological commissions at the 37th International Geological Congress (IGC) 2024 …
Rendering of self-assembled hard spheres

Complex forms from simple building blocks

Ivan Spirandelli, PhD student at the Institute of Mathematics at the University of Potsdam, has mathematically investigated the self assembly of …
Prof. van der Beek

Prof. van der Beek becomes President of the European Geosciences Union

Peter van der Beek, Professor of General Geology at the University of Potsdam, was elected to serve as EGU President for the term 2025–2027. He was …
Matthias Hartlieb und Alain Bapolisi im Labor

“Our Goal is to Develop an Alternative to Antibiotics”

Matthias Hartlieb and his team research synthetic polymers for biomedical applications

Dr. Matthias Hartlieb has declared war on antibiotic-resistant germs and, together with his colleagues, is researching how the properties of polymers …

Support for young researchers announced

Application deadline: 24 September 2023