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Simulation of two merging neutron stars, each with a mass of 1.35 solar masses. From red to blue, increasing densities are shown.

Tim Dietrich receives ERC Starting Grant for exploring binary neutron stars

Tim Dietrich, seit 2020 Professor für Theoretische Astrophysik an der Universität Potsdam und Max-Planck-Fellow am Max-Planck-Institut für …
Prof. Miriam Rürup

33 Questions to Historian Prof. Miriam Rürup

Since December 2020, the researcher has been the director of the Moses Mendelsohn Center for European-Jewish Studies (MMZ) in Potsdam. She succeeded …
Prof. Michael Lenhard in the Botanical Garden

To the left or to the right? – Geneticist Prof. Michael Lenhard investigates how plants can tell left from right

In the course of evolution, plants have developed various strategies to prevent self-pollination. The marsh butterfly lily, which originates from …
Die Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University

Showing the Way – Ukrainian University Joins EDUC European University Alliance

The European Digital UniverCity (EDUC) has added Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University (PNU) from the Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk to …
Prof. Gert Zöller

Computing Earthquakes – Mathematician Prof. Gert Zöller Develops Probability Models for Earthquakes and Other Disasters

The province of Groningen in the Netherlands is not generally considered a seismic hotspot. Nevertheless, an earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter …
Innovation Center InnoFSPEC Potsdam

From Research to Application – innoFSPEC Opens Its Own Transfer Laboratory

Applications of fiber optic spectroscopy and sensor technology developed at innoFSPEC , the Potsdam Center for Innovation Competence, range from …
Prof. Dr. Katharina Wrohlich

Gender Gaps – Economist Katharina Wrohlich About Inequalities in the Labor Market

The gender pay gap, i.e. the income difference between women and men, is still at 18% in Germany. Although there are now gender quotas on supervisory …

University of Potsdam Improves in THE Ranking of Best Universities Worldwide and Lands in the Top Quarter of All German Universities for the First Time

In the current edition of the renowned “Times Higher Education” (THE) ranking, the University of Potsdam has improved by one ranking group compared to …
Illustration eines aufgeschlagenen Buches, darüber ein Ausrufezeichen.

Self-Assessment Tool for Open Science at Universities Developed by the Stifterverband with the Participation of the University of Potsdam

In fall 2021, the University of Potsdam (UP) was selected alongside RWTH-Aachen and Ernst Abbe University Jena for a pilot project to develop a means …
Prof. Barbara Höhle

Instructive Babble of Voices – Inside the Potsdam BabyLAB – Lab Visit (instead of) Self-experimentation

Little Mathilde is the star of the day: Laboratory coordinator Tom Fritzsche welcomes her and her mother.  Afterwards, Dr. Alan Langus, a member of …