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Delegation from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Roorkee, India visits the University of Potsdam

A Cooperation to Serve as a Model – Delegation from the Indian Institute of Technology Visits the University of Potsdam

Media information 19-11-2024 / No. 107

A delegation from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Roorkee (India), led by its Director Prof. Dr. K.K. Pant[RJ1] , visited the University …
Students Mercy Ekua Grimmon-Thompson (left) and Diyorbek Toshniyozov (right) connect the cables for the geoelectric measurements together with Jens Tronicke.

Looking Beneath the Surface – Geophysicists and students from the University of Potsdam are searching for traces of a Jewish cemetery in Lenzen, Brandenburg

It is a summery September day in Lenzen, a small town on the Elbe river in the outer northwestern part of the state of Brandenburg, with a history of …
Earth on a background of grass and clouds versus a ruined Earth on a background of a dead desert.

Green growth – 30% of regions worldwide achieve economic growth while reducing carbon emissions

More and more regions around the globe combine economic growth with reducing carbon emissions, researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate …
View from the Ariane 6 by YPSat on Earth and the launch container of OOV-Cube after successful release of OOV-Cube.

Launch successful – Potsdam Physicists bring first perovskite tandems into space

Medieninformation 14-10-2024 / Nr. 097

Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells, a new type of solar cell technology, promise highest efficiencies at a low price tag and could revolutionize energy …
Artist’s impression of a warp bubble collapse (AI)

What no one has seen before – simulation of gravitational waves from failing warp drive

Medieninformation 29-07-2024 / Nr. 076

Physicists have been exploring the theoretical possibility of spaceships driven by compressing the four-dimensional spacetime for decades. Although …
First, distilled water is heated to 80°C in a six-liter glass reactor. The required chemicals, sulfuric acid (H2SO4) and water glass (Na2SiO3), are measured and prepared.

From the Lab to Industry – A visit to the innoFSPEC Transfer Lab

The Innovation Center innoFSPEC (innovative faseroptische Spektroskopie und Sensorik) was created as a joint venture of the University of Potsdam and …
Dr. Jarla Thiesbrummel performing measurements in the perovskite lab.

Longer lifetime – Understanding degradation in perovskite solar cells

Media Information 28-03-2024 / Nr. 019

Researchers from the University of Potsdam have shown together with colleagues from other universities that ion-induced field screening is a dominant …
Prof Neher explains to Matthias Zimmermann how the prototypes of new solar cells are manufactured.

My World – Dieter Neher – Professor for Soft Matter Physics and Optoelectronics

My daily life as a scientist currently focuses on our research into new types of semiconductors for solar cells. Some people may ask why this research …
Numerical simulation of the resulting ejecta material of two merging neutron stars. Red colors refer to ejected material with a high fraction of neutrons which will appear typically redder than blue material that contains a higher fraction of protons.

Studying neutron stars on many channels in parallel

An international team of researchers, including the University of Potsdam and the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, has developed a …
Photo of two plants

Plant Phenotypes and Nano-Metals – Two New Collaborative Research Centers for the University of Potsdam

Researchers from the Faculty of Science at the University of Potsdam submitted two successful proposals for Collaborative Research Centers to the …