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Dr. Aude Noiray. Photo: Karla Fritze.

LOLA is Researching – How ultrasound and video analysis advance language research

The astronaut buckles up and slides deeper into his pilot's chair; he’s ready. Then the rocket takes off. Earth slowly disappears while Mars gets …
Eating Right for a Long Life. Photo: Fotolia/Photographee.eu.

Eating Right for a Long Life - Joint project “NutriAct” explores nutrition and healthy aging

Too much fat, too much sugar, too much – the ingredients for obesity and diet-related disease are well known. What the head knows does not necessarily …
Der Chemiker Prof. Dr. Andreas Taubert in der Kinderuni der Universität Potsdam (Karla Fritze)

Reise in die Vergangenheit – Start der Anmeldung für die 13. Potsdamer Kinderuni in Golm

Um Prinzen und Prinzessinnen, allerlei Bösewichte und Hexen und die rätselhafte Geheimschrift der Brüder Grimm geht es bei der 13. Potsdamer …
Schlüsselblume.Foto: Michael Lenhard

Rätsel der Evolution – Forscher identifizieren Gen, das Fremdbestäubung bei Schlüsselblumen fördert

Einem internationalen Forscherteam um Genetiker und Botaniker des Instituts für Biochemie und Biologie und des Botanischen Gartens der Universität …
Man with dark glasses fells asleep and lies his had on a table. In one hand he holds a cup of coffee. In the foreground is an alarm clock on the table. Photo: Fotolia/katie martynova.

Good Morning, Twitter! - Language researchers discover social networks as a rich source of data

The ringing of the alarm clock is merciless. People who have difficulty getting out of bed, but love to stay up late, are called “owls” in …
Prof. Dr. Götz Schulze. Photo: Karla Fritze.

Believing in the Law or Following Your Faith? – Lawyer Prof. Götz Schulze discusses the relationship between law and religion

For thousands of years, religious canon formed the basic rules of social interaction and was both religious doctrine and law. Only for the last few …

“Technical Development Should Serve the People, Not the Other Way Around” – Prof. Key Pousttchi on German Engineering in the Era of Digitalization

Internet giants collect and trade our data; smartphones know us better than our friends and partners; cities monitor themselves using big data …
Die Sofja-Kovalevskaja-Preisträgerin Safa Shoai. Foto: Martin Stolterfoht.

Forschungstalent kommt an die Uni Potsdam – Sofja-Kovalevskaja-Preisträgerin Safa Shoai forscht für fünf Jahre im Institut für Physik und Astronomie

Die Physikerin Dr. Safa Shoai von der University of Queensland, Australien, gehört zu den insgesamt sieben Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen und …

Seeing Red - Joint research project explores the power of a color

Colors: they determine our feelings; they determine our lives. The color red seems particularly powerful. This is expressed in various fields like …
Prof. Dr. Sina Rauschenbach.

The Forgotten Ones – Sina Rauschenbach focuses on the history of Sephardic Jews

“Wait a minute, there are still Sephardim!” Sina Rauschenbach never tires of saying this, because so little attention has been dedicated to the …