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The researchers analyze how authorities and enterprises put energy projects into practice and the way people respond to them. Picture: Pixelio

Dispute over the Wind Turbine – How Civic Participation Influences Germany’s Energy Transition

The goal is ambitious: By 2025 renewable energy should make up at least 40% of the German power mix and at least 55% by 2035. Wind parks, solar …
Beim Krafttraining Foto: Thomas Roese

Mit Krafttraining „kraftvoll durchs Leben“ – Trainingswissenschaftliche Tagung an der Universität Potsdam

Welche Bedeutung Krafttraining für Jung und Alt sowie für Spitzen- und Breitensportler gleichermaßen hat, diskutieren Wissenschaftler mit Experten aus …
The children have the impression that people think they are lying and then feel even worse. Picture: Fotolia

Stop the Pain – Psychologist Petra Warschburger provides training programs for children suffering from functional abdominal pain as part of a trial

While adults often suffer from backache or headache, children repeatedly complain of twinges and pain in their tummies. The reason could be an …
In their experiments the researchers grow the algae under specific conditions. Picture: Elly Spijkerman

A Question of Transport – Microalgae Fixate Carbon Dioxide

They are invisible to the naked eye. Only in massive quantities do they color water green. Aquatic microalgae are tiny organisms, which usually …

Spitzenplätze im CHE-Ranking – Geowissenschaften und Informatik der Uni Potsdam positiv bewertet

Die Informatik an der Universität Potsdam hat im aktuellen Hochschulranking des Centrums für Hochschulentwicklung (CHE) exzellente Ergebnisse erzielt. …
Picture: Arne Peters

Vanderbijlpark/Johannesburg, 27. April 2015 - Freedom Day, Day 3

We start today's holiday (The Freedom Day) very active. So we meet early in the morning at seven for a small workout. Six students and Prof. Dr. Wolf …

Von der Physik in der Mikrowelle – Didaktische Einblicke beim Tag der Lehrerbildung

Was Flaschenteufel, Mikrowellen und Faltpapier mit Didaktik zu tun haben, ist beim diesjährigen Tag der Lehrebildung an der Universität Potsdam zu …
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Women Earn with Beauty, Men with Strength – Prof. Marco Caliendo has researched the relationship between career and bodyweight

With a wasp waist like Heidi Klum’s you can boast in the office – and also earn more. Women with supermodel measurements have higher incomes than …
Björn Huwe and Annelie Fiedler made the moss fit for space. Foto: Annelie Fiedler

Surviving in Space – Why There’s Moss on the ISS

All the lights on campus are off. Only in Björn Huwe’s office a screen is flickering. The biologist is sitting at his desk in the institute building …

Vom Wutbürger zum Partner – Tagung zur Partizipation in der Bürgerkommune

Bürgerhaushalt, Bürgerbegehren, Bürgerinitiative – die Formen politischer Beteiligung sind so vielfältig wie nie zuvor. Unter der Überschrift …