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Dr. Mariana Chiuffo

Plant Communities in Times of Global Change – Mariana Chiuffo Is Conducting Research as a Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biology

Dr. Mariana Chiuffo is an ecologist. She conducts research at the Institute for Research on Biodiversity and the Environment (INIBIOMA, Universidad …
Dr. Tuğçe Aral in portrait.

What Role Does Ethnic Background Play in the Socialization of Adolescents? – Dr. Tuğçe Aral Conducts Research on the Identity Development of Young People

How am I perceived by others – and what distinguishes me as a member of society? How adolescents and young adults “see” themselves and one another is …
Detailaufnahme in einem aLabor mit Solarzelle

Boosting Performance – Breakthrough in Organic Solar Cells

Media Information 23-06-2026 / Nr. 052

Although the efficiency of organic solar cells has now risen to over 20 percent, there are physical limits that make it difficult to further increase …
Rudolf Zeidler

Do you dream about formulas and curved spaces at night? – 33 Questions to Rudolf Zeidler, Professor of Geometry

What is an irrefutable law in the plane does not necessarily apply to space: In differential geometry, there is still a lot of potential for …
The MID instrument at European XFEL with the AGIPD 1M detector used in the study in the centre.

When hot electrons pound on metals

Media Information 18-06-2026 / Nr. 050

How does light turn into motion within a metal? A team of researchers from European XFEL, the University of Potsdam and other participating …
Illustration: The interior of a church, with long stained-glass windows, is depicted in the shape of a hand, with windows in every finger except the thumb. In the ring finger, a bride can also be seen; the hand's wedding ring forms a tight belt around her dress. To her right, in the middle finger, stands the groom. They are gazing at each other with wide eyes.

Historian Prof. Dr. Monika Wienfort answers the question: What Did Family Mean to the Prussian Nobility in the 19th Century?

Anyone who talks about “the” nobility today usually means the high nobility, the European royal families. The individual members of the European …
Patrick Arnold in conversation.

Did You Know that… Hippos Bathed in the Rhine During the Ice Age? – Paleogeneticist Patrick Arnold explains why hippos populated Europe during the Ice Age

Not many fields of research unearth an entire hippopotamus during the search for the proverbial needle in a haystack. For paleogeneticist Patrick …
Wolfgang Morgenroth is a research associate at the Institute of Geosciences.

The Structure of Things – A wide range of chemical compounds are analyzed using X-rays in laboratories at the University of Potsdam

What do diamonds and the lead of a pencil have in common? They are both made of carbon. The fact that graphite can be smudged onto a sheet of paper …
Skeleton of an interglacial, ~120,000 years old fallow deer (Dama (dama) geiselana) from Neumark Nord.

120,000-year-old European fallow deer – Tracing the loss of genetic diversity

Medieninformation 04-06-2026 / Nr. 047

European fallow deer faced a dramatic loss of genetic diversity since the last interglacial period. This was revealed by 120,000-year-old fossils from …
Prof. Dr. phil. Kevin Dadaczynski smiling in a portrait.

Healthier Thanks to Smartphones? – Kevin Dadaczynski develops digital solutions for health promotion and prevention

Kevin Dadaczynski came to his research focus on gamification rather by chance – and against opposition. For a long time, gaming and health were seen …