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In March 2025, Physics Laureates Ferenc Krausz (2023) and Serge Haroche (2012) visited Ukraine to give lectures and meet scientists and students to show solidarity with the country’s scientific community. more
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Dietary flexibility determined survival or extinction
October 15, 2025
Ancient teeth reveal mammalian responses to climate change in Southeast Asia over the last 150,000 years
Youth crime rates in sharp decline
October 14, 2025
International study shows long-term downward trend in developed countries
Females live long past the birth of their last offspring
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Nov 8, 2025 05:00 PM - 11:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
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My Science and Me
What fascinates scientists about their research? What drives them? Science thrives on the people who shape it. Our picture gallery depicts aspects of research from the perspective of those who carry it out
Unraveling Behavior
Podcast
A science podcast about the patterns driving human judgment and decision making. In each episode, Ana Sofia Morais sits down with a researcher to explore how people make decisions, how they handle risk, and how our surroundings and the online world shape our behavior.
Cell droplet research
Video
A new hope for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. A film about the research of Anthony Hyman, who was awared the Koerber Prize 2022 and the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences 2023.
Flight and Trauma
Video
Traumatic experiences from fleeing war zones can lead to distressing symptoms, which impair everyday life. Now with Ukranian sub-titles.
Optogenetics | briefly explained
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Turning nerve cells on and off using pulses of light. Optogenetics is a relatively new field that uses light to control genetically modified cells. It is based on light-activated membrane proteins, such as bacteriorhodopsin or channelrhodopsin, that are built into nerve cells.