Focus The Future on Our Plates Researchers, food giants and startups – they are all searching for tomorrow’s food.
Focus Satisfied and Healthy: The Major Trends From vertical farming to personalised nutrition and cultured meat.
Focus Obesity and Hunger Worldwide Is there a connection between obesity and hunger? There is no clear pattern to the distribution of hunger and obesity…
Brief Enquiries Can Water Change Society, Ms Morgan? “Water is life, but its availability is also a measure of social status and a means of social discrimination,” says Ruth…
Brief Enquiries Why Do You Compare Mao and Gandhi, Ms Ramaswamy? Sumathi Ramaswamy is comparing the two founding fathers of the world’s most populated countries.
Brief Enquiries Mr Haick, What Does Our Breath Tell You About Our Health? It is possible to smell disease. The Arab-Israeli researcher Hossam Haick has now presented the evidence.
Brief Enquiries Mr Jacobsen, How Can Smartphones Influence the Energy Transition Anyone who wants to can take part in Hans-Arno Jacobsen’s research project – all you need is a smartphone.
Focus on Germany The Taste of Germany Why are there so many vegans here in Germany when they have such great sausages? Humboldtians report on their…
Close up on Research The Fight against Obesity and Diabetes The number of overweight people in the world is increasing rapidly. Matthias Tschöp is searching for a drug to curb our…
Humboldtians in private Over the Mountains Wolfgang Wernsdorfer is an Alexander von Humboldt Professor at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology – and he runs mountain…
News New Federal President Meets Humboldtians In June, more than 570 Humboldtians attended the Humboldt Foundation’s Annual Meeting in Berlin.
The Faces of the Foundation Lots of Little Concerts Who actually does what at Humboldt headquarters? Who are the people behind the scenes making sure that everything runs…