Humboldtian Nobel laureates © Nobel Media AB. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud. Overview from the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2017
Focus Freedom equals excellence? There was a time. Repressive science systems have become serious competitors for western research nations. Illustration: Skizzomat, Foto: FAU / Pöhlein
Close up on research She monitors the monitoring Margaret E. Roberts’ research field could not be more pertinent. With the help of artificial intelligence and machine… Picture alliance /AP Images
Focus Immune therapy against conspiracy myths Extremism is booming and, in many countries, threatening democracy. The good news is that you can train resistance to… Illustration: Skizzomat, Foto: privat
Brief enquiries Why should we indulge in idleness more often? Don’t always grab your phone when you’re waiting for a bus. Instead, just sit there and let your thoughts run free. This… Humboldt-Stiftung / David Spaeth
Interview Excellent science should not be a question of geography A conversation with the chemist and green energy expert Robert Schlögl. Humboldt-Stiftung / David Ausserhofer
Focus The secret formula Seventy years – between tradition and innovation. Or why the Humboldt Foundation is like Coca-Cola. Getty Images
Focus on Germany An Eldorado for research – and bureaucracy The study, “Germany from the outside”, reveals how visiting researchers from abroad rate working and living here. Raufeld Medien
Focus Well-meant is not necessarily well done Intervention research investigates strategies to help counter climate change and infectious diseases. Illustration: Skizzomat, Foto: Humboldt-Stiftung / Elbmotion
Brief enquiries How are you improving genetic scissors? You’re banned! With the help of CRISPR/Cas systems, bacteria protect their genome from mutations or destruction caused… Humboldt-Stiftung / Marco Warmuth
Brief enquiries Do films create opportunities? Up to now, most of the films made on the continent of Africa have been low-budget filmed entertainment. But now,… Humboldt-Stiftung / Jann Höfer
Focus “Africa’s young people are our greatest asset” How can Africa feed its growing population when climate change and environmental degradation are making agriculture ever… Illustration: Skizzomat, Foto: privat
Focus Discrimination damages progress Science benefits from diversity. But those who don’t comply with the norm have to risk being disadvantaged. Illustration: Skizzomat, Foto: RUB / Kramer
Brief enquiries How precisely can supercomputers forecast heavy rainfall? Using computer simulations, researchers can both predict the climate in the coming decades as well as produce short-term… Humboldt-Stiftung / Frank Siemers
Brief enquiries How can you treat dangerous co-infections? It is one of the complications of operations like organ or stem cell transplantations that everyone dreads: a… Humboldt-Stiftung / David Spaeth
Focus Being better prepared for the next disaster Floods and drought threaten the lives of millions of people in Pakistan. Better preparedness as well as social change… Illustration: Skizzomat, Foto: privat
Humboldtians in private Learning by playing In the photo you can see me with my game The Poll. Really, I’m a journalist. But for a number of years, I’ve been… privat
The faces of the Foundation Great at changing direction Who actually does what at Humboldt headquarters? Who are the people behind the scenes making sure that everything runs… Humboldt-Stiftung / Michael Jordan
