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Five researchers from abroad have been selected to receive Germany’s most valuable international research award in 2021 and make the move to Cologne, Dresden, Leipzig, Potsdam and Tübingen.
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With the new Henriette Herz Scouting Programme, the Humboldt Foundation will make it possible to directly recruit individuals for its fellowship programme.
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“Better connected!” – the latest issue of the Humboldt Kosmos magazine on how important research networks are for the world during and after the pandemic
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Magazine Humboldt Kosmos
Ever more people are making conscious purchasing decisions in order to drive changes in society. A new consumer awareness? “Not at all,” says historian Frank Trentmann.
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Although many children with behavioural disorders grow up to lead a normal life, others never find their place in society. Arunima Roy’s dream is to stop this from happening. Arunima Roy
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Many diabetics have to test their blood sugar levels several times a day. Chemical engineer Ali Yetisen demonstrates that contact lenses can act as sensors in the eye.
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Some people put orange peel in their dishwasher because it saves on rinse aid. Others put lemon peel in their wardrobes to fend off moths. Alejandra Omarini thinks on different scales: she wants to make such waste industrially viable.
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Animal swarms have fascinated us for a long time. How do they coordinate their behaviour, who leads, who follows? This is one of Jolle Jolles’ research fields: he focuses on sticklebacks.
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Whether as a discoverer, Romantic, Atlanticist, climate prophet or working class hero: Nicolaas A. Rupke, has investigated how the various images of Humboldt have come about.
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In the picture you can see me at Tempelhof Field in Berlin preparing for a Soapbox Science event I was helping to organise. Soapbox Science takes science to a broader public and makes female scientists more visible.
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