Magazine Humboldt Kosmos
My story begins four years ago. Three things happened in my life all at once: I was offered a new job at my university in Kenya, I was granted a fellowship by the Humboldt Foundation and I discovered I was pregnant. What to do?
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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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Who actually does what at Humboldt headquarters? Who are the people behind the scenes making sure that everything runs smoothly? These are the colleagues at the Humboldt Foundation, their lives at work and beyond. Today: Ulla Hecken.
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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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The music psychologist from the University of London is a soughtafter expert when it comes to investigating the impact of music on people.
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Even as a child I used to ask myself how people in different societies lived together and why things in other countries were so different from what I was used to in the UK.
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Anyone who wants to can take part in Hans-Arno Jacobsen’s research project – all you need is a smartphone.
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It is possible to smell disease. The Arab-Israeli researcher Hossam Haick has now presented the evidence.
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Gilbert Adum is Ghana’s frogman. As one of the founders and head of the SAVE THE FROGS! Ghana organisation, he passionately campaigns for the survival of the amphibians in his native country.
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Who actually does what at Humboldt headquarters? Who are the people behind the scenes making sure that everything runs smoothly? This page is devoted to the colleagues at the Humboldt Foundation, their lives at work and beyond.
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