Magazine Humboldt Kosmos
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. TODAY: DANIELA NIES.
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Up to now, most of the films made on the continent of Africa have been low-budget filmed entertainment. But now, investors and streaming services are opening up the market in African films to an international audience. The Nigerian film scholar Ezinne Ezepue sees this as a great opportunity. Through her research, she wants to help develop high-quality African stories and more differentiated images of Africa.
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It is one of the complications of operations like organ or stem cell transplantations that everyone dreads: a simultaneous infection by various pathogens, such as bacteria, viruses and fungi, known as a “co-infection”. A patient’s weakened immune system is often unable to fight back.
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Using computer simulations, researchers can both predict the climate in the coming decades as well as produce short-term weather forecasts for specific regions. But so far, they are not as precise as they might be. In order to calculate the complex processes in the atmosphere and identify local extreme weather events such as heavy rain at an early stage, enormous computing capacity is required. New supercomputers could provide it. The atmospheric physicist Bjorn Stevens is working on it.
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Don’t always grab your phone when you’re waiting for a bus. Instead, just sit there and let your thoughts run free. This kind of activity – or inactivity – is completely underrated nowadays, says psychologist Kou Murayama.
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You’re banned! With the help of CRISPR/Cas systems, bacteria protect their genome from mutations or destruction caused by pathogens. Biotechnology has adopted the mechanism of the bacterial defence system – also known as genetic scissors – using it to specifically modify the genome by deleting or inserting certain DNA sequences.
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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 developing games. In The Poll you slip into the role of a politician and learn how the electoral system in India works, how you find political solutions to an issue, negotiate compromises and, finally, win majorities.
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Jennifer Evans, an acknowledged expert in the area of European Queer History, has been chosen to receive this year’s research award for strengthening scientific and cultural relations between Canada and Germany.
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Selected to receive Germany’s most valuable research award, 12 top researchers are moving to a German university. The presentation will be broadcast live.
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Interview with Markus Kissler-Patig, Head of Science and Operations at the European Space Agency, about the new golden age of space exploration and the search for life in our solar system and beyond.
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