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The secret formula
Seventy years – between tradition and innovation. Or why the Humboldt Foundation is like Coca-Cola.
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Magazine Humboldt Kosmos
Excellent science should not be a question of geography
A conversation with the chemist and green energy expert Robert Schlögl.
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Germany from the outside
Germany from the outside
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“Europe must invest in AI – now”
Humboldt Professor Holger Hoos is one of the signatories to an open letter from the Future of Life Institute in which AI experts call for a six-month moratorium on the development of artificial intelligence. In this interview he explains his motivation and his hopes for the future of AI research in Europe.
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Great at changing direction
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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How precisely can supercomputers forecast heavy rainfall, Mr Stevens?
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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How can you treat dangerous co-infections, Mr Elmowafy?
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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How are you improving genetic scissors, Ms Madariaga Marcos?
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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Press Release
New Humboldt Professorships conferred: Robert Schlögl makes case for strong research funding
“Generous research funding is a German trademark. We cannot let up in our efforts to invest in science and scholarship”, Robert Schlögl, President of the Humboldt Foundation, said at the award ceremony for the Alexander von Humboldt Professorships in Berlin.
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