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Susanne Dambeck

Eugene Wigner: A Modest Genius

Wigner was not only one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century – he is also one of the least known. The modest genius died twenty years ago.

Stephanie Hanel

The Ongoing Issue of Dark Matter

New research data is shining an ever brighter light on the Big Bang – but dark matter remains elusive.

Stefano Sandrone

Ageing, God and Lindau: An Interview with Aaron Ciechanover

Nobel Laureate Aaron Ciechanover is talking about medical progress and its implications.

Stefano Sandrone

“We are beginning to understand how cognition works”: Double interview with John O’Keefe and Edvard Moser

Two 2014 Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine about childhood, dream jobs and the next big thing in neuroscience.

Stephanie Hanel

Malala Yousafzai,”The girl with the book”, is a Nobel Peace Prize winner

With courage and determination, she has become what the Taliban fear the most – a girl with a book. This was how UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon described Malala Yousafzai, who, as a girl blogging out of resistance, has been compared with Anne Frank. She is now a children’s rights activist and the youngest ever […]

Stephanie Hanel

Malala Yousafzai – „Das Mädchen mit dem Buch“ ist Friedensnobelpreisträgerin

Mit Mut und Entschlossenheit ist sie zu dem geworden, was die Taliban am meisten fürchten: ein Mädchen mit einem Buch. So beschrieb UN-Generalsekretär Ban Ki Moon Malala Yousafzai, die als bloggendes Mädchen im Widerstand auch schon mit Anne Frank verglichen wurde. Nun ist sie Kinderrechtsaktivistin und jüngste Nobelpreisträgerin in der Geschichte.

Yasin Emanee

Kailash Satyarthi: The Saviour of Childhood

Discover the story of the Nobel Peace Prize winner and 30-year-veteran in the fight for children’s rights.

Susanne Dambeck

Stefan Hell: An Unorthodox Mind

His discoveries have revolutionised optics: from a rebellious standpoint to highest academic honours.

Susanne Dambeck

Stefan Hell: Der Querdenker

Seine Entdeckungen revolutionierten die Optik: Vom Querdenker zu höchsten akademischen Ehren.

Stefano Sandrone

Nobel Prize 2014: Seahorses, navigation and love

7 things to know about the 2014 Laureates in Physiology or Medicine and their research.

Akos Valentinyi

Nobel rewards economist who told us how to tame the big firms which run our lives

An in-depth look on Jean Tirole’s impact on economics.

Stephanie Hanel

Patrick Modiano: The clue hunter

When the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature was announced in October many people in Germany had to look his name up online. Patrick who? A look at a famous unknown.