Paul Dirac. Zum dreißigsten Todestag des stillen Genies.
Sein wissenschaftliches Werk hat den Grundstein für die moderne Quantenphysik gelegt, seine Bücher sind noch heute Standardwerke und viele haben zumindest schon mal einen der nach ihm benannten Begriffe gehört. Aber der Mensch hinter den Begriffen ist weitgehend unbekannt. Wer war Paul Dirac?
Nature film from Lindau sheds light on cutting edge drug research
The third movie out of the Nature Video Lindau Collection 2014 has been published. It features Nobel Laureates Martin Evans and Oliver Smithies and examines how the side effects of drugs can be combatted.
New Film “The Long Goodbye”
Getting to grips with the realities of an ageing global population: The second film of the 2014 Nature Video series “A Picture of Health” is out now.
Academia and Pharmaceutical Industry – Strange Bedfellows?
Sooner or later, we all rely on the results of clinical trials.
New Film Series “A Picture of Health”
The trailer of the 2014 Nature Video film series and the film “HIV in hiding” are out now!
Dorothy Hodgkin: The Queen of Crystallography
2014 marks the 50th anniversary of Dorothy Hodgkin’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry: memories of a Lindau ‘veteran’ who had already been a living legend when she participated in the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.
Video: Joe Stiglitz on What makes a good Economist?
Fresh from our YouTube Channel: A short film featuring Joseph Stiglitz
Economists reflect on challenges
What are the challenges for the next generation? 6 Nobel Laureates and 8 young economists present their views.
Economists set the course for a self-reflective debate
What makes a good economist? 6 Nobel Laureates and 8 young economists give answers.
Panel Discussion: Science for the Benefit of Mankind
Now available at the Lindau Mediatheque: the complete Video of this year’s Closing Panel Discussion “Science for the Benefit of Mankind”.
New Drugs for old Bugs (Drug Development – Yonath & Kobilka)
We should all be worried by the growing number of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and we urgently need to develop new drugs, says Ada Yonath. She and Brian Kobilka won Nobel Prizes for using x-ray crystallography to understand cell structures that are vital targets for drug development. In this film, three researchers challenge the structural approach and […]
Industry’s rare resources (Catalysis – Grubbs & Ertl)
Almost all industrial processes rely on catalysts, which increase the rate of chemical reactions. Many catalysts are made from rare metals – and the young researchers in this film are worried about them running out. They put the problem to Nobel laureates Robert Grubbs and Gerhard Ertl. The group discusses how dwindling supplies of rare […]