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From Early Man to Homo sapiens
In 1997, Svante Pääbo succeeded in sequencing parts of the mitochondrial DNA of a Neanderthal. This teaching unit introduces the field of palaeogenetics, which focuses on the genetic analysis of historical and prehistoric genetic material from fossils, mummified organisms, archaeological remains and other samples. This ancient DNA, also known as aDNA, provides important insights into past life forms and evolution.
Viewing the Cosmos
This Topic Cluster introduces key observational techniques to specify the fundamental questions about the physics of space: Starting with measurement techniques in the visible light spectrum to methods for the determination of non-visible particles, such as the detection of cosmic rays or neutrinos, the Topic Cluster ends with the discovery of non-light signals caused by black holes. These ‘messengers from space’ provide central conclusions on the nature of cosmic large- and small-scale events.
Auctions
Auctions are a predominant market strategy that determines price formation in many areas of life and the economy. This new lesson unit introduces students to new forms of auctioning public goods. In this context, recent research results of Nobel Laureates Robert B. Wilson and Paul R. Milgrom on the currently widely applied Simultaneous Multiple Round Auction (SMRA) are presented.
Hepatitis C Cure and Beyond
Charles M. Rice takes you through an abbreviated journey of the discovery of the hepatitis C virus. He shows the current state of research in terms of being able to treat the disease as well as the future barriers we still have to overcome. Despite the remarkable progress in the treatment of the hepatitis C virus, the disease remains a global challenge.
Lessons From COVID-19
What lessons can be learned from the COVID-19 pandemic to successfully manage future health crises? This Topic Cluster explores the implications of the corona crisis for business, science and policy with contributions from Nobel Laureates Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Aaron Ciechanover, Peter C. Doherty and Saul Perlmutter, among others.
Invention of New Reactions
Chemical reactions have often been discovered by accident. In his lecture given at the 1986 Lindau Meeting, Nobel Laureate Sir Derek H.R. Barton, who discovered what is known today to be the Barton reaction, describes several chemical reactions that do not obey the statistical laws of chemistry but have occurred by chance.