Nobel Prize in Physics 2024: Where the AI Revolution Began
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics was the first in artificial intelligence, being awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for bringing artificial neural networks into being.
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Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine 2024: Very Very Short RNA With a Big Impact
Learn more about microRNA and its impact on gene regulation. Victor Ambros and Gary Ravkun will receive the Nobel Prize in Medicine/Physiology for their research in this field.
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2024: Showing Why Countries Are Rich or Poor Today
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2024 will be awarded to three Laureates who are trying to understand the reasons for differences in income between countries.
The Evolution of Our Universe
Prachi Prajapati, observational cosmologist and 2024 Lindau Alumna, shares her #LINO24 experiences and reflects her career.
Women in Research #LINO24: Nora Martin
Nora Martin has specialized in the interdisciplinary field of biophysics. Her research contributes to our quantitative understanding of evolution by building computational models.
Women in Research #LINO24: Anna Dawid
Lindau Alumna Anna Dawid is working on interpretable machine learning for science and on ultracold platforms for quantum simulations. She presented her research during #LINO24.
Women in Research #LINO24: Giulia Lo Gerfo Morganti
#LINO24 Lindau Alumna Giulia Lo Gerfo Morganti focuses on understanding the structure-function connection in materials used for renewable energy.
A Personal Anecdote On the Versatility of #LINO24
An insight for former and potential future participants: #LINO24 Alumna Garima Aggarwal about what invited Young Scientists might expect from their days at Lake Constance.
The Impact of Early Exposure to Research in Building Great Physician-Scientists
Alumnus Khalid El Bairi shares his thoughts about the ideas you can gain by meeting Nobel Laureates. Additionally, he talked to a fellow scientists from his university about his sources for inspiration.
Women in Research #LINO24: Shanika Galaudage
Gravitational-wave astrophysicist, Shanika Galaudage, studies collisions between pairs of black holes and/or neutron stars. The #LINO24 Alumna reflects the course of her scientific career.
„Meaningful Exchanges – Not Possible In More Formal Environments”
Lindau blogger Alaa Emara shares her experiences of #LINO24, including statements of several Young Scientists.
Meeting Nobel Laureates: The Inspiration and Importance of Becoming a Mobile Scientist
Lindau Alumnus Khalid El Bairi reflects how the interaction with Nobel Laureates has shaped his way and shares experiences from his scientific career.
Finding Yourself as a Scientist
Kamal Rudra is part of IBM Research, where he works on scaling interconnects for next-generation transistor technologies. Throughout his scientific journey, he has continuously pursued what captivates him the most, often drawing motivation from role models. Now, he aims to pass on the motivation to take agency over one’s own career path and self-conception as a scientist.
Women in Research #LINO24: Aneta Karpińska
Aneta Karpińska uses the Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy technique to study anticancer drugs’ internalization inside living cancer cells.
Women in Research #LINO24: Luana Olivieri
Luana Olivieri is investigating novel methods for imaging objects embedded in complex media.
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Albert Schweitzer in Lindau
A short documentary film commemorates the 70th anniversary of the first visit of a Peace Nobel Laureate to a Lindau Meeting. Albert Schweitzer’s visit in 1954 not only marked a new epoch for the Meetings but also had a profound impact on some of the 20th-century’s leading physicists that were assembled in Lindau.
Natural Experiments
Our three-part Mini Lecture series introduces the empirical research method of natural experiments in the context of labour economics and education. Watch now!
Benjamin List
Fascination, beauty and elegance: for Benjamin List, chemistry is more than just science. The new Nobel Lab 360° takes you on a journey into the magical world of catalysis.
Genetics and Cell Biology
What are the current challenges and developments in genetics, biochemistry and cell biology? The Young Scientists of the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting provide the latest findings from their work.
New Nobel Poster Series
How long does an attosecond last? What historical factors have influenced gender differences in the labour market and how can quantum dots give matter spectacular properties? Find out more about these exciting discoveries, which were recently awarded the Nobel Prize, in the German edition of the new Nobel Poster series!
Auctions
Auctions are a predominant market strategy that determines price formation in many areas of life and the economy. 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 in the Teaching Guide.
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.
