New Drug for Cancer Treatment on Track
Lindau Alumnus Perparim Limani is integral part of a team that is developing a new approach to treat cancer.
In 1951, the founders had a dream – and that dream endures in the scientists and Nobel Laureates of the future.
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The Prize in Economic Sciences 2021: How Natural Experiments Help Answer Important Questions for Society
The Prize of the Sveriges Riksbank in Economic Sciences will be awarded to three professors who have spent their careers carrying out experiments in real life.
Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine 2021: Learnings From Chili, Wasabi and Menthol
One sense is shared by all living organisms: Touch. David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian share the Nobel Prize in Medicine/Physiology 2021 for their discoveries of receptors for touch and temperature.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021: A Greener and More Efficient Way of Chemical Synthesis
Benjamin List and David MacMillan receive the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of a powerful and sustainable method that has revolutionised the way to synthesise many important compounds.
Nobel Prize in Physics: Distilling Complexity of Our Climate and Other Systems
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 will be awarded to three scientists who have been predicting climate change for a long time.
Open Source Hardware: The Benefit of Sharing Knowledge
The use of open source hardware, the publication of data on physical objects, is expanding. Lindau Alumnus Lukas Winter is very involved in this issue.
How Nobel-Winning Physics Might Lead To a Green Revolution
Three ideas from Physics to produce energy in a climate-friendly way.
Tackling Climate Change: Low Hanging Fruit and Hidden Emissions
What are the most promising strategies to stop climate change?
Arthur Ashkin: Inventor, Innovator and Inspiration
Arthur Ashkin was 96 years old when he received the Nobel Prize for his discoveries in the field of laser. He died one year ago. Time to reflect his life and work.
Incubator for Innovative Ideas
2018 Lindau Alumna Martine Abboud has founded a start-up that equips entrepreneurs with business skills.
When Support Replaces Competition
Crowdfight connects researchers worldwide for support to answer scientific questions.
How Auction Theory Could Help Distribute Vaccines Equitably Across the World
When auctions are well-designed, they benefit everyone, including the bidders and the auctioneers. Maybe a way to distribute vaccines worldwide?
Topics of the Lindau Online Sciathon 2021
The topics of the Lindau Online Sciathon 2021 are based on the panel discussions of #LINO70.
Being a Problem Solver
2022 young economist Oluwabunmi Adejumo decided to work on different perspectives on the economies of sub-Saharan Africa.
The Nobel-Winning Research That Helped Us Mount an Effective Pandemic Response
Within a short period of time several vaccines against COVID-19 have been developed. Based on research that was awarded with the Nobel Prize.
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COVID-19
This three-part film discusses the role of science in exchange with media and society during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sir Angus Deaton: Inequalities & COVID-19
In his lecture, economist Sir Angus Deaton, analyses pre-existing inequalities that are shaping the course of the pandemic just as new inequalities created by the pandemic.
Sir John Cornforth
In his lecture “An Attempt to Imitate an Enzyme”, Nobel Laureate Sir John Cornforth presents his work on changing the chemical structure of enzymes for the use of re-optimizing their functions to the audience at the Lindau Meeting in 1980.
Vaccinations: Herd Immunity
This teaching unit (materials available in both German and English) on vaccinations outlines the immune defense of the human body – its active or passive immunisation systems – and their respective history of origin.
A New Paradigm
Henry A. Kissinger in discussion with Physics Nobel Laureates Reinhard Genzel, David J. Gross, William D. Phillips, Brian P. Schmidt and Erik Schmidt (Excecutive Chairman Google, 2011-2015) on quantum physics and how this field will transform the future; Moderator: Rainer Blatt.
Severo Ochoa: Gene Technology
One of the earliest genetic tools developed on the path to gene editing was recombinant gene technology. In his lecture “Gene Technology” at the 1975 Lindau Meeting, Severo Ochoa talks about scientific breakthroughs in the recombinant gene technology of the early-to-mid-1970s.
