18/03/2016 by Stephanie Hanel

Gene drive: evolution in fast motion

Is the new technology a decisive breakthrough in the fight against mosquito-transmitted diseases?
09/03/2016 by Susanne Dambeck

Economics: Why are white US middle-agers dying?

Economist Anne Case and Nobel laureate Angus Deaton discovered a rising mortality rate for this group. Their surprising find reveals a health crisis that could turn into a political crisis.
25/02/2016 by

The Lindau Meetings present themselves at the...

A very special day at the German Embassy to the United States
25/02/2016 by Susanne Dambeck

Finland: Rare Diseases and Top Research

The Finnish have an exceptionally homogenous gene pool – making them susceptible to rare genetic diseases, but also providing excellent research tools for large-scale genetic studies.
18/02/2016 by Stephanie Hanel

Plant intelligence – Our 5 senses +...

How plants can communicate with each other, help each other – or fight each other.
11/02/2016 by Ghada Bassioni

Science Migration: A Little Bavarian with Pharaonic...

An Egyptian-German story of spreading the love for science to children.
04/02/2016 by Susanne Dambeck

World Cancer Day 2016: Children Get Second...

An innovative register study based in Heidelberg means new hope for children with recurrent cancer – many receive an ‘individualized cancer therapy’.
28/01/2016 by Stephanie Hanel

Martin Karplus – A Visionary Pioneer

Theoretical chemist Martin Karplus will be a guest at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings this year for the first time.
27/01/2016 by

Premiere: Exhibiting at the AAAS 2016 Annual...

In a joint effort the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings and the Heidelberg Laureate Forum will cross the pond to exhibit at AAAS 2016 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
21/01/2016 by Susanne Dambeck

Where Is Fusion Research Today?

Something’s happening in fusion resarch: after decades of debate, the ITER project is finally being built, and the Wendelstein 7-X experiment was successfully tested last month.