The Future is Bright for Lithium-Ion Batteries

The technology was pioneered by Nobel Laureates Goodenough, Whittingham and Yoshino. What are the future uses for lithium-ion batteries?

Wealthier and Healthier: How Economists Study the...

Economics can be a practical tool to find out how our health, and our lives, can be improved.

Reducing the Risk of Serious Coronavirus Infections

Biology shows us that there are additional ways to reduce the risk of serious coronavirus infections, writes Lindau Alumna Viola Vogel.

Our Lighthouse in the Universe: How Scientists...

Pulsars are fast-spinning neutron stars or white dwarfs whose radio emission appears to be blinking on and off – and they might be used to navigate space.

Probiotics for Plant Health

The United Nations have declared 2020 as International Year of Plant Health in a bid to boost sustainable solutions to protecting plants. Microorganisms could in the future play a key role in these efforts.

Sins and Ghosts: Epigenetics as a Hot...

Lindau Alumna Arunima Roy on the development of epigenetics as a research field.

Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2019:...

This year’s Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded jointly to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019: How Batteries...

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 was awarded to John Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino “for the development of lithium-ion batteries”. Therewith, the three laureates laid the foundation of our electrified, mobile, modern world.

Nobel Prize in Physics 2019: Hints to...

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics recognises three researchers who expanded humanity’s horizons on the grandest of scales, contributing to our understanding of the evolution of the universe and our place within it.

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019:...

This year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology honours discoveries concerning how cells sense and respond to low oxygen levels. The findings illuminate a fundamental aspect of normal cellular metabolism and have important implications for understanding – and perhaps treating – cancer.