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Time to redefine Time?

Ben Skuse

Time to redefine Time?

In an engaging conversation William D. Phillips and Rainer Blatt shared their reflections on recent changes to the definitions of the SI units, and debate whether a truly timeless definition of time will ever be achieved.

Future-Proofing the Global Economy After COVID-19

Ben Skuse

Future-Proofing the Global Economy After COVID-19

A key takeaway from the COVID-19 pandemic has been the need to build resilience into the global economy. Two Online Science Days 2020 sessions on Monday 29 June illuminated potential solutions.

Future Chemistry: Learning from Nature to Build a Sustainable Future

Andrei Mihai

Future Chemistry: Learning from Nature to Build a Sustainable Future

In a series of lectures and debates at #LINOSD the panels discussed recent progress and future prospects of Chemistry, and there are reasons to be both concerned and excited.

COVID-19: The Role of Science in a Crisis

Meeri Kim

COVID-19: The Role of Science in a Crisis

Never before has immunology been such a hot topic. With the coronavirus pandemic still taking its toll, the Online Science Days 2020 addressed this pressing topic with a session involving three renowned experts on immunology.

An Immunity Boost: Conversation With Three Nobel Laureates

Andrei Mihai

An Immunity Boost: Conversation With Three Nobel Laureates

Never before has immunology been such a hot topic. With the coronavirus pandemic still taking its toll, the Online Science Days 2020 addressed this pressing topic with a session involving three renowned experts on immunology.

The First 24 Hours: Let the Online Science Days 2020 Begin

Fabiola Gerpott

The First 24 Hours: Let the Online Science Days 2020 Begin

Fabiola Gerpott describes her second Lindau experience which takes place online.

Neuroscience: Meeting in the Middle

Ben Skuse

Neuroscience: Meeting in the Middle

Edvard Moser and Erwin Neher chat about their respective top-down and bottom-up approaches to understanding the brain, and how they envisage the next generation of interdisciplinary scientists marrying the two.

Sciathon Winner in “Capitalism after Corona”: Samar Abdelmageed

Ben Skuse

Sciathon Winner in “Capitalism after Corona”: Samar Abdelmageed

Winning Sciathon project team leader Samar Abdelmageed talks about the inspiration behind her project and what it was like to work remotely with bright minds from across the globe in an intense 48 hours.

Global Solutions to Global Problems

Ben Skuse

Global Solutions to Global Problems

Can science live up to its principles of having no boundaries or biases? And is our current level of international cooperation sufficient to deal with global crises? This was the focus of the Debate ‘International Scientific Collaboration’, the first debate at Online Science Days 2020 on Sunday 28 June.

Welcome and Kick-Off to the Online Science Days

LNLMBlogAdmin

Welcome and Kick-Off to the Online Science Days

The speach of Countess Bettina Bernadotte to start the Online Science Days 2020.

Promising Sciathon Results – Finalists for Presentations During #LINOSD Have Been Selected

Stefanie Unterguggenberger

Promising Sciathon Results – Finalists for Presentations During #LINOSD Have Been Selected

  The finalists of the Online Sciathon 2020 have been selected. Today the Jury  has announced the results of the 48-hour scientific competition. The three best project groups from the three subject areas (“Lindau Guidelines”, “Communicating Climate Change”, and “Capitalism after Corona”) have been selected and will present their results live on stage during the […]

Science as a Tool to Unify People: A Lindau Experience

Jaouad Abdouss

Science as a Tool to Unify People: A Lindau Experience

Lindau Alumnus Jaouad Abdouss on his experience at the 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in 2019