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Lindau Scientists’ Survey: Science From Home

Daniela Thiel

Lindau Scientists’ Survey: Science From Home

Impact of Corona on the working processes in science, results from our COVID-19 Survey.

Lindau Scientists’ Survey: Shift in Research Focus During First Year of the Pandemic

Daniela Thiel

Lindau Scientists’ Survey: Shift in Research Focus During First Year of the Pandemic

Year one of the pandemic: Scientists explain how corona has changed their topic.

Designing Black Holes in the Lab

Alexander Kruchkov

Designing Black Holes in the Lab

Lindau Alumnus Alexander Kruchkov plans to create black holes in a lab.

White LEDs: When Good Tech is Applied Badly

Ben Skuse

White LEDs: When Good Tech is Applied Badly

How can a technology at least 10 times longer lasting and half as power hungry as its rivals be accused of being eco-unfriendly?

Women in Research: Katrin Fürsich From Germany

Ulrike Böhm

Women in Research: Katrin Fürsich From Germany

Katrin focuses on the spectroscopic investigation of quantum materials.

Women in Research: Isabel Abánades Lázaro from Spain

Ulrike Böhm

Women in Research: Isabel Abánades Lázaro from Spain

Isabel's research focuses on defect engineering of Metal-Organic Frameworks for drug delivery and environmentally relevant applications

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.

Nobel Contributions to Digitalisation

Ben Skuse

Nobel Contributions to Digitalisation

They may not be tech billionaires or household names, but these Nobel Prize-awarded scientists made breakthroughs that underpin the digital devices connecting us all during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Our Lighthouse in the Universe: How Scientists Are Using Pulsars as a Celestial GPS

Tibi Puiu

Our Lighthouse in the Universe: How Scientists Are Using Pulsars as a Celestial GPS

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.

Women in Research at #LINO19: Nadezda Chernyavskaya from Russia

Ulrike Böhm

Women in Research at #LINO19: Nadezda Chernyavskaya from Russia

Lindau Alumna Nadezda Chernyavskaya talks about her career, the excitement of research and Dance Collider in this interview with Ulrike Böhm.

Characterising Exoplanets to Understand the Emergence of Life: CHEOPS

Stefanie Unterguggenberger

Characterising Exoplanets to Understand the Emergence of Life: CHEOPS

ESA recently launched CHEOPS, a satellite mission set to improve our understanding of the formation and evolution of exoplanets.

Women in Research at #LINO19: Julia Healy from South Africa

Ulrike Böhm

Women in Research at #LINO19: Julia Healy from South Africa

Lindau Alumna Julia Healy talks about her research, commuting between two continents and women in STEM in this interview with Ulrike Böhm.