Patrick Modiano: The clue hunter
When the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature was announced in October many people in Germany had to look his name up online. Patrick who? A look at a famous unknown.
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Illuminated three times – Nobel Prize in Physics for the lighting technology of the 21st century
After decades of research Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura had a decisive breakthrough: The blue LED.
Ebola – a Case Study of Scientific Communication
Medical student and Lindau alumnus Yasin Emanee on what the Ebola epidemic taught him about the scientific receptivity of the people in his country.
Ten Surprising Facts About Diabetes
Today is World Diabetes Day - blue monuments around the world put this often undetected disease into the spotlight.
Alexander Gerst: Coming Home Today!
If everything goes according to plan, today Alex Gerst will land with a Soyuz capsule in Kazakhstan after having spent 166 days in space.
Interview: Ghada Bassioni, Global Scientist
From young scientist to honorary guest in only two years – find out how Ghada Bassioni took the chances the Lindau Meeting offered her.
Women in Science: Fixing the Leaking Pipeline
Watch the full video of the Australia-hosted Science Breakfast on women in science that took place this summer during #lnlm14.
Personalized Medicine Changes the View on Disease – and Ourselves
When anyone of us is confronted with a cancer diagnosis, we want the best possible care.
Sketches of Science exhibition travels to Korea
The photo exhibition Sketches of Science can now be seen at Gwacheon National Science Museum in Seoul.
Nobel Prize 2014: United by Struggle
The Nobel Peace Prize 2014 was awarded to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay – two unremitting champions of the global strife for children’s rights.
Mario Vargas Llosa: Confessions of a Latin American Liberal
Peruvian born writer and political activist Mario Vargas Llosa received the Nobel Prize in Literature in the year 2010 ‘for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual’s resistance, revolt, and defeat’. During the 5th Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences Vargas Llosa held his presentation titled ‘Confessions of a Latin […]
The verdict: is blogging or tweeting about research papers worth it?
Eager to find out what impact blogging and social media could have on the dissemination of her work, Melissa Terras took all of her academic research, including papers that have been available online for years, to the web and found that her audience responded with a huge leap in interest in her work.