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.

Plant intelligence – Our 5 senses +...

How plants can communicate with each other, help each other – or fight each other.

Science Migration: A Little Bavarian with Pharaonic...

An Egyptian-German story of spreading the love for science to children.

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’.

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.

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.

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.

Nobel Women’s Initiative – for Peace, Justice...

Nobel Peace Laureates support humanrights projects carried out by women throughout the world.

Science all around the World: A Photo...

Young scientist and photographer Sarah Katharina Meisenheimer shows that science is truly global

The Modest Nobel Laureate: Youyou Tu

She will receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine today for the discovery of the most effective antimalarial.