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Das Exemplar, aus dem das Kerngenom des Blaubocks mit hoher Abdeckung extrahiert wurde: ein junges Männchen aus dem Schwedischen Museum für Naturgeschichte.

Why European Colonization Drove the Blue Antelope to Extinction

Media information 12-02-2024/ No. 024

An international team of researchers led by the University of Potsdam has generated and analyzed the first high-coverage nuclear genome of the extinct …
Künstlerische Darstellung der Turbulenzwirbel in der Magnetosphäre der Erde von großen zu kleinen Skalen. Eine zunehmende Helligkeit zeigt eine steigende Nichtlinearität an.

Toward unification of turbulence framework – weak-to-strong transition discovered in turbulence

Media Information 12-04-2024 / Nr. 023

Astrophysicists from the University of Potsdam have made a significant step toward solving the last puzzle in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence theory by …
Neues Palais, Haus 10

A Visit among Friends – Thinking outside the Box Thanks to EDUC

How do we collect, manage, and present data on research projects? Which systems are in use in research data and science management? And how do …
Der Sabbat bietet Zeit für Ruhe und Einkehr – auch im Grünen.

Green Sabbath – How an Ancient Jewish Ritual Could Save Us from the Ecological Crisis

What if we all did absolutely nothing for one day a week? How would we feel and what would our world look like? We could rest – and as a key side …
Computer-generated illustration of a protein

How plants adjust their photosynthesis to changing light – Publication in “Nature Communications”

Light supplies the energy plants need to build up biomass. A research team from Bergen, Bochum, Düsseldorf, Münster and Potsdam headed by Heinrich …
Crowd of People in the Sun

Briefly Asked… – Jasper Tjaden, Professor for Applied Social Research and Public Policy

You are doing research on migration and integration. What interests you about it? I am interested in the complexity of the phenomena of migration and …
Gruppenfoto

“It Is Extremely Important for Historians to See Such Sources with Their Own Eyes” – Why Potsdam Students Are Excavating a Roman Villa in Spain

Students studying history or classical philology at the University of Potsdam usually learn about archaeological excavations from books, films, or …
Prof Neher explains to Matthias Zimmermann how the prototypes of new solar cells are manufactured.

My World – Dieter Neher – Professor for Soft Matter Physics and Optoelectronics

My daily life as a scientist currently focuses on our research into new types of semiconductors for solar cells. Some people may ask why this research …
Eruption at Geldingadalir in Iceland in 2021

The telltale sound of volcanoes

Before volcanoes erupt, there is already rumbling underground. Recognising characteristic features in this “sound” is an important step on the way to …
Prof. Dr. Jan Härter

High-resolution thunderstorm observations – ERC Proof of Concept Grant for Prof. Jan Härter

Media Information 19-01-2024 / Nr. 009

Jan Härter, professor of climate physics at the University of Potsdam, has been awarded a renowned Proof of Concept Grant by the European Research …