What connects ant colonies and the Internet, financial markets and the human brain? They are complex systems – a comparatively new field of research, …
Networking for food: Bats communicate and work together for more efficient foraging
Social hunting strategies are already well documented in many animal species when prey is distributed in an unpredictable way across the landscape. In …
Blind faults - New findings on earthquake hazards in coastal regions
For decades, earthquake researchers have been dealing with so-called blind faults. These are often seismically active and very dangerous structures in …
Bird’s Eye View – BIRD looks at the wealth of digital learning opportunities and connects them on a national education platform
“It is the biggest and most demanding project that I have ever done,” says Ulrike Lucke, leans back into her office chair, and blows a strand of hair …