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Haus vor einem Berg

Study Trip to Namibia – Day 1: Get to know NamTip

Potsdam researchers in the African savannah

Today is the start of our NamTip Winter School, to which students from the Namibian universities NUST and UNAM are participating. These institutions …
Zwei Forschende führen wissenschaftliche Messungen in der afrikanischen Savanne durch

Study Trip to Namibia – Understanding and Managing Tipping Points in Dryland Ecosystems

Potsdam researchers in the African savannah

From 16 to 26 June 2025, a delegation from the University of Potsdam - including University President Prof. Oliver Günther - and German research …
Illustration des Meeresbodens

Why Do Submarine Canyons Form in Places Where the Seafloor Is Particularly Steep?

Submarine canyons are large, kilometer-deep gorges on the seafloor along continental margins that transport sediments, nutrients, and carbon from …
Prof. Dr. Tim Dietrich stands in front of a red staircase.

If I Could, I Would … Travel to the Remote Expanses of Our Universe! – With astrophysicist Tim Dietrich

My wish would be to visit a very special type of star in a spaceship – namely, a neutron star. These extremely dense celestial objects result from a …
Grafik eines biochemischen Prozesses

Kinetic Coupling – Breakthrough in understanding Biochemical Networks

Media information 28-05-2025 / Nr. 053

A new concept of kinetic modules in biochemical networks could revolutionize the understanding of how these networks function. Scientists from the …
Physicist Felix Lang holds a solar cell.

Physicist Dr. Felix Lang answers the question: What is a solar cell doing in space?

Space: far away from us on Earth, but at the same time substantially present in our everyday lives. Who can still find their way in a foreign city …
Portrait of Prof. Dr. Dieter Neher

Solar Cells: The Next Generation – A visit to the laboratory of physicist Dieter Neher

Sunlight is available all over the world and can be used emission-free. Of all sustainable technologies, photovoltaics – the direct conversion of …
Prof. Dr. Salim Seyfried and doctoral student Van-Cuong Pham in the lab.

Did you already know that … a pill could prevent strokes in the future? Researchers find compounds against cavernous malformation in the brain

At high magnification, it looks like a blackberry. But this adhesion of blood vessels, known as cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM), which occurs in …
Sternhaufen innerhalb der Galaxie Kleine Magellansche Wolke, 200.000 Lichtjahre entfernt

Stellar Wind – Potsdam Researchers analyze James Webb Space Telescope data

Media information 09-05-2025 / Nr. 051

For the first time, infrared signatures of stellar winds from massive stars in a galaxy other than the Milky Way have been detected in NASA’s James …
Zwei Personen stehen auf einem Feld an einem wissenschaftlichen Messgerät, im Hintergrund dunkle Gewitterwolken

Extreme Rainfall – A long-standing hypothesis on temperature dependence finally settled?

Media information 18-04-2025 / No. 042

Flash floods resulting from extreme rainfall pose a major risk to people and infrastructure, especially in urban areas. Higher temperatures due to …