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The picture shows (from left to right) Pia Greiten, Leonie Menzel, Tabea Schendekehl and Maren Völz of the German double four at their award ceremony.

Potsdam Students Excel at the Olympics – A Testimony to the University of Potsdam’s Promotion of Sports

Media information 15-08-2024 / No. 079

Two of Germany's twelve gold medals at the Olympic Games went to Potsdam: Jacob Schopf, who is studying in a teaching degree program at the University …
Artist’s impression of a warp bubble collapse (AI)

What no one has seen before – simulation of gravitational waves from failing warp drive

Medieninformation 29-07-2024 / Nr. 076

Physicists have been exploring the theoretical possibility of spaceships driven by compressing the four-dimensional spacetime for decades. Although …
Sprachstudie in Gahana. Mutter und Baby sitzen vor einem Bildschirm

Universal Euphony – Experimental Study in Africa Proves Our Preference for Linguistic Harmony

Media information 09-07-2024 / No. 069

Babies who grow up surrounded by multiple languages prefer harmonious linguistic patterns long before they learn to speak. A research team led by …
Tyler Prize winner Prof. Dr. Johan Rockström in a panel discussion with the Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius in the Audimax of the University of Potsdam.

Groundbreaking Research on Planetary Boundaries – Johan Rockström Receives Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement

Media information: 17-05-2024 / No. 040

Climate researcher Prof. Dr. Johan Rockström was awarded the prestigious 2024 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement in Potsdam today. Rockström, …

Building Bridges in Europe – Franco-German Degree Program in Law Turns 30

An institution celebrates its anniversary: The Franco-German degree Program in law, which was jointly initiated by the Universities of Potsdam and …
Prof. Dr. Sandra Wachter

University of Potsdam Looks Forward to a Third Humboldt Professorship – Award for AI and Law Expert Prof. Sandra Wachter

Media information 13-06-2023 / No. 055

Technology law expert Sandra Wachter, currently a professor at Oxford University, has been awarded a Humboldt Professorship and will be joining the …

University of Potsdam Moves up to 17th Place Worldwide in THE Ranking of Young Universities and Remains at the Top in Germany

Media information 14-05-2024 / No. 035

The University of Potsdam achieved an excellent 17th place in the Times Higher Education Ranking of universities that are under 50 years old, …
Scientific deep drilling in Chew Bahir, southern Ethiopia.

It Flickers, Then It Tips – Study Identifies Early Warning Signals for the End of the African Humid Period

Tipping points in the climate system can be the result of a slow but linear development. However, they can also be accompanied by a “flickering", with …
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 …