Every year, hundreds of thousands of latex mattresses end up in the bulky waste in Germany. They are incinerated because there is no recycling process for them. The REFOAM research project aims to ...

When we talk about cutting CO 2, we usually think of green electricity or transforming transport. However, a less obvious area – the building sector – offers huge potential for savings. A Kassel ...

What can be done to combat the shortage of skilled workers in the medical sector? How can drug resistance be curbed? And what might the healthcare systems of the future look like? These are just some ...

Animal rights activists are calling for the abolition of all animal experiments, which makes researchers fear for medical progress. What is the discourse on this topic like in Germany and what does it ...

Administration without queues – this could be the outcome of Prof. Dr. Anna Maria Oberländer's 'Change!' project. Her goal: people-centred digital administration. Who has never experienced the hassle ...

Germany is at the centre of a maelstrom of global crises and conflicts. Right-wing populists are enjoying growing popularity. And many solutions are expected from the new federal government. And ...

Environmental scientist Susanne Benz wants to harvest the heat being emitted from large cities in huge quantities every day. This heat recycling could help to reduce energy consumption – an unusual ...

Mehr als 180 Forschende an 15 niedersächsischen Universitäten, Fachhochschulen und außeruniversitären Forschungseinrichtungen sowie weitere Partner aus anderen Bundesländern forschen in den kommenden ...

Der Mikrobiologe Tobias Erb hat die Photosynthese im Labor neu erfunden. Sein Ziel: chemische Substanzen mithilfe von Sonnenlicht und Kohlendioxid aus der Luft herzustellen. Die Photosynthese gehört ...

Die VolkswagenStiftung fördert die Etablierung von vier Zentren für Wissenschaftskommunikationsforschung: Die Zentren in Kiel, Tübingen/Karlsruhe, München und im ...

5 countries, 10 cities, over 100 initiatives – in a large-scale research project, social scientist Helge Schwiertz is investigating how citizens are working together at local levels to find solutions ...

The Volkswagen Foundation is probably the largest private research funding organisation and one of the largest foundations in Germany. Its purpose is to support the humanities, social sciences and ...