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News Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health: Webinar by the German and South African National Academies on an Emerging Field of Research ▸
Extreme heat, natural disasters, food insecurity: climate change is known to have serious consequences for human physical health. In many places,…
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The prevention of neurological and mental diseases, the rapid warming of the Arctic with its global consequences, and the increasing number of…
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Shortness of breath, tightness in the chest, pain radiating into the left arm — the suspicion of a heart attack is obvious. But what if, instead, the…
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Peter Piot receives the 2026 Virchow Prize ▸
50 years after the discovery of the Ebola virus, the Belgian-British physician and microbiologist Peter Piot, together with the Congolese…
Rohini Kuner has been awarded the 2026 Jung Prize for Medicine ▸
How does chronic pain develop? This is the subject of research by pharmacologist Rohini Kuner, Director of the Institute of Pharmacology at Heidelberg…
Maria Leptin Awarded the ALLEA Madame de Staël Prize 2025 ▸
The biologist Maria Leptin, Professor at the Institute of Genetics at the University of Cologne and President of the European Research Council (ERC),…
Gerd Faltings is honoured with the Abel Prize ▸
His ideas and work have had a profound impact on the field of arithmetic geometry. For this, the mathematician Gerd Faltings is now the first German…
Stefanie Dimmeler honoured with the Hector Science Award 2025 ▸
Biologist and biochemist Stefanie Dimmeler has been awarded the Hector Science Prize, worth 200,000 euros, by the Hector Foundation in Weinheim. Her…
Robert Koch Award for Rotem Sorek ▸
The geneticist and molecular biologist Rotem Sorek will be awarded the Robert Koch Award 2025. In a press release, the Robert Koch Foundation…
Balzan Prize for Omar M. Yaghi ▸
The chemistry expert Omar M. Yaghi has been awarded the renowned Balzan Prize for 2024. The International Balzan Prize Foundation honoured the…
Virchow Prize for Johan Rockström ▸
Johan Rockström, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and internationally renowned for his research on sustainability…
Erin Schuman awarded the Körber European Science Prize ▸
The American neuroscientist Erin Schuman has been honoured with the Körber European Science Prize for her research on the mechanics of neurons, which…
Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement for Johan Rockström ▸
Johan Rockström, Director at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and internationally recognized for his work on global…
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Symposia 29. Juni 2026 | 12:00 - 20:30 Towards the European Fifth Freedom and Global Competition: Voices from Science ▸
European Research Council
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Lectures & Discussions 08. - 10. September 2026 Climate Change and Mental Health: Comparative Risk Pathways, Vulnerability, and Resilience ▸
South Africa
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Exhibitions 24. - 25. September 2026 Autonomy ▸
Autonomy
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