Portrait
There is one main requirement for success in science: having a tangible target in mind and pursuing it consistently. In the Portraits series, successful scientists share how they confronted this challenge and illustrate that there may be a variety of ways to achieve one’s goals.
When food is the enemy
A child of the Cold War
Here’s a tobacco plant that saves lives
The limits of space
The two-doors physicist
Human beings, the unpredictable element in simulations
Coronavirus: families at breaking point?
The social fever curve of coronavirus
For almost a year now, the Covid-19 virus has had the world in a stranglehold. How are people in Austria dealing with this situation? In what way have their attitudes, behaviour and contentment changed? And do they see a light at the end of the tunnel – now that the first vaccination phase in Austria […] Continue reading “The social fever curve of coronavirus”
Nasal spray against drug death
In the USA, the most common cause of death among people under 50 is an opioid overdose, an epidemic that affects all social classes. New York City has 15 years of experience with a prevention programme. The success factors of this programme are the research topic of Laura Brandt, a psychologist at the University of […] Continue reading “Nasal spray against drug death”