In the context of an international collaborative project, space researcher Günter Kargl is conducting laboratory experiments in order to better understand the composition and behaviour of comets. One goal is the development of global standards for comet research. Continue reading “Bringing the cradle of the solar system to the laboratory”
The experimental physicist Siegfried Bauer talks about thinking outside the box and “old guys”, and about how he became an internationally renowned scholar with the help of toy bricks, plastic film and a fondness for flexible electronics. Continue reading ““Only those who fail can progress””
In Berkeley, Schrödinger Fellow Philipp Haslinger pursues the phenomenon of dark energy. His research team has published on this topic in journals such as Science. In his spare time, the physicist translates his expertise into photographic projects. – And thereby attracts international attention. Continue reading “Hotel California”
Like Rome, his discipline, celestial mechanics, can look back on a history of many thousands of years, reports Christoph Lhotka from the “Eternal City”. Continue reading “Living and Doing Research in the Eternal City”