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The Projects

Everything about wave hunters, discrete optimisers and love à la Darwin—here, you'll experience what lies behind the individual projects as you follow the research diaries and get to know the scientists.

Duck Stop

260,000 water birds in search of food  
 

Bonded Concrete

Breaking tests: how strong is ultra-strong?  
 

Function through Diversity

Pioneering work in China: The largest ever forest experiment on biodiversity  
 

The Wave Hunters

Do Einstein’s gravitational waves rock the universe?  
 

Polar Archive

Drilling in the arctic: climate research for the future  
 

Stone-Age Giants

The trail of rocks: from portal tombs to graves and their builders  
 

Discrete Optimisers

Many roads lead to the destination. How math simplifies our daily life  
 

Love à la Darwin

Do inner values matter? Mate choice from the perspective of evolution