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.

Search for a Cure

The fight against forgetting: zebra fish help understand Alzheimer's  
 

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  
 

The Start of Nature

Life in an open-pit mine: from a lunar landscape to an ecosystem  

Love à la Darwin

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

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