Public microbiome – invisible companions
Subway station crime scene: when volunteers are out and about with sterile swabs in over 60 cities on 21st June every year, they are preserving evidence in a special way.The international research project...
Fire and flame for science
What made the inventor of the Bunsen burner so important?In March 1811, someone was born in Göttingen who was to have a lasting impact on laboratory work – not only through his practical inventions, but...
Colours of molecules
I see your true colors When you look through the microscope, you will not see a colour spectacle like in an HD Hollywood blockbuster, but you will see a colour spectrum never seen before: thanks to RGB...
Massive neighbourhood
What would Albert Einstein say about this space discovery? He theorised it, but did not fully believe it himself during his lifetime: the existence of black holes. It was to take a few more decades but,...
A Squid with a Torch
Nowadays it is common knowledge that animals and plants form communities with bacteria, archaea and eukaryotic microorganisms. ‘Biofilm’, ‘nodule bacteria’, ‘microbiome’ ... these are now all familiar...
