Research-News
Singles become pairs: New insights into the light scattering of atoms
Researchers at the Humboldt University of Berlin have demonstrated a surprising effect present in the fluorescent light of a single atom
Theoretical biologists uncover novel mechanism for flight control in fruit flies
Researchers at the Institute for Theoretical Biology at Humboldt Universität have solved a long-standing mathematical puzzle about the emergence of electrical activity patterns during insect flight. Together with colleagues at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, they report a novel function for electrical synapses in governing the flight of fruit flies in the current issue of Nature.
Fish schools work a bit like the brain
The hypothesis that the brain's greatest performance potential lies at the boundary between order and chaos has been demonstrated by researchers from the "Science of Intelligence" Cluster of Excellence at the HU, the TU and the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) in a study on a huge school of fish
Funding in the millions for superatoms threaded along optical nanofibers
Team of three researchers with participation from Humboldt-Universität to receive 8 million euros in funding from the European Research Council
Orthodox rabbi at the Institute for Catholic Theology
Rabbi Daniel Fabian has been a research associate at the Nikolaus Cusanus Chair for Theology of Religions since September 1.