Issue 12 of the magazine is about water research at the University of Jena.

LICHTGEDANKEN 12

The Research Magazine

Issue 12 of the magazine is about water research at the University of Jena.

Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)

Feature

Water droplets on a smooth surface.

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The elixir of life

Why we need water and how to protect it

Further topics

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The water fern species Ceratopteris richardiiis a model organism in plant genetics.

Fern genomes contain accumulated »junk«

An international team has succeeded in decoding one of the first full-length fern genomes, with some surprising results

Irina Shcherbakova is a historian and human rights activist on a tireless campaign to uncover injustice in her native Russia.

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Irina Shcherbakova, the voice of the victims of Stalinism

Measuring stand of two water pressure gauges.

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Exchange of views

What can - or can't - we do without?

Freelance restorer Katharina Heiling is restoring the historic Karzer, the former student prison at Jena University.

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200 Years of Karzer: Facts instead of Legends

Prof. Dr Ralph Neuhäuser, Director at the Astrophysical Institute and the University Observatory of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena in the dome of the observatory.

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Behind the scenes

»It can't have been a comet«

Prof. Dr Christoph Heubeck examining a slice of a drill core at the Institute of Geosciences at Friedrich Schiller University Jena.

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Time travel into the Earth's past

Christian Kreuder-Sonnen is Junior Professor of Political Science with a focus on International Organisations.

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The end of multilateralism?

Sections

Notice

Articles identified by name do not have to correspond with the views of the publisher and the editorial team. The signatories are responsible for the content. For better readability, we have sometimes only used the masculine language form in the articles. However, all genders are equally addressed with the chosen phrases.