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Discover Science across Europe

The Science Guide

With the Science Guide, our students take you on a scientific journey across Europe. They tell research stories from different European countries and offer you a new, scientific perspective on the continent's travel destinations. Currently, most of the reports and articles are available only in German, but English and French versions of the website are in the making.

The articles on the website are mainly written by students of journalism and science journalism at TU Dortmund University.

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Ein Mann im wei´ßen Kittel sitzt an einem Tisch. Darauf liegt ein großer Knochen. Am Tisch stehen vier weitere Menschen.

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Natural history with a twist: Research to touch and watch

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Natural history with a twist: Research to touch and watch

At the Naturalis museum in Leiden you can watch scientists at work, even as they dissect animals for the public eye.

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Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam

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Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam

‘On the construction of the two vases on the shoulders of the elephant, the hanging cymbal and the preparation of the water clock’. With this chapter, the scholar Al-Jazari ends his instructions for building an elephant water clock. The hands of the clock are driven by a buoy that sinks in water. Al-Jazari probably came […]

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Tecnoparco Museo di Archimede

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Tecnoparco Museo di Archimede

The ‘Tecnoparco’ in Syracuse is a delight for technology enthusiasts and those who enjoy experimenting. The museum is dedicated to the famous Greek scholar Archimedes, who was born here in south-eastern Sicily. The Tecnoparco has an impressive collection of exhibits that illustrate Archimedes’ ideas. A highlight of the museum is the large interactive exhibition that […]

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L’Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

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L’Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

Do hospitals have to be white, sterile and boring? Think again – in the middle of Barcelona stands L’Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. This translates as: Hospital of the Holy Cross and Saint Pau. The world’s largest Art Nouveau building complex takes up almost an entire block and looks nothing like a […]

Große Halle mit vielen weißen Bögengängen

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ETH Zurich

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ETH Zurich

Three letters stand for ‘the’ university of Switzerland: ETH, short for the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. It is one of the best universities worldwide and, along with some British universities, one of the top universities in Europe. In 2021, more than 23,400 people from 121 countries are studying at ETH. More than half […]

Der weltberühmte Vulkan, der schon in alten Schriften beschrieben wurde. Credits: Unsplash/Samir Kharrat

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Mount Etna

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Mount Etna

The symbol of Sicily is a fire-breathing giant: Mount Etna (Italian: Etna). At around 3,323 metres above sea level, it is the highest active volcano in Europe, but also one of the highest in the world. Mount Etna sits on the eastern side of the island of Sicily and has four summit craters. Etna probably […]

Gebäude der Lettischen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Riga. Credits: Lettische Akademie der Wissenschaften.

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Latvian Academy of Sciences

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Latvian Academy of Sciences

It is literally Latvia's highest scientific institution, housed in the country's frist skyscraper overseeing the historic capital.

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Institut Pasteur

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Institut Pasteur

Behind the walls of the elegant building in Paris, major scientific breakthroughs have been made time and again for 150 years.

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Ein riesieger Staudamm von oben. Foto: Sjoerd Bracke & Cuno de Bruin.

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Delta Works

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Delta Works

Although the Delta Works in the Netherlands are impressive, they are nevertheless literally an attraction of the ‘reserved’ kind. After all, the Delta Works form the world’s largest storm surge protection system. It was built by the Dutch government in response to a devastating flood disaster in 1953, in which almost 1,900 people and over […]

Es spritzt und brodelt beim Vulkanausbruch. Credits: Gro Pedersen

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Volcanoes: Mars on your doorstep

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Volcanoes: Mars on your doorstep

Iceland is an excellent place to study the formation of a planet. A researcher takes us to the latest hot spot.

Im Vordergrund ein Mikrofon, im Hintergrund ein abstraktes Kunstwerk

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Science Talk on Bosnia and Herzegovina: Shadows of the past, chances for the future?

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Science Talk on Bosnia and Herzegovina: Shadows of the past, chances for the future?

What's the state of science in Bosnia and Herzegovina? What's unique? What are the biggest challenges? Science journalist Jasmin Alibegović gives his view.

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Institut Pasteur

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Institut Pasteur

Behind the walls of the elegant building in Paris, major scientific breakthroughs have been made time and again for 150 years.