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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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The formula of the universe – Einstein’s legacy in Oxford

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The formula of the universe – Einstein’s legacy in Oxford

The entire universe fits on a blackboard in Oxford – sketched by Albert Einstein. The famous mathematician visited Oxford in 1931 and gave three lectures on his theory of relativity. The fact that the notes from his second lecture were preserved and nobody wiped them away is a sign of his high international reputation at […]

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To die for: the Bolton Strid

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To die for: the Bolton Strid

The narrow river babbles gently as it makes its way through the moss-covered stones. Walkers on the banks have no idea what is happening just a few metres below the surface – until they come across a sign: ‘Warning, the Strid is dangerous and has cost lives in the past’ The Bolton Strid is a […]

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The CERN Science Gateway: Gateway to the world of particles

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The CERN Science Gateway: Gateway to the world of particles

The atoms in our bodies may have once burned in a star, long before the Earth even existed. The air we breathe contains particles that travelled through the lungs of dinosaurs. Our bodies and the entire world are made up of tiny, invisible building blocks that have been travelling through the universe for billions of […]

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National Archaeological Museum Athens

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National Archaeological Museum Athens

Greece, the land of philosophy, sculpture and – the first computer? That is what the Antikythera mechanism is sometimes called. After 2,000 years in the sea, only corroded fragments remain, but from these, researchers have been able to reconstruct an impressive piece of machinery. A total of six dials could be used to read various […]

Ein Arbeiter auf gelbem Kran werkelt an einem riesigen roten Tunnelgebilde herum

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Large Hadron Collider at CERN

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Large Hadron Collider at CERN

The world’s largest particle physics research centre, CERN, is located near Geneva, partly in France and partly in Switzerland. The name is an acronym for ‘Conseil européen pour la recherche nucléaire’, the European Council for Nuclear Research, which was commissioned to found the organisation. The European Organisation for Nuclear Research operates, among other things, the […]

Ein Mann sitzt vor einer riesigen menge an Bildschirmen

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ESA Columbus Control Centre

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ESA Columbus Control Centre

The Columbus module is a multi-purpose laboratory in space and has been an integral part of the International Space Station (ISS) since 2008. It is the largest contribution of the European Space Agency (ESA) to the ISS. The laboratory is supported and monitored by the Columbus Control Centre, which is located on the premises of […]

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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.

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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.