With dwindling supplies of crude oil, the chemical industry will lose its prime raw material. It’s time to find new strategies, says chemist Hermann Fischer, founder of Auro, producer of natural colors. In this interview, he explains how building materials, auto parts and cosmetics can be produced from plants.
Enviroment Shared sky Berliner Zeitung, 23./24. November 2019 About air pollution in the GDR, the true extent of which is only now becoming known PDF Download
Aging Focus on grandparents Berliner Zeitung, 13./14. Oktober 2018 Loving and indulgent grandparents with lots of time – who wouldn’t want that? Thanks to increased life expectancy, many people’s wishes are now fulfilled and three generations in a family are normal. A booming branch of the social sciences – grandparent research – is investigating how […]
Prehistory On the tracks of the first Americans FAZ, 2. Mai 2018 In the dry north-east of Brazil, in the Serra da Capivara, thousands of well-preserved, enigmatic rock paintings testify to a long lost culture. Did they live here, the first Americans? Here are the results of my research trip to this remote part of […]