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Cultural Studies
Health in India - Healing with Amulets and Antibiotics
September 23, 2011
Traditional and modern healing methods exist in India in parallel. Both approaches can supplement each other
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Chemistry . Climate Research
Breathless in the Megacity
September 22, 2011
Together with an Indian Partner Group of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Bhola Ram Gurjar is analyzing the pollution in Indian megacities and how badly it is affecting the health of city dwellers. [more]
Social and Behavioural Sciences
The Demographics of Inequality
September 22, 2011
India's life expectancy, an important indicator for the development of the country, is weakening. [more]
Astronomy
Sofia en route to Germany
September 20, 2011
On 17 September 2011 Sofia, the airborne observatory, flew from Palmdale, California to Cologne, Germany. Author Alexander Stirn was on board. This is his log. [more]
Astronomy
The observatory above the clouds
September 19, 2011
Airborne observatory Sofia provides astronomers with a new window into space [more]
Astronomy
Gentle nudges towards Vesta
August 01, 2011
The Dawn space probe followed a winding path on its journey into the planetoid belt. [more]
Astronomy
Eyes in the sky
August 01, 2011
For 25 years, space cameras developed and built by researchers and engineers at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Katlenburg-Lindau/Lower Saxony have been providing scientists with a glimpse into the often alien worlds of the universe. [more]
Astronomy . Astrophysics
Venture to the last protoplanet
July 22, 2011
After travelling for almost four years, the Dawn space probe arrived at the Vesta planetoid last weekend. [more]
