A panel member of this year's German Research Summit, science journalist Manuela Lenzen discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) affects society. In the following interview, the author of "AI – What it can do and what awaits us" answers some fundamental questions on the topic.

Sustainable building in Africa and strategies for improved higher education were the focus of a conference in Nairobi.

"Like a license to tinker around": Freigeist Fellow Juliane Simmchen explores how to move the tiniest particles in liquids. One goal: to remove pollutants from water or to specifically target the transportation of drugs through the body.

Mit "Momentum" adressiert die VolkswagenStiftung eine enge Zielgruppe: erstberufene Professorinnen und Professoren. Was die Förderinitiative dieser Klientel zu bieten hat, erläutern die zuständigen Förderreferentinnen Antje Tepperwien und Anja Fließ.