According to the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH), Freie Universität Berlin is the most popular destination in Germany for leading researchers and young scholars from abroad. As the foundation announced in Bonn on Friday, Freie Universität reached first place by a wide margin in a comparison of the number of research stays. According to the AvH calculations, Freie Universität had 124.77 visiting researchers. The second and third places are held by Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (92.69), and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich, 70.88). Technische Universität Berlin reached 7th place (55.04).

Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin performed very well in the preliminary decision regarding the Cluster proposals. Through this funding line the German federal and state governments will promote strong university research fields, at first for a seven-year period. A total of nine research projects from Berlin were invited to submit full proposals, which must be submitted to the DFG by February 2018.

Dark chasms where dunes of black sand have accumulated weave between ice-capped hills. The Mars Express space probe takes us along on a flight above the ice cap at the Martian north pole and through canyons and valleys, past craters and across barren landscapes – volcanoes, sand dunes, and ice fields.

Antiviral drugs usually target an individual, precisely-defined structure. The influenza drug Tamiflu, for example, has a very particular binding site on the virus. It only works, however, at an early stage. Therapy strategies that also work at a later stage are desperately being sought.

Arabic is a global language: It is written and spoken from West Africa through the Middle East and even some parts of India, and has been for centuries. But the tradition of preserving and interpreting Arabic texts was abruptly interrupted with the start of the colonial era in the 19^thcentury.

Hydroelectric power plants and wind-powered electrical generators, sewage treatment plants, and hospitals: Major infrastructure projects cost a lot of money. For many companies in Brazil it’s difficult to put in place the necessary financing to realize such projects. How would the financial market need to be structured to facilitate financing?

What remains of a person after their death? At times, very little – sometimes only a book that had been in their possession. But Elena Brasiler and Susanne Paul, who work at the University Library’s Nazi Loot Investigation Bureau, are well aware that this can be a lot. Books, after all, are the starting point for their research: In a best case scenario, it may even be possible to identify a books’ rightful owner – or legal heir.