In the twentieth episode of the podcast “Forsch – Wissenschaft im Interview,” we have two guests: Dr. Frank Sommerlandt and Dr. Wiebke Sickel, who are working on wild bees in our region at the Thünen Institute’s Institute of Biodiversity. They report on their work on the first Germany-wide bee monitoring program and the role of citizen participation in it.

In the nineteenth episode, Dr. Tobias Robert is our guest. He talks about his research on adhesives and binders at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research and reveals where polymers are hidden that are not immediately apparent.

In the new episode of our podcast, you will meet two guests: Dr. Christiane Baschien, a mycologist and fungal biologist at the Leibniz Institute DSMZ in Braunschweig, and Harry Andersson, a long-standing amateur mycologist and certified expert for mushroom poisonings.

Space physicist Ferdinand Plaschke from TU Braunschweig explains the objectives of the “Juice” mission and his fascination with space.

In the new episode, we speak with Dr. Gritta Schrader from the Julius Kühn Institute in Braunschweig. She works in a field that deals with invasive species. In doing so, she analyzes harmful organisms that can pose a threat to native ecosystems such as fields, forests, parks, and gardens.

In the new episode, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hofmann, Chief Physician of Radiotherapy & Radio-Oncology at the Municipal Hospital Braunschweig and spokesperson for the Cancer Center, provides information on the current state of care and therapy, explains how a clinical study is conducted, and what immunotherapy or “the pill against cancer” is all about.

This episode focuses on unmasking perpetrators based on text comparisons. Our guest on the podcast is Isabelle Thormann from Braunschweig, the only publicly appointed and sworn expert for forensic linguistics in Germany.

In the latest episode, Bärbel Tiemeyer, a moor researcher at the Thünen Institute, explains why we need to take care of wetlands – and why agriculture is not solely responsible. She also reveals how rewetting moor soils can help stop CO2 emissions and which moor excursions are worthwhile in the Braunschweig region.

In the latest episode of the science podcast “Forsch!” – Science in Conversation, Insa Thiele-Eich is our guest. She is training as an aspiring astronaut for a flight to the International Space Station ISS. In the conversation, she talks about the role a multi-day cave hike played, why being well-rounded is better suited for such a mission than being an isolated talent, and whether there would be anything that could deter her from this historic flight.

In the latest episode of the science podcast “Forsch!” – Science in Conversation, Martin Scheidt, a research associate at the Institute for Railway Systems and Transportation Safety is our guest. In conversation with moderator Dr. Jeremias Othman, he discusses state and market failures concerning Deutsche Bahn, explores what solutions research offers, and provides suggestions on how we can approach our private travels relaxed despite delays and train cancellations.

In the latest episode of the science podcast “Forsch!”, Dr. Andreas Weich debunks prejudices against our education system and children’s learning success. He reveals why we should more often reflect on the use of digital media, how meaningful participatory learning can look in the digital age, and what all of this has to do with the concept of resilience, with Google, Microsoft, Apple, and adaptive learning systems.

In the latest episode of the science podcast “Forsch!”, we address the patient room of the future. In conversation with experts, we learn, among other things, how the patient room is intended to help prevent infections and whether there will be robots in hospitals in the future.

In this episode, traffic psychologist Mark Vollrath from TU Braunschweig reports on the transport transition. He explains why the 9-Euro-Ticket is “every traffic psychologist’s dream,” what cities need to do to make more people leave their cars, and why he himself prefers to cycle.

Brain researcher Martin Korte from TU Braunschweig explains what keeps the brain active, why you don’t have to worry if you no longer remember the name of a former classmate, and why one should exchange crossword puzzles for a travel ticket.

In the sixth “Forsch!” episode, Dr. des. Jeremias Othman (ForschungRegion Braunschweig) interviews happiness researcher Tobias Rahm from the Institute for Educational Psychology at the Technical University of Braunschweig. He explains what happiness is, how we can measure it, and what we as individuals and as a society can do to become happier.

In the fifth “Forsch!” episode, BZ science reporter Andreas Eberhard and Jeremias Othman (ForschungRegion Braunschweig) interview computer scientist Ina Schiering from Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences in Wolfenbüttel. The IT security specialist explains the objectives of data protection and why the protection of our digital fundamental rights is becoming increasingly important.

In the fourth “Forsch!” episode, BZ science reporter Andreas Eberhard and Jeremias Othman (ForschungRegion Braunschweig) interview virologist Melanie Brinkmann from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and the Technical University of Braunschweig. The researcher gives her view of the current Corona situation and criticizes the “middle ground” taken by German politicians during the Corona crisis. She explains why she still does not consider the “No Covid” initiative, which she co-founded, to have failed – and reports on her experiences as a public pandemic explainer.

In the third “Forsch!” episode, BZ reporter Andreas Eberhard and Laura Franz (ForschungRegion Braunschweig) interview ancient historian Dr. Bernadette Descharmes from the Technical University of Braunschweig. The researcher reports on the cleanliness in the famous Roman baths, which sexual practices were considered dirty in antiquity, and how people in ancient Greece dealt with epidemics.

In the second “Forsch!” episode, BZ reporter Andreas Eberhard and Laura Franz (ForschungRegion Braunschweig) interview weed researcher Dr. Lena Ulber from the Julius Kühn Institute in Braunschweig. The researcher from Göttingen reports on her research on wild herbs in the field, explains how arable farming needs to change, and reveals her favorite weed.

He spent seven months in the Arctic Ocean: Falk Pätzold from TU Braunschweig participated in the largest Arctic expedition of all time. Together with hundreds of other scientists, he allowed himself to drift through the Arctic Ocean frozen on an ice floe aboard the German research vessel “Polarstern.” In the podcast interview, Pätzold, a specialist in meteorological measurement technology, talks about what it’s like to live and research for months on a ship in the Arctic, far from civilization. Science editor Andreas Eberhard (Braunschweiger Zeitung) and Laura Franz, editor of ForschungRegion Braunschweig, met the Braunschweig researcher at the media house for an interview.