Otto Schott (1851–1935) shaped modern glass research like almost no one else. This lecture highlights his groundbreaking innovations, the development of the Jena Glassworks, and his social commitment, which continues to have an impact to this day.

For a long time, chemical discovery was shaped by intuition, experience, and serendipity. AI promises to make this process more systematic, faster, and more predictable—and in doing so, raises fundamental questions about our understanding of research.

Meet our lab heroes Iris, Selma, Felix, and Spencer

Insights into Aging Stem Cells—How Can Animal Models Help Improve Our Understanding?

Animal Health Quiz—a guessing game based on the format of a children's quiz show.

Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are currently on everyone’s lips as lucrative investments. In this presentation, you’ll learn in easy-to-understand terms how these crypto assets work and the risks involved in storing them.

From Invisible Electrons to Visible Models: This lecture shows how computers make the world of atoms and molecules computable, predict chemical properties, and help us better understand nature.

A Writing Workshop in the Footsteps of Goethe

How can sensitive health data be made available for research and development in a secure manner? A journey with the AVATAR-Transfer project into the world of data protection and anonymization.

The lecture showcases various artifacts from very different eras of human history and tells their stories—what significance they once held and how they were discovered.

We will demonstrate our cryogenic scanning probe microscope (STM & AFM), which is one of the very few commercial instruments capable of operating at temperatures of 1.1 K—that is, near absolute zero.

During this lab tour of the new building of the Center for Applied Research (ZAF), visitors can view a state-of-the-art analytical facility for spectroscopy of electronic states on surfaces and in solids.

Identify critical events early, understand their causes, and proactively prevent plant downtime