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Science Highlights 2025
Bild der Wissenschaft· 19 Dec. 2025
(ext. audio content from Wissenschaft.de) (German)
Looking back on 2025 and ahead to 2026: Which advances in technology, chemistry, and medicine made a difference—and what can we expect from science and research in the year ahead? Peter Seeberger on projects, challenges, and real-world impact.
https://bildderwissenschaft.podigee.io/23-neue-episode
(ext. audio content from Wissenschaft.de) (German)
Looking back on 2025 and ahead to 2026: Which advances in technology, chemistry, and medicine made a difference—and what can we expect from science and research in the year ahead? Peter Seeberger on projects, challenges, and real-world impact.
https://bildderwissenschaft.podigee.io/23-neue-episode
A Journey into Nature’s Structural Colors
In video interviews, Silvia Vignolini shows how nature’s hidden architecture creates colours that never fade – and how her department is harnessing them for sustainable new materials. [video interviews]
In video interviews, Silvia Vignolini shows how nature’s hidden architecture creates colours that never fade – and how her department is harnessing them for sustainable new materials. [video interviews]
Interview with Paolo Giusto (German)
The energy transition can only succeed if we learn how to store green electricity. Paolo Giusto and his team are developing a technology based on a plant we all know: lavender. [ZDF-MoMa future]
The energy transition can only succeed if we learn how to store green electricity. Paolo Giusto and his team are developing a technology based on a plant we all know: lavender. [ZDF-MoMa future]
Charlett Wenig - The Natural Materials Designer
Biopioniere: Der Podcast · 15.07.2025
(ext. audio content at Bioökonomie.de) (in German)
What do pine bark and fen sedge have in common?
Both are natural, grown structures that have received little attention so far. But Charlett Wenig finds them particularly fascinating.
As a material and industrial designer, she focuses on local biomaterials. At the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, she explores and invents new processing methods that bring together science and design in exciting ways.
External SRC: Bioökonomie.de
(https://biooekonomie.de/service/mediathek/ biopioniere-der-podcast/charlett-wenig-die-naturstoffdesignerin)
(ext. audio content at Bioökonomie.de) (in German)
What do pine bark and fen sedge have in common?
Both are natural, grown structures that have received little attention so far. But Charlett Wenig finds them particularly fascinating.
As a material and industrial designer, she focuses on local biomaterials. At the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, she explores and invents new processing methods that bring together science and design in exciting ways.
External SRC: Bioökonomie.de
(https://biooekonomie.de/service/mediathek/ biopioniere-der-podcast/charlett-wenig-die-naturstoffdesignerin)
How can snail slime be used in medicine and industry?
rbb24 · Wissenswerte · 21.09.2025 · Interview with Franziska Jehle
(ext. audio content, in German)
Nature is a remarkable source of inspiration for developing innovative materials. Biochemist Franziska Jehle (MPICI) is researching snail slime.
Interview by Anna Corves.
https://www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:ard:episode:61a963dade984ecc/
(ext. audio content, in German)
Nature is a remarkable source of inspiration for developing innovative materials. Biochemist Franziska Jehle (MPICI) is researching snail slime.
Interview by Anna Corves.
https://www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:ard:episode:61a963dade984ecc/
Forscher fragen: Die Plastikwende. Interview with Manuel Häussler
Plastic waste is one of the biggest threats to our planet. Chemist Manuel Häußler has developed an alternative material to polyethylene, a widely used plastic, which can be completely recycled. s this a first step towards stopping pollution? (German)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1wjiyO3lV0