What do visitors expect from a museum? And how can these expectations best be met? These are the sort of questions that museologists address, as museums are becoming increasingly popular.

Rock samples, drawings of plants, the first computers – researchers are also avid collectors. The project “Objects Online” makes their finds accessible to everyone.

The physicist Adriana Szeghalmi is researching a coating technology to improve the properties of optical elements. Thanks to the Emmy Noether programme, she was able to design the project herself.

Evonik Foundation scholarships provide funding for students preparing master’s, doctoral and postdoc theses in the sciences. The next closing date for applications is 28 February 2018.

In the Fraunhofer Attract excellence stipend programme, outstanding researchers are given support with putting their creative ideas into practice. Applications can be submitted until 8 March 2018.

The Heisenberg Programme of the German Research Foundation supports German and international researchers who have qualified for professorship but have not yet been appointed to a chair. Applications can be submitted at any time.

Researchers find traces of Neanderthals not only at archaeological sites, but also in our genetic make-up. What effects do these traces have? We asked bioinformatics expert Dr Janet Kelso.

That’s how much particulate matter is generated on German roads each year and may end up in our waterways in the form of microplastics. The Federal Research Ministry is funding projects to explore the problem.