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A team of archaeologists from Freie Universität Berlin and the University of York launch research project exploring Neolithic garbage pits / Project set to receive funding from German and British fun

New research podcast on dealing with conflicting emotions / Researchers from the Collaborative Research Center "Affective Societies" at Freie Universität Berlin provide insights into the emotions that emerge from conflict.

Neuroscientists at Freie Universität Berlin show that spoken words can sharpen the sense of touch in ways music cannot Language allows humans to convey thoughts and ideas - it is a central means of communication. However, language also influences how we perceive the world through our senses, as demonstrated by a new study from the Brain Language Laboratory at Freie Universität Berlin.

Guest professor at the Cognitive Computational Neuroscience Lab, Freie Universität Berlin, uses language models similar to those behind ChatGPT Large language models (LLMs) from the field of artificial intelligence can predict how the human brain responds to visual stimuli.

Study on the diet and behavior of dinosaurs in the Jurassic period published / Researchers examined wear marks on fossil teeth What did long-necked dinosaurs eat - and where did they roam to satisfy their hunger?

Freie Universität Berlin-affiliated scientists contribute to Microsoft Research breakthrough in protein modeling A major scientific advance in protein modeling, developed by Microsoft Research AI for Science, has been published in the July 10 issue of Science . The study introduces Bioemu, a generative deep learning system that emulates the equilibrium behavior of proteins with unprecedented speed and accuracy.

Keynote lecture, "Global Conservatism, Micropolitics, and World (Dis)Ordering," to be held by political scientist Ty Solomon at 6:00 p.m. on June 25, 2025, at Freie Universität Berlin What holds today's global conservative movements together across borders?

Researchers at Freie Universität Berlin investigate a fundamental change in the crypto sphere in their latest study A recent study published by political scientists at Freie Universität Berlin, Christopher Olk and Louis Miebs, indicates that the global cryptocurrency system has been undergoing significant transformations.

Archaeologists uncover unique ensemble from antiquity during excavations on Sicily Archaeologists have made two extraordinary discoveries in the Italian town of Agrigento on Sicily's southwest coast.

Researchers from Freie Universität Berlin and German Aerospace Center (DLR) have built a radiometer for measuring the temperature inside lunar craters In the night February 27, 2025, C.E.T, th

Dr. Anna Abalkina from Freie Universität Berlin Named One of 2024's Top Ten Most Significant Scientists by "Nature" Economist Dr. Anna Abalkina from Freie Universität Berlin's Institute

An international team of researchers led by professor of Egyptology at Freie Universität Berlin Jochem Kahl made the discovery An international team of archaeologists led by Professor Jochem Kahl from Freie Universität Berlin has made an incredible discovery in the necropolis of Asyut, Egypt.

Research project at Freie Universität Berlin documenting historic photographs of deportations in Nazi Germany receives prestigious online award The #LastSeen image atlas, an international research pr

Official opening of the Ihnestraße Memorial - a new permanent exhibition at Freie Universität Berlin - to commemorate historical site of eugenics institute Freie Universität Berlin has installed a pe

Platform offers insights into current research on the First World War, including over 1,600 articles and more than 3,700 illustrations Freie Universität Berlin has relaunched the international open-access encyclopedia "1914-1918-online: International Encyclopedia of the First World War.

New approach to diminish antibiotic resistance developed by research team from Freie Universität Berlin, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and ETH Zurich Antibiotics are a cornerstone of modern medicine. They are regularly used to treat bacterial infections or as a prophylactic measure during surgery to prevent infection.

Liberal societies are under pressure worldwide: internally eroded by right-wing populist electoral victories and growing economic inequality, externally challenged by the power play of autocratic governments.

Prehistoric site is currently being researched by archaeologists from Freie Universität Berlin In 2012, archaeologists from Freie Universität Berlin came across mysterious stones in the mountains of the South Caucasus. Known as vishaps ("dragon stones"), these large stelae are approximately five meters in height and are famously found in the high mountains of Armenia.

How did verbs such as "to go," which were originally reserved for describing specific actions, come to take on the more abstract grammatical role of signifying the future (for example, "voy a cantar"