Jörg Paetzold (PLUS) receives SNSF Research Exchange Grant to study the effects of free public transport on the mobility behavior of the population. In a current research project Jörg Paetzold is investigating the extent to which free public transport can help to facilitate a switch from individual transport (e.g. cars) to public transport (e.g. bus or rail).

An international research team, including PLUS researchers, has used X-ray nanotomography to discover how tiny, self-organised structures work together. This nanoimaging technique could help to produce materials for lighting and electronics applications that have a uniform and improved structure over long distances.

An international team of scientists including, PLUS geologist Christoph von Hagke, has discovered that around 2500 years ago, an earthquake abruptly changed the course of the Ganges (India). The natural event diverted the main channel of the Ganges in what is now Bangladesh, causing a so-called “river avulsion” that drastically changed the landscape of the time. An earthquake of a similar scale would be a catastrophe for the region today. The results will help us make more accurate predictions of natural hazards and their effects. The study has just been published in the journal Nature Communications.