Tomorrow Today: The Science Magazine

The ultimate scientific get-together: more than three dozen Nobel prizewinners meet with outstanding young researchers from all over the world. The 66th annual meeting in Lindau, Germany, on the shores of Lake Constance, is focused on physics. On hand is Gabriela Barreto Lemos, a Brazilian quantum physicist who works in Vienna. Her world consists of atoms, particles, and photons...

Solar panels on roofs are commonplace, but can the sunlight that hits building facades be used to generate power? Researchers at the University of Kassel have developed a special solar concrete. It contains granite, so it's capable of conducting electricity. Solar panels on roofs are commonplace, but can the sunlight that hits building facades be used to generate power? Researchers at the University of Kassel have developed a special solar concrete...

The concrete can conduct electricity and, after being coated with organic dyes like fruit juice, produces electricity through artificial photosynthesis. It's an innovation from researchers at the University of Kassel.

With some forty hospitals, 200 health clinics and universal health insurance, Rwanda's health care system is among the most progressive in Africa. Many services are financed with the help of international partnerships.

Rwanda's healthcare system is one of the most advanced in Africa. Almost everyone in the small African state has access to medical care thanks to a network of almost 50 district hospitals and some 200 health centers. And a general health insurance scheme means that most people can afford it, too. But some of the care provided is only possible together with international partners, for example, the nationwide program to vaccinate girls against the human papillomavirus...

Dr. Elizabeth Lauren Green arrived in Dresden in 2012 to continue her post-doctoral studies at the High Magnetic Field Laboratory. Green specializes in the study of high magnetic field, low temperature phenomena -- which could to develop new computer technology.She lives in Dresden with her husband and young son. Dr. Green says she's happy that Germany gives her the opportunity to combine her family life with a successful professional career.

Researchers at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering are working to develop the lighting systems of the future. These systems will be able to adjust themselves to people's daily rhythms -- both at home, and at the office. Light regulates our biological clock, determines when we sleep and wake up, and influences heart rate and blood pressure.Blue light is particularly important. During the day, it makes people more active because it suppresses the sleep hormone melatonin...

Scientists are developing the lighting of the future. It will adjust to our biorhythms, providing more blue light in the morning and red light in the evening. That will also benefit health, since poor lighting can disrupt concentration and sleep.

Elizabeth Green is a physicist from the United States. She works at the high field magnetic laboratory at the Helmholtz Center in Dresden-Rossendorf. Her research might one day be used to create more powerful computers.

Hanni Rützler, food trend researcher: "Feeding the world shouldn’t be about big business, but about using regional resources." What are her suggestions? Will we need new types of food in the future?