Potsdam

American  

[pots-dam, pawts-dahm] / ˈpɒts dæm, ˈpɔts dɑm /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Brandenburg, in NE Germany, SW of Berlin: formerly the residence of German emperors; wartime conference July–August 1945 of Truman, Stalin, Churchill, and later, Attlee.

2. a town in N New York.

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Potsdam British  

/ ˈpɔtsdam, ˈpɒtsdæm /

noun

1. a city in Germany, the capital of Brandenburg on the Havel River: residence of Prussian kings and German emperors and scene of the Potsdam Conference of 1945, at which the main Allied powers agreed on a plan to occupy Germany at the end of the Second World War. Pop: 144 979 (2003 est)

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Potsdam

"Museum collections are far more than archives of the past - they are essential scientific resources for understanding biodiversity today," said Dr. Alice Petzold of the University of Potsdam, who led the museomics work.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

When the BBC asked Ulrich Siegmund if he was still in touch with Sellner, he said he had not seen him since the single meeting, which happened in Potsdam just outside Berlin in 2023.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Published in Geology, the research involved scientists from the University of Southampton, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences and University of Potsdam, both in Germany, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the USA.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

Rahmstorf, of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, is one of the world's leading experts on the AMOC.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

That same day Truman and Churchill issued the Potsdam Declaration—a final demand that Japan end the fighting.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin