Informationsdienst Wissenschaft

idw also provides journalists with instruments for contacting experts, and maintains a database with science photos.

In November 2022, idw opened a Mastodon instance, wisskomm.social,[1] named after science communication (Wissenschaftskommunikation).

The concept was technically implemented by the staff of the Computing Centre of the Clausthal University of Technology.

The initial phase (1996–1999) was guaranteed by project support from the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF).

The technical development of the idw was supported by the Ministry, together with the Stifterverband fuer die Deutsche Wissenschaft (Donor Association for German Science).