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Here you will find current news on international activities of German actors in the fields of education, research and innovation.
Resources That Don’t Cost the Earth – Encouraging European Solutions and Collaboration
Germany, the UK and other European countries are almost exclusively dependent on the import of strategically important metals and rare earths for their technology sectors. As global demand of strategic elements increases, these countries become…
Where does tomorrow’s energy come from? - Potsdam researcher (Germany) coordinates European comparison
In just a few weeks´ time the European Union will present its scenarios for tomorrow’s energy, the “Energy Roadmap 2050” – and already there is some excitement about the question of price increases. Behind such estimates, however, there are…
Bill Gates is focusing on innovation
Bill Gates has called on world leaders to invest more in innovation for development, describing innovation as the "most powerful force for change in the world".
Gates Foundation announces stricter priorities
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is one of the world's largest donors to international agricultural research for development. It has announced tighter priorities for its funding for Africa and South Asia, concentrating on key target countries and…
Laboratory Technology made in Germany’s Saarland fighting HIV/AIDS in South Africa
Initiative “Labor der Zukunft” (Laboratory for the Future) promotes future’s laboratory technology at MEDICA 2011, November 16-19, 2011, Düsseldorf, Germany, Hall 7a, Booth B09
The Aging Brain
Aging begins the moment we are born, as internal and external factors work together to rapidly shape our human experience. Over the last century, due to changes in the socio-cultural context in which humans live, the average life expectancy has…
A World of Ubiquitous Computing and Embedded Systems
At ESSPRITS 2011, a joint German-Canadian workshop, and the German Center for Research and Innovation’s first event in Canada, researchers from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) and the University of Waterloo (UW) discussed new directions and…
ANDI establishes 32 Centres of Excellence in Health Innovation in Africa
The African Network for Drugs and Diagnostics Innovation (ANDI) has concluded its annual stakeholders meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with the recognition of 32 African institutions as ANDI Centres of Excellence in health innovation.
Agriculture in Kazakhstan: A success story
Kazakhstan extended its cereal acreage by five million hectares in the past ten years, doubled its added value in the grain sector and eradicated rural poverty as workers were becoming increasingly scarce. These insights emerge from a study of the…
