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Here you will find current news on international activities of German actors in the fields of education, research and innovation.
Asian and European Experts Join Hands to Address Solid Waste Burden in Asia - Panel discussion and site visit on 8-9th June 2011 in Delhi
Asian and European experts collaborate closely in the EU funded project ISSOWAMA to address Solid Waste Burden in Asia. During its final conference and a site visit on 8-9th June in Delhi guidelines for a more effective and sustainable waste…
Internet-of-Things: a simple concept – numerous challenges
Connecting everyday objects to the internet can be reality soon. The partners of the European FP7 Research Project IoT-A (Internet of Things - Architecture) create an architecture reference model allowing all objects to connect to the Internet,…
OECD: Green and growth go together
Governments must look to the green economy to find new sources of growth and jobs. They should put in place policies that tap into the innovation, investment and entrepreneurship driving the shift towards a greener economy. The OECD Green Growth…
Analog Devices and MIT collaborate to develop medical technologies for patient monitoring devices
Analog Devices (ADI) ), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications and long-time supplier to the medical equipment industry, announced a collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to…
Crossing the Bridge Between Research and Practice: Towards Effective Governance for Sustainable Development
With the recent damage associated with natural disasters around the world, the need for sustainable practices is more pressing than ever. Yet, it remains difficult to get support for sustainable development policy. On May 9, at the German Center for…
Imec welcomes NVIDIA as fabless partner in its advanced CMOS scaling program
NVIDIA, a world-leader in visual computing technologies, signed a 3-year research collaboration agreement with imec on advanced CMOS scaling. By joining imec’s core CMOS program as INSITE member, NVIDIA will get early insight in the impact of future…
"Exceptional and Exemplary" in Internationalizing the Doctorate Training in Engineering Sciences
Bremen Research Cluster for Dynamics in Logistics (LogDynamics) successful in competition by the German National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech), the 4ING faculty conferences, the TU9 consortium (union of the leading technical…
Imec India kicks off partnership with Wipro to bring nanoelectronics solutions to emerging markets
Imec today announced the establishment of imec India in Bangalore, Karnataka, making a first step towards the Indian market with the signing of an R&D partnership agreement with Wipro Technologies, the Global Information Technology, Consulting and…
Brave new World: Insight into Munich’s laser physics
Carbon as a razor-thin transparent foil is one of the innovations presented by the "Munich-Centre of Advanced Photonics" (MAP) at the "LASER – World of Photonics" on May 23-26 in Munich. High-power lasers knock out pulsed ion beams out of these…
