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Here you will find current news on international activities of German actors in the fields of education, research and innovation.
IBM and Fraunhofer team up to promote quantum computing in Europe
IBM and the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Europe’s leading organization for applied research, have announced an agreement to set up a partnership that will advance research in the field of quantum computing. The aim of this cooperation is to develop…
German-Japanese University Consortium HeKKSaGOn is holding its seventh Presidents’ Conference: Expansion of transnational cooperation
The rectors and presidents of the six participating institutions will gather at Ruperto Carola on 12 and 13 September 2019. Accompanying the university heads will be numerous researchers, representatives of the respective administrations, and…
2019 Sofja Kovalevskaja Awards granted
Six talented young international researchers will receive up to 1.65m euros each in award money with which to establish their own working groups in Bochum, Duisburg-Essen, Cologne, Constance, Münster and Regensburg.
German-Austrian project CompStor: Competence Centre for Energy Storage
Landshut University of Applied Sciences and the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria have developed a transnational platform for battery Research. In doing so, they initiated a research and teaching exchange which is benefiting researchers,…
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion launches joint sustainability project with Ethiopian University: Weeds become raw materials
Together with Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia, the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (MPI CEC) has launched a new project to produce sustainable chemical products from "weeds”.
International Projects and Symposiom on Artifical Intelligence for Surgery and the Fight Against Infectious Diseases
How can researchers support the work in surgical theaters and help to stem infectious diseases? An international cooperation between the University of Bremen and Mahidol University in Bangkok (Thailand) is working on answering these questions. In…
German-Georgian Doctoral School in Tbilisi launched
The International Doctoral School (IDS) is being developed in cooperation with the University of Göttingen at Ilia State University in Tbilisi. Motivated by existing close cooperation, the partners want to enable a long-term, internationally…
EU-funded project COSMHYC XL: Efficient Hydrogen compression for Large Scale Mobility Applications
The EU-funded project COSMHYC XL is developing innovative compression solutions for high-performance hydrogen refueling stations.
European Organ-on-Chip Society open for active membership
The founding phase is complete: the European Organ-on-Chip Society (EUROoCS) is now welcoming members to join. The annual conference, held this year in Graz (Austria), saw launch of the community website and the start of its availability as an…
