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Here you will find current news on international activities of German actors in the fields of education, research and innovation.
ERA-NET SAF€RA: Value and resilience in Industrial Safety - 12 transnational European projects receive funding
SAF€RA partners fund 12 transnational European research projects in industrial safety. They focus on human and organizational factors including the value of industrial safety.
International Antarctic community formulates tomorrow’s challenges to research
A forward-looking article by 75 leading Antarctic researchers and science managers from 22 countries appeared online in the scientific journal Nature on 6 August.
Aortic Live 2: International heart and vascular specialists convene in Essen
In 2012 3,600 Germans succumbed to aortic disorders - the same number as that of road traffic fatalities the same year. Successful treatment of such a disease is therefore of great importance - which is why international cardiovascular specialists…
Research in Germany together with European Research and Funding Organisations at SEOUL ICM 2014 and MENAO
The initiative “Research in Germany”, represented amongst others by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), and science organisations from the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom jointly present research and…
SAF€RA transnational call 2014 Innovating in safety and safe innovations attracts 42 pre-proposals
The SAF€RA transnational call 2014 attracts 42 pre-proposals requesting funding of 8 Mio. Euro.
Investigating Telomeres: Using High-Performance Microscopy for Understanding Cancer
On Thursday, August 14, join experts from the scientific community for a panel discussion at the German Center for Research and Innovation (GCRI) in New York on investigating telomeres using high-resolution imaging.
Fraunhofer Chile and DBFZ intensify cooperation on organic waste to energy research
Several delegates from the Fraunhofer Chile Research Centre for Systems Biotechnology (FCR-CSB) and the german Biomass Research Centre (DBFZ) seek for intensified cooperation in issues related to energetic use of organic waste. Special interest of…
Siemens Research: Quick blood test for malaria
Siemens is working on a procedure that would allow blood to be routinely tested for malaria. Physicians normally diagnose the tropical disease by using a microscope to search for parasites in blood samples. The problem is that practically every…
The 2014 Leibniz Association Yearbook
The 2014 Leibniz Association Yearbook offers a comprehensive overview of all 89 member institutes.
