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Here you will find current news on international activities of German actors in the fields of education, research and innovation.
Transatlantic Connectome Project Unites People and Machines to Map the Mind
2012 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience Laureate Winfried Denk and connectomist Sebastian Seung discussed microscopy and their transatlantic Internet-based quest to map the connectome, a wiring diagram of neural activities in the brain, at the German Center…
INM among the Top 20 of the Humboldt Ranking
INM Leibniz Institute for New Materials ranks among the top 20 of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Thus, INM and two other Leibniz institutes are the only non-university institutions among the first 20 places of the ranking which do not belong…
DFG and Goethe-Zentrum Inaugurate New Office Premises in Hyderabad
German Research Foundation (DFG) pays tribute to the increasing project collaboration between India and Germany
Rapid urbanisation poses health risks
The impacts of urbanisation will be studied across the developing world using a new systems analysis approach that will consider inputs and data from multiple disciplines. The International Council for Science (ICSU) plans to launch the ten-year…
Third and Final Round of the Excellence Initiative: Winners have been selected
Funding decisions for the third and final round of the Excellence Initiative have been made.
Success for Mainz University Medical Center: German Research Foundation approves new CRC/Transregio
On July 1, 2012, the German Research Foundation (DFG) will set up a new Transregional Collaborative Research Center (CRC/Transregio) to be coordinated by the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.
Pre-Announcement CONCERT-Japan Pilot Joint Call on Research and Innovation
The CONCERT-Japan Pilot Joint Call on Research and Innovation is planned to be launched in September 2012.
Does a bee send you an invoice?
Ten African nations have pledged, ahead of Rio+20, to include the economic value of natural resources in their national accounts.
Botanic gardens signed historic agreement to restore the world’s damaged ecosystems
Responding to a United Nations target to restore at least 15 percent of the world’s damaged ecosystems by 2020, the following institutions have agreed to work together to form a new Ecological Restoration Alliance:
