Research in Germany: Issue 5, December 2009/January 2010

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Issue 5, December 2009/January 2010

Newsletter "Research in Germany"

12/17/09

Issue 5, December 2009/January 2010

Newsletter "Research in Germany"

Overview

Editorial

IMG

Dear Readers,

Education and research create the foundation on which we build our future. That is why promoting these contributes to securing prosperity in our country. Science and research also play an important role in solving the big challenges of our day, like climate change, efficient use of resources or preventing pandemics. We need global collaboration for this.

We want Germany to be one of the world's most attractive centres of scientific research. Thus, we are intensifying our international collaboration and are highlighting the strengths that Germany has to offer.

Please come and find out more about the opportunities we provide. We hope you enjoy reading the articles and surfing our website. Our next issue will appear in February.

We wish you all a Happy New Year!

Prof. Dr. Annette Schavan

Federal Minister of Education and Research

Interview

Prof. Dr. hc Wolfgang Eberhardt.

Innovation from Adlershof

Interview with Prof. Dr. hc Wolfgang Eberhardt, member of the board and speaker of the 'Non-university Research Institutions at Adlershof' (IGAFA), scientific director of the Helmholtz Centre Berlin and professor at the Technical University of Berlin (TU).

Science and Research News

Aircraft sensors can detect stresses in the fuselage before cracks can form.

Energy-autonomous sensors for aircraft

When birds collide with a plane the consequences can be fatal - for both birds and humans. Fuselage damage can cause stresses which may later become cracks.

Bild FZ Jülich

Investigating atomic structures with a new laboratory for the world's strongest microscope

The Ernst-Ruska Centre (ER-C) in Jülich will provide materials scientists unique atomic insights beginning in 2010.

Recent Research Cooperation

Production test in Gross Schönebeck in 2003. Geothermics is one of the research areas in which the University of Alberta and the Helmholtz Association are collaborating.
Canada Germany

Applying expertise in oil sand mining, geothermics and CO2 storage

The Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres and the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, plan to collaborate more intensively in energy, earth and environmental research.

Group photo at the signing ceremony.
Flag Colombia Germany

New German-Colombian Centre of Excellence in Marine Sciences

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the University of Giessen and partners from Colombia have signed an agreement to create a German-Colombian Centre of Excellence in Marine Sciences in Colombia.

Latest R&D Funding Programmes and Activities

Laser show at the grand opening of PETRA III.

Starting shot for the world's most modern synchrotron radiation source in Hamburg

A new facility in Hamburg is now open to researchers around the world. The world's most modern storage-ring-based synchrotron radiation source was inaugurated at the Hamburg site of DESY, a Helmholtz Association research centre.

Inside the GSI's 120 meter long linear accelerator.

Heidelberg Ion Therapy Centre (HIT) opens

A new cancer therapy facility developed at the GSI Centre for Heavy Ion Research has begun routine operations.

Current R&D Policy

Map of Brazil.
Brazil Germany

Chancellor Merkel and President Lula da Silva announce the German-Brazilian Year of Science - Launch in April 2010

The Year of Science will include bilateral higher education programmes and top-rate research projects that focus on innovation, sustainability and technology.

Keynote address by Prof. Dr. Annette Schavan at the World Health Summit in Berlin.

"World Health Summit" at the Charité in Berlin

Federal Research Minister Prof. Dr. Annette Schavan described the international medical congress "World Health Summit" held at the Charité in Berlin last November as an "important impulse for world health".

Last but not least...

Even in the first few days of life, French infants cry differently than German babies.

Language begins with the very first cry

Comparisons between French and German babies show that newborns cry in their native language, demonstrating that the ability to produce language is present much earlier than previously assumed.

Events

Logo Aquatech India

AQUATECH INDIA

2/3/10 - 2/5/10

Location: New Delhi/India

The official delegation of the "India and Germany - Strategic Partners for Innovation" initiative by the BMBF will participate at Aquatech India in New Delhi from 3 to 5 February 2010.

Logo Cebit

CeBIT 2010

3/2/10 - 3/6/10

Location: Hannover/Germany

CeBIT is the world's foremost marketplace for digital business. The trade fair focuses on digital, IT and telecommunications solutions for home and professional environments.

Logo IMTEX

German production technology delegation visits IMTEX

1/21/10 - 1/26/10

Location: Bangalore/India

IMTEX is a specialized b2b fair featuring technological trends in metalworking machine tool engineering and manufacturing solutions.

Logo MIT Career Fair

14th European Career Fair 2010

1/29/10 - 2/1/10

Location: Boston/USA

The European Career Fair, one of the largest transatlantic career fairs in the US, will take place at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 29 January to 1 February 2010.

More information

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Editors

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Division Internationalisation of Research
Research-in-Germany Team (Editorial Staff)
Anke Sobieraj
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Translation and final editing:
Mike Gardner

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Federal Ministry of Education and Research
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