9/8/10
A basic requirement for growth and life of a multicellular organism is the ability of its cells to divide. A protein complex, the so-called centrosome, plays a major role during cell division. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin, together with colleagues at ...
9/7/10
The former CEO of Vattenfall Europe and present-day entrepreneur and consultant for renewable energies Hans-Juergen Cramer has been appointed as Director of the German Climate Innovation Center of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) with effect from 1 September 2010. As a ...
9/7/10
After less than two months, the tunnel boring machine TULA broke through the wall of its reception shaft. The first 480 meters of the tunnel system are thus completed. The tunnelling team was greeted in the shaft by the two patronesses. When the tunnel boring machine TULA (TUnnel for Laser) set ...
9/6/10
RWTH Professor Dieter Enders has now received the Robert Robinson Award 2010 in recognition of his many landmark contributions to the development and practice of modern asymmetric organic synthesis. The prize is awarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Europe's largest organisation for ...
9/6/10
Over 60 representatives of all institutions and companies involved in the SUGAR project met on the 1st of September 2010 at the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences in Kiel to align their actual work status and to prepare future operations. SUGAR means “Submarine Gas Hydrate Reservoirs: ...
9/6/10
Image sensors which are used as electronic parking aids in cars or for quality control in production systems have to be able to withstand the often very high temperatures that prevail in these environments. Research scientists have produced a CMOS chip which functions even at a temperature of ...
9/3/10
Two pieces of good news for the team led by Prof. Helmut Zacharias at the Physical Institute at Münster University: the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is providing a total of 1.5 million euros in funding for no fewer than two projects the scientists are working on. Both of ...
9/3/10
Autonomous underwater vehicle explored hydrothermal field in the Atlantic Ocean August 30, 2010/Kiel. The autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) ABYSS from IFM-GEOMAR successfully completed its 50th dive last week during the Poseidon expedition P403 (PI: Prof. T. Kanzow). During the dive, ABYSS ...
9/3/10
Glucose meters and the appropriate test strips for diabetics are expensive. This however might change, since scientists at the Institute of Printing Science and Technology (IDD) at TU Darmstadt are working on a sensor making the electronic devices considerably cheaper. The new sensor is not ...
9/3/10
Minister Dipu Moni pays tribute to the Foundation’s commitment to climate protection On 30 August, Dipu Moni, the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh will visit the Humboldt Foundation in Bonn. The stateswoman is honouring the Foundation for its commitment to research cooperation with Bangladesh and ...
