1/30/12
The German Research Foundation (DFG) regards the redesign of software development in high performance computing as one of the main future challenges. Thus the DFG is first starting the priority program “Software for Exascale Computing (SPPEXA)” from the strategy fund. TUM informatics professor ...
1/30/12
The German Leading-Edge Cluster Competition in 2012 has now finished and five winners have been awarded. The Leading-Edge Cluster competition is intended to take Germany to the top of the league of technologically advanced nations. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research launched the ...
1/30/12
Siemens wants to use “snapshots” of the power grid to help make it more stable. Power snapshots from smart meters by Siemens provide synchronous grid information with maximum precision from the low-voltage grid, data that can serve as a basis for analyzing these grids in cities and communities. ...
1/30/12
Siemens is marketing the first rapid, automated biomarker test for diagnosing and assessing liver fibrosis. The ELF test (Enhanced Liver Fibrosis test) takes approximately one hour to complete and requires only a blood sample. The process is therefore less invasive but just as reliable as the ...
1/30/12
The Munich-based producer of professional motion picture equipment ARRI and the Freiburg Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques have been awarded the “Academy Award of Merit” by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for their jointly developed ARRILASER film recorder. ...
1/30/12
Jointly developed solutions will reduce zinc deficiency among 100 million peoplePartnership aims to contribute to fulfill the UN Millennium Development Goals Davos, Switzerland, - January 27, 2012 - BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Teck Resources Limited, Vancouver, Canada, announced at the ...
1/30/12
Max Planck scientists use silk from the tasar silkworm as a scaffold for heart tissue Damaged human heart muscle cannot be regenerated. Scar tissue grows in place of the damaged muscle cells. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim are seeking to ...
1/27/12
If people could look into the future they would discover which illnesses they will suffer from – as well as when they will die. Although no one is clairvoyant, today experts can already predict for a range of illnesses – for example Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and various types of cancer – how ...
1/27/12
A publicly displayed object of art experiences a lot: dazzling light, unfavorable temperatures or too much moisture. With ‘Artguardian’ Fraunhofer researchers have developed a fully automated, intelligent monitoring system helping art lovers to optimally preserve their objects of art. Thanks to ...
1/27/12
Associative learning leads to changes in the brains internal connectivity The brain is a fantastically complex and mysterious device, too large and with too many internal connections to be entirely programmable genetically. Its internal connectivity must therefore self-organize, based on the one ...
