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Scientists at the University Medical Center in Mainz prove multiple DNA repair defect in monocytes 02.02.2012 Scientists working with Professor Bernd Kaina of the Institute of Toxicology at the Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have demonstrated for the first time that ...
2/3/12
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation honours Göttingen University's concept (pug) In the ideas competition entitled "Research alumni of universities in Germany", the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation bestowed honourable mention upon the University of Göttingen, among others, for its research alumni ...
2/3/12
In the run-up to ACHEMA one thing is already evident: the organizers and the exhibitors are unanimously optimistic about the world's biggest fair for chemical engineering, biotechnology and environmental protection, which will take place from 18-22 June 2012 in Frankfurt am Main. The figures ...
2/3/12
Occupied genetic switches hold clues to cells’ history If you wanted to draw your family tree, you could start by searching for people who share your surname. Cells, of course, don’t have surnames, but scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, have ...
2/3/12
Sexually incompatible species exchange chloroplast genomes at contact zones Plant scientists were confounded by the fact that the DNA extracted from the plants’ green chloroplasts sometimes showed the greatest similarities when related species grew in the same area. They tried to explain this ...
2/3/12
Stellar astrophysics helps to explain the behaviour of fast rotating neutron stars in binary systems Pulsars are among the most exotic celestial bodies known. They have diameters of about 20 kilometres, but at the same time roughly the mass of our sun. A sugar-cube sized piece of its ...
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02.02.2012 - In times where the user is not running his machines at full load, there are several levers available for saving energy, says Professor Hermann. One option in concatenated production operations is to plan the process chain so skilfully that no waiting times occur. Sometimes ...
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Pilot plant in Leverkusen is one of the "Selected Landmarks 2012" / Innovative process for producing plastics with carbon dioxide Leverkusen, February 2, 2012 - A Bayer project for using the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide as a component for plastics is among Germany's most promising ideas for the ...
2/2/12
DFG Provides No-Cost Access to MAK Collection / Milestone in Establishment of Free Access to Research Data / Transparent Policy Consultancy The DFG’s Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area has evaluated the state of research and provided ...
2/2/12
The European Union is funding a new international research consortium at Freie Universität Berlin. The group will address the issue of how Latin American universities can contribute to overcoming social inequality. Together with Universidade Estadual de Campinas in Brazil, the Institute for ...
