5/3/12
Insects are capable of masterful feats of flying; whenever they witness locusts flying long distances or moths hovering over flowers, aerodynamicists can only marvel. This is why researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) are working on a new ...
3/30/12
The Postdoctoral Research Forum (PRF) “Sustainable Future” at the newly established Competence Center for a Sustainable University at the Universität Hamburg will be launched in April 2012 and aims at attracting excellent junior researchers with a clear potential to develop and realize their ...
3/27/12
Under the brand “Research in Germany - Land of Ideas”, the BMBF, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, is hosting issue- and country-specific campaigns abroad to promote innovation and research in Germany. Now also in Russia, under the slogan “Russia and Germany - Partnerships ...
3/6/12
Helicopter flights and landings in poor visibility conditions always present pilots with special challenges. The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has now completed a series of tests with a new helmet mounted display and has brought it into use a flight ...
1/31/12
Modern helicopters could be significantly faster and more manoeuvrable - if aerodynamics did not impose limitations on them. Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) in Göttingen have now discovered and flight-tested a way to increase ...
1/26/12
As one of Europe's leading research institutions, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) will continue to align its research work with key issues concerning environmental protection, mobility, energy supply and security in 2012. The focus is to link results ...
12/22/11
Siemens Corporate Technology and partners are pursuing research projects aimed at improving the range and efficiency of electric motors. The project Plug&Play Range Extender is examining how a module made of a small, fuel-efficient combustion engine and an alternator can increase the range of ...
12/6/11
Topics Range from Sustainable Manufacturing to the Preservation of Tropical Rainforests The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) will establish eight Collaborative Research Centres (CRC) as of 1 January 2012. This was agreed by the responsible Grants Committee at its ...
11/25/11
DFG Establishes 16 New Research Training Groups / Strong Competition between Groups from All Scientific Disciplines / Four International Research Training Groups Represent Increasing Cross-Border Cooperation To further enhance the promotion of early-career researchers in Germany, the Deutsche ...
10/12/11
What influence do contrails and volcanic emissions have on the climate? Scientists from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) tackled this question by conducting 12 research flights with the Falcon research aircraft as part of the Concert (Contrail and ...
