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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Heidelberg Ion Therapy Centre (HIT) opens

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

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.

"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".

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.

AQUATECH 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.

CeBIT 2010

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.

German production technology delegation visits IMTEX

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

14th European Career Fair 2010

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.