2/23/12
DFG Expands its Presence in Latin America / German House of Science and Innovation Opens With an expanded presence and in a new environment, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) aims to further strengthen research cooperation between Germany and Latin America ...
2/23/12
Results of a Quantum Simulation Published in Nature Physics Scientists from Freie Universität Berlin, the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich) have succeeded for the first time in simulating the dynamic behavior of strongly correlated ...
2/23/12
"Residue from medications are polluting waste water more and more," summarizes Professor Johannes Pinnekamp from the RWTH Institute of Environmental Engineering (ISA). It is expected that the use of pharmaceuticals, among other things, is increasing again due to demographic change. "Waste water ...
2/23/12
What do Germany’s oldest university and New York City’s highly visible Tech Campus competition have in common? Find out how the symbiotic relationship between universities and their surrounding areas can influence a region on February 29, 2012, at the German Center for Research and Innovation ...
2/23/12
Ludwigshafen, Germany/Florham Park, NJ - February 22, 2012 - BASF has opened a new white biotechnology and microbiology research center in Tarrytown, New York. In the laboratory, biologists and biotechnologists will work to develop more efficient biotechnological production processes and - ...
2/23/12
Freiburg study questions established criminological theories Is there such a thing as a typical criminal career? This was the question addressed by criminologist Volker Grundies from the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg. This study examined the data of ...
2/23/12
Research work about innovative coating possibilities leads to three patent applications 20-times harder than hardened steel, twice as firm as common ceramic foils, thermally insulating and furthermore applicable where diamond coating was not possible until now: The patented multilayer Nano ...
2/23/12
Neuherberg, 14.02.2012. The incidence of autoantibodies against antigens of the insulin-producing beta cells has a peak between the age of nine months and two years. In turn, children who develop autoantibodies at this early age have a very high risk of developing type 1 diabetes by the age of ...
2/22/12
Like a shredder, the immunoproteasome cuts down proteins into peptides that are subsequently presented on the cellular surface. The immune system can distinguish between self and nonself peptides and selectively kills cells that due to a viral infection present non-self peptides at their ...
2/22/12
Kiel biologist discovers new animal enzyme to use plant toxins for self-defence Certain insects, such as the African variegated grasshopper (Zonocerus variegatus) or the cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae), native in Europe and Asia, feed on toxic plants in order to protect themselves from ...
