Research in Germany: Videos of Research Projects

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Videos of Research Projects

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Introductory Video

This film explains the background and objectives of the Excellence Initiative, looks back at the creation and course of the competition and shows the most important pathfinders and protagonists from science and politics.


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Join an excellent team for your PhD

On this Graduate School: Research in the study of culture has made tremendous progress over the past 20 years, examining cultural history and contemporary culture, social structures and human behaviour.


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The world inside the computer

On this Cluster of Excellence: Intelligent computer systems that learn to communicate like humans do; systems that will see and understand language, mimics, gesture, and react interactively.


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Unlocking the Brain’s Capabilities

On this Cluster of Excellence: What makes us people with distinctive characteristics? This involves our brains facilitating a number of complex functions, such perception, memory, communication or action.


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The return of the religious?

On this Cluster of Excellence: Islam, Christianity, Judaism – how important is the role they play for us and for politics? Which of the two shapes our values and norms more, religion or politics?


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Sustainable Mobility through Biomass

On this Cluster of Excellence: Future engines need tailor-made fuels, which are ideally renewable. Researchers of the Cluster of Excellence in Aachen investigate the production of synthetic fuels from biomass.


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Technology for Medicine and Life Sciences

On this Graduate School: From medical robotics to transcranial sonography, from macromolecular crystallography to virus evolution, interdisciplinary research is the key.


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Succeeding with integrative production technologies

On this Cluster of Excellence: Competitive production engineering is particularly important for high-wage countries like Germany.


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Smart particles in focus - In the spirit of nature

On this Graduate School: The utilization of nano-objects and macromolecules for technology, medicine and industry is only at the beginning.


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Bright Perspective

On this Graduate School: Optical technologies and systems are a constant part of our everyday life. The German optics and photonics industry holds internationally a leading position.


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Small, smaller, Nano

On this Cluster of Excellence: Nanotechnologies form the basis for the key technologies of the 21st century. As they do this, basic research findings have to be converted into applications and products.


Understanding Nanosystems

Understanding Nanosystems

On this Cluster of Excellence: The Cluster of Excellence „Nanosystems Initiative Munich - NIM“ combines the expertise of about 200 scientists from ten institutions in the Munich area and in Augsburg.


From Molecules to Materials Innovative Materials

From Molecules to Materials Innovative Materials

On this Cluster of Excellence: What do metamaterials and photonic crystal fibers have in common with printed electronics and organic solar cells?


Multifunctional materials

Multifunctional materials

On this Graduate School: The graduate school „Materials Science in Mainz“ combines the knowledge of Chemistry, Physics and Biology to a deep understanding of the materials of tomorrow.


From Bachelor’s Degree to Doctorate

From Bachelor’s Degree to Doctorate

On this Graduate School: Approximately 25 doctoral candidates have the opportunity to begin their studies at the Bonn Graduate School of Economics each year.


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