This prize is awarded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and the Federal Environmental Agency…
The underlying idea – known as the Hawthorne effect – is simple: if you can measure your performance, you can also improve it. Following this principle, two…
Flexitallic, Cleckheaton/UK, with its Flange Rescue Gaskets (FRG), providing an unsurpassed maintenance solution for the chemical and oil & gas industries,…
An innovative folding mechanism without joints and hinges: Prof. Dr. Jan Knippers from the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) at the…
Dr Andrea Ablasser, scientist at the University of Bonn, is the winner of this year’s Jürgen Wehland Prize. She receives the award in recognition of her…
The MPG has now decided to double the prize money of €50,000 from its own resources to provide young Spanish junior scientists with the opportunity to carry…
This year, Siemens Healthcare held its third contest regarding outstanding results in clinical imaging in computed tomography. Starting today, members of the…
Prof. Haim Sompolinsky of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has been awarded the 1st Annual Mathematical Neuroscience Prize by Israel Brain Technologies…
Since the funding programme began two years ago, twelve projects have been approved.In the latest round of applications, external experts selected three more…
Almost every sixth human worldwide suffers from diabetes, obesity or both. Interestingly, genetic differences can only explain a proportion of cases. A second,…
The European Research Council (ERC), an institution established by the EU Commission, announced on 26th September 2013 in Brussels that Professor Hans-Jürgen…
Since 2012, the association, together with the CAS, has been supporting German-Chinese research projects that are of key importance to society. This year, five…
The Bernstein Award for Computational Neuroscience 2013 is awarded to the Frankfurt scientist Hermann Cuntz for his research on the principles of neural…
Aguzzi’s and Weissmann’s groundbreaking discoveries on the mechanisms underlying prion diseases have major implications for the understanding of other neurodegenerative conditions, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. The prize is awarded by the Piepenbrock Group and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE). The award ceremony will be held in Berlin on September 24, 2013. This year the Hartwig Piepenbrock-DZNE prize has a special significance. It marks the company's 100th anniversary and therefore honors the two winners with 100,000 Euro. But…
THE 2013 BALZAN PRIZEWINNERS750,000 Swiss Francs (approx. EUR 610,000; USD 800,000; GBP 515,000) for each of the four subjects. Half of the amount must be…
Professor Klaus Müllen, director at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) in Mainz, was honored with the Adolf-von-Baeyer commemorative medal…
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