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Yvette Raphael Honored with Mani L. Bhaumik Award

Today, Advocates for the Prevention of HIV in Africa (APHA) celebrates an extraordinary milestone as our co-founder and Executive Director, Yvette Raphael, receives the prestigious Mani L. Bhaumik Breakthrough of the Year Award for her pivotal role in advancing HIV prevention through the development and testing of Lenacapavir. The award recognises role of three key contributors to bringing Lenacapavir to market: Wesley Sundquist, chair of the University of Utah’s department of biochemistry, who provided the foundational scientific research; Moupali Das,…

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Siemens Completes Service Deal with Russian Railways

The production of the 240 trains (1,200 cars) started in 2013 with increasing localization in Yekaterinburg. The first 10 trains were already produced and…

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The Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics wins “Otto-Hahn-Triple”

This year, the Max Planck Society has awarded the Otto Hahn Medal 2014 to three young scientists who have completed their doctoral thesis at the Max Planck…

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Habilitations Rise 4% in 2014, Reports Federal Statistical Office

The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of habilitations rose 4% compared with the previous year.

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Cleanliness Technology Prize Honors Innovative Disinfection System

This year, the jury was won over by two contributions: an innovative particle-cleaning system with an integrated photodynamic process for disinfecting…

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Dandelion-Powered Car Tires: Innovation in Rubber Production

The milky sap of the dandelion shows similarities to that of the rubber tree, and most importantly contains caoutchouc – the raw material for rubber production.

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Self-Duplication Breakthrough in Manufacturing Technology

Nature is master of the astonishing ability to duplicate itself. The self-replication of DNA and RNA molecules is the basis of human life. Prof. Böker would…

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EU Invests €10M in Aerosols and Clouds Research Infrastructure

A total of 31 partners from 21 European countries are participating in the “Aerosols, Clouds, and Trace gases Research Infrastructure” (ACTRIS-2). The Leibniz…

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Positive Welfare Effects of Natural Resource Extraction in Africa

“There are, of course, lots of problems with extractive industries – oil, natural gas and mineral mining – in Africa. But I have explored welfare determinants…

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Siemens Brings H-Class Power Plant Technology to Mexico

Siemens has been awarded a contract to supply two SGT6-8000H gas turbines and two generators to Mexico. The components are to be installed at the Empalme I…

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Germany Scholarship Program Sees 14% Increase in 2014

The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of scholarship holders rose by 14% in 2014 compared with 2013.

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Siemens Expands H-Class Power Plant Technology in Turkey

Siemens is supplying two SGT5-8000H gas turbines, along with steam turbines and generators to Turkey. These components are to be installed in two single shaft…

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RWI/ISL Index Shows Moderate Growth in World Trade

This points towards an ongoing moderate expansion of world trade. The March value was adjusted upwards by a rather large amplitude of 0.8 points as special…

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“Next Generation of Science Journalists” Award: Applications now open

In cooperation with Deutsches Ärzteblatt, the European Union of Science Journalists’ Associations (EUSJA), and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, the…

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Connecting science with society – EU boost for polar science

The €2 million five-year EU-PolarNet programme brings together 22 of Europe’s internationally-respected multi-disciplinary research institutions to develop and…

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Dr. Andrew G. Mark awarded with Günter Petzow Prize 2015

Up to now, it was very difficult to fabricate structures with sizes less than 100 nanometres that did not have symmetrical shapes. With this new process,…

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Ruperto Carola Launches Research Group for Novel Particle Detectors

Research and development of novel detector technologies to identify and measure elementary particles is the topic of a new Research Training Group (RTG) that…

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