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,…
Together, Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, Mayor of Warsaw, Jerzy Lejk, CEO of the Warsaw Metro, and Jochen Eickholt, CEO of Siemens Rail Systems, sent off the first…
Since the funding programme began two years ago, twelve projects have been approved.In the latest round of applications, external experts selected three more…
Europe remained a leader in newly installed capacities accounting for 51.7% (16.8 GW) of the 30 GW installed worldwide.Abundant solar resources in combination…
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…
In Peru, near the city of San Juan de Marcona, a new onshore wind power plant is expected to go online in March 2014. Siemens has recently received an order…
The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of higher education graduates nearly doubled in comparison with the examination year…
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…
London’s Mayor Boris Johnson and Roland Busch, CEO of Siemens’ Infrastructure & Cities Sector, gladly answered the artists’ call to become a living part of…
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…
Siemens received an order from France for the supply, installation and commissioning of a total of 24 direct-drive wind turbines for four French wind projects,…
They cover topics such as air pollution; enhancing cross border healthcare; patient involvement in improving quality of care and health research; prevention of…
More than 460 banking experts took part in Fraunhofer IAO’s Banks & Future 2013 trend survey. According to the respondents, the biggest challenge stems from…
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