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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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Ernst-Detlef Schulze receives Ernst Haeckel Prize of the European Ecological Federation

The award The European Ecological Federation (EEF), the umbrella organization of the ecological societies of Europe announced the Ernst Haeckel Prize for the…

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Continuous bloom caster from Siemens goes on stream at Zenith Steel in China

In July, Siemens Metals Technologies put a continuous bloom caster into operation at Chinese steel producer Changzhou Zhongtian Iron & Steel (Zenith Steel)….

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Project financing for Canadian wind farm closed

Since this week the project financing for the Viger-Denonville wind farm in the Canadian province of Québec is in place: KfW IPEX-Bank is providing a long-term…

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American Middle Class Financial Struggles: Key Insights Unveiled

In his paper, “The Myth of America's 'Culture of Consumerism': Policy May Help Drive American Household's Fraying Finances,” which Cohen will present at the…

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Prof. Bloch Honored for Innovations in Quantum Many-Body Physics

Prof. Bloch will receive this prize for “his pioneering experimental contributions to the field of quantum many‐body physics with cold atoms in optical…

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Funding through Carl-Zeiss Foundation – University of Stuttgart receives 750,000 Euros

Prof. Wolfram Ressel thanked the Carl-Zeiss Foundation for the aid commitment and said: “The project house NanoBioMater combines successful individual…

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Boomers hit hardest by 'Great Recession'

The analysis by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research looked at California data on the uninsured between 2007 and 2009 and found that of the approximately…

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Helmholtz Funds 15 Global Research Groups for Innovation

These Helmholtz International Research Groups will receive funding of up to €50,000 per year from the Association for the next three years and the same amount…

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MDC Research Teams Secure Helmholtz Grants for Global Projects

Professor Michael Bader and Professor Thomas Willnow have been awarded grants of a total of EUR 150,000 each over the next three years from the new funding…

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Beihai Chengde Selects Siemens for Stainless Steel Mill Upgrade

Siemens Metals Technologies has received an order from Beihai Chengde Stainless Steel Co. (Beihai Chengde), China, to supply a Power X-HI type, five-stand,…

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Open Innovation – a fad or a phenomenon?

The Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft have conducted the first large-sample…

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Pioneers in Alzheimer's Research: Research couple honored for its lifetime achievement

The U.S. Alzheimer's Association honors Dr. Eva-Maria Mandelkow and Prof. Dr. Eckhard Mandelkow from the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)…

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“Next Generation of Science Journalists” Award 2013

The top selected five young professionals will be invited to participate in the WHS 2013 and experience a unique international networking and learning…

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Rene Gerritsma Secures €1.5M ERC Grant for Quantum Simulations

Rene Gerritsma of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has been awarded funding from the European Research Council in support of his work on quantum…

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Dresden Barkhausen Award 2013 Celebrates Electrical Innovation

Heinrich Barkhausen worked as a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Technical College of Dresden from 1911 to 1953. As the head of the Institute for…

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Women Professors Surpass 20% Share: A Growing Trend

The total number of professors increased by nearly 16% over a period of ten years. The proportion of female professors rose continuously in the same period. It…

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