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Rescind Cooperation Ban, Strengthen Universities
Reading room at the Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum, University Library of the Humboldt University in Berlin. Photo: Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-ZentrumIn the past few years, research political initiatives have stirred up the research landscape, most prominently so by creating increased competition. In June, further decisions will be made as regards the Initiative for Excellence, which are to set the course for the scientific system of the coming decade. The Higher Education Pact is devised for the period up to 2020, whereas the Pact for Research and Innovation is scheduled for the time being to run until 2015. However, we need to think beyond...more
Bottom Up for the Sustainability Revolution
How can more than nine billion people in the year 2050 live off the planet's limited resources in a dignified, humane manner? What are the economic opportunities resulting from this scenario? Excellent opportunities, provided the economy shifts towards sustainability. This is the abbreviated answer from 29 enterprises, amongst them large...more
Basic Research Advances Computer Technology
Experiments at DESY or at the GSI, yet also at future facilities, such as FAIR and the X-ray laser European XFEL, create large amounts of data stream, which need fast and secure processing. This is the driving force behind the development of new computer architectures requiring significantly less energy at a greater performance capability. At the...more
Impressions from Fukushima
Dr Walter Tromm is Spokesperson of the Programme Topic 6 - Nuclear Energy
and Safety at the Karlsruhe Insititue of Technology. He collaborates on international expert committees on the safety of nuclear reactors. One year after the natural disaster at the Japanese coast, he visited the damaged reactors in Fukushima Daiichi. Antonia Röter spoke...more
One Year after Fukushima
The disaster of Fukushima is one year ago, but the consequences are far from overcome. Immediately after the nuclear accident became known on 11 March 2011, the KIT established working groups for the Helmholtz Association, which continue to edit scientific insights for general publication even today. In the first three months, the approximately 30...more
New Research Vessel POSEIDON
The 36-year old research vessel POSEIDON will be replaced by a new ship. Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel announced the news during a visit to the GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, where she gained insight into the future challenges in the field of marine research. The visit began with a short trip aboard the Kiel-based research...more
Famelab: Three Minutes of Science
Explaining one's research in three minutes only is difficult. All the more so, as it has to be done also in an entertaining, funny style. During the Famelab German final in Bielefeld on 31 March, 15 young scientists demonstrated to an enthusiastic audience that this is not an impossible task at all. Dr Timo Sieber from the University Hospital...more
