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Calls For Applications

 

Applications for Alzheimer Research Award

The Hans and Ilse Breuer Foundation newly invites applications for the Alzheimer Research Award endowed with 100,000 Euro. Since 2006, this award is given each year to scientists contributing to decisive progress in Alzheimer's research or similar dementia related diseases. Applications must be electronically submitted in German or English...more

Editorial

 

Dear Readers,

The debate regarding the future of the science system is in full swing. Politics and both university and non-university research institutions voice their opinions regarding challenges and potential solutions to maintain successful research in Germany also in the future. The universities' central role in this is an undisputed fact. Yet so far,...more

Research News

 

A Robot with Feeling

Photo: DLR (CC-BY 3.0)The human being is its model. It has strong legs, slightly thinner arms, but as yet no face: the walking robot TORO of the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Its creator is Christian Ott, a doctor of engineering, who has set himself the goal of teaching TORO how to walk - step by step. In more precise terms, the aim is the art of "flexible...more

Research News

 

Helmholtz in Discussion with Universities

Erste Station der neuen Veranstaltungsreihe Helmholtz&Uni ist die Goethe-Universität Frankfurt. Bild: Goethe-Universität FrankfurtWith "Helmholtz&Uni", the Helmholtz Association establishes a country-wide series of events at and with universities. The main purpose is to listen to what the universities expect from their partners, says Jürgen Mlynek.more

Research News

 

Medication Contaminates our Water

Rückhaltebecken eines Wasserwerks. Bild: André Künzelmann, UFZOwing to medical progress and improved sustenance, humans live increasingly longer lives. One aspect that tends to be neglected in this context is the effect this social change has on the quality of our water. Older people tend to consume more medication. By excretion and improper disposal, the active agents end up in waste water as well as in...more

 
12.06.2013
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