Research News
May 21, 2012
| GIC Africa/www.magazine-deutschland.de
In the presence of German Research Minister Annette Schavan, the winners of the Jugend Forscht 2012 were announced in Erfurht, on May 20. Awards were presented in fields of the working world, biology, chemistry, geo and space sciences, mathematics and computer science, physics and technology.“Jugend forscht” is the largest European science competition.
Jugend Forscht 2012
May 16, 2012
| www.young-germany.de
There's good news for students, scientists, and researchers interested in studying and working in Germany. The Bundestag recently passed an act that will make studying and finding work in Germany easier. The new law will allow foreign students more opportunities to work during their studies and more time to search for employment once they have graduated.
Germany more welcoming for foreign academics
May 14, 2012
| GIC Africa
The transformation of Germany's energy system has yielded notable results. During the first three months of 2012, production of solar and wind power was 40 percent greater than at the same time last year. This increase proves that Germany's switch to a renewable energy supply keeps accelerating and the nation is well on the way to achieving its target of a 35 percent share of renewable energies by 2020.
German energy system
May 11, 2012
| Fraunhofer Institute
With a GPS receiver in your smartphone, you can navigate your way over highways and streets with certainty. But once inside a building, it provides no further assistance. That’s why Fraunhofer researchers, together with the Bosch Corporation and other partners, have engineered a navigation system for interior spaces.
Navigating the shopping centre
May 10, 2012
| www.magazine-deutschland.de
Mike Otieno of Kenya was a winner in the Green Talent's competition. Through this program, he received support from Germany for his research on making reinforced concrete more sustainable, a considerable contribution to climate protection.
Green Talent Profile
May 9, 2012
| DAAD/GIC Africa
From May 10 to 12, 2012 young students from Africa will meet with representatives from government and academia at the Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus to discuss current issues of climate and environmental protection. The 13 scholarship recipients of the research program SPACES (Sciences Partnership for the Assessment of Complex Earth System Processes) are from South Africa and Namibia.
DAAD program SPACES
May 7, 2012
| Siemens
In cooperation with various project partners, Siemens researchers have developed a new recipe for plastic made primarily of renewable resources and CO2. The new material is the result of a three-year project on research into CO2 as an ingredient for polymers. The project was funded by the German Research Ministry.
Innovative plastics from CO2
May 4, 2012
| GIC Africa/BMBF
Germany's Education and Research Ministry has begun the fourth round of its international Green Talents competition. The competition seeks 25 young scientists from around the world who work to answer the most pressing issues of sustainable development. The deadline for application submissions is June 10, 2012.
Green Talents: Call for applications
Apr 20, 2012
| Max Planck Society
Tests exist for evaluating personality, intelligence and memory. However, up to now, it was not easily possible to find out how good someone is at making decisions in risky situations. A psychologist from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development has now developed a quick test for this skill.
New test to measure risk intelligence
Apr 17, 2012
| Univ. of Würzburg/GIC Africa
A new major research project involving biologists and geoscientists from the University of Würzburg will examine how land use in West Africa can be organized to cushion the impact of climate change. Contributing 50 million Euro in support, Germany's Research Ministry has partnered with ten West African countries to launch this initiative, the WASCAL project.
WASCAL initiative
