Science and Technology in Germany
Germany’s future economic and social development depends to an increasing extent on its innovation performance. Men and women scientists from Germany are playing in the “Champions League” of international research. The number of applications for patents serves as an indicator of innovative strength: Germany leads in this field in Europe.
Research and development-intensive industries account for more than half of all industrial production in Germany.
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Forty-five years ago, young Germans were first called upon to participate in a research competition under the motto “We’re Looking for the Researchers of Tomorrow!” – marking the birth of the Young Researchers competition. The aim of the contest is to arouse young Germans’ enthusiasm for science and research and to promote the up-and-coming young scientists and researchers who are so essential to Germany’s future.
Young Researchers - a special talent contest
Germany has a new research station in the permanent ice of the Antarctic - the Neumayer Station III. Over the next twenty-five to thirty years, the station will be used primarily to gather data on weather and climate around the South Pole. The new station is expected to operate for significantly longer than its predecessors, thanks primarily to a radically new construction.
Neumayer III Polar Research Station
The German Academy of Natural Scientists “Leopoldina” in Halle an der Saale – named as Germany’s National Academy of Sciences in 2008 – is celebrating its third anniversary in 2011.
Germany’s National Academy
German research institutions
Today, research and development-intensive industries account for more than half of all industrial production in Germany. Here you will find information about the major German research institutions.
The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Associationdoes research in the Arctic and Antarctic regions, as well as on coasts and in high and mid-latitude oceans. It coordinates polar research in Germany, analyses global environmental changes, and contributes to deciphering the complex natural connections in the Earth System.
The Alfred Wegener Institute
