5/21/12
International Conference by the Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global Context" The term stress' emerged about 70 years ago as a medico-social concept that was developed in the West and then rapidly spread. Heidelberg University's Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe in a Global ...
5/21/12
After the Fukushima nuclear explosions, Germany responded to the heightened international focus on energy procurement by returning to a fast-paced nuclear phase-out program. On May 21, a lunch discussion at the German Center for Research and Innovation (GCRI) will address the mechanisms for ...
5/16/12
Watch live and join the conversation on Twitter @AspenInstitute and @gcri_ny (#mfgUSGermany) this Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. (EST), when leading representatives from government, industry, and academia discuss manufacturing as an engine of growth and job creation in the U.S. and ...
5/14/12
Urgent appointments, tight work timetables and hectic social schedules structure modern life, and they very often clash with our intrinsic biological rhythms. The discrepancy results in so-called social jetlag, which can damage one’s health. Among other effects, it can contribute to the ...
5/10/12
Topics from Ultrafast Data Transfer to Climate Engineering to Novel Materials / All Programmes Interdisciplinary What is the role of phosphorus resources for trees and forests – and what do they mean for the nutrition and balance of a forest ecosystem? How can ultrafast wireless transmission ...
5/10/12
Psychologists have discovered that the perception of having everything under control depends on a person's age and their level of education. Münster (upm), Mi, 09 Mai 2012 The conviction of having every aspect of their life under control is pronounced in various degrees, depending on the ...
5/8/12
DFG to Establish Seven New Research Units / Over 16 Million Euros in Total for the First Funding Period The establishment of six new Research Units and one Clinical Research Unit has been decided by the Joint Committee of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation). ...
5/2/12
Heidelberg researchers study automatic generation of so-called shadow profiles What can social networks on the internet know about persons who are friends of members, but have no user profile of their own? Researchers from the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing of Heidelberg ...
4/26/12
Impetus for Coming to Terms with a Particularly Difficult Chapter in German-Polish Relations/Close Cooperation with Academy of Sciences and National Institute of Remembrance A special exhibition is set to tour Poland in the coming months. Under the title “Wissenschaft – Planung – ...
4/23/12
International Conference at the Graduate School of North American Studies On May 11th and 12th, 2012, Freie Universität Berlin’s Graduate School of North American Studies will host an international conference about North America’s understanding of Home as both a national and domestic space of ...
