7/30/10
Three days before the start of the next round of UN negotiations on climate change in Bonn, actions pledged globally on reductions of greenhouse gas emissions give virtually no chance to limit global mean temperature increase to below two degrees Celsius. That is the result of the latest ...
7/30/10
Three US-American exchange students are currently involved in research at the Graduate School MAINZ - Materials Science in Mainz The Graduate School of Excellence "Materials Science in Mainz" (MAINZ) of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz currently hosts three exchange students from the ...
7/30/10
Graduates from the private training college of the Deutsches Erwachsenen-Bildungswerk (German Adult Education Centre) in Fellbach received their certificates last Friday from principal Claudia Volz. The newly qualified assistants in chemical and pharmaceutical engineering were joined by twelve ...
7/29/10
Students, researchers and business people enjoy country showcase A large number of participants took part in a variety of activities during the China Week at the University of Göttingen from July 6 to July 9. Workshops, lectures and discussions as well as a broad cultural programme showcased ...
7/29/10
Salt solutions could support life Is it possible that there are salt solutions on Mars that remain liquid despite the extremely low temperatures - a class of fluids known as cryobrines? Research findings at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) have shown ...
7/29/10
Wissenschaft weltoffen 2010: New study by the German Academic Exchange Service Heidelberg is Germany's most popular university for international doctoral students. This is the conclusion drawn by the new Wissenschaft weltoffen 2010 study published by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) ...
7/28/10
Uncertainty in the presence of a quantum memory A quantum particle is hard to grasp, because one cannot determine all its properties precisely at the same time. Measurements of certain parameter pairs such as position and momentum remain inaccurate to a degree given by Heisenberg’s Uncertainty ...
7/28/10
Light-emitting or energy-converting, intelligent and flexible: customers are eagerly awaiting the products of the future, prototypes of which will be on show during K 2010, the world’s leading plastics and rubber trade fair, to be held in Düsseldorf from 27 October to 3 November. The conversion ...
7/28/10
Cholesterol influences the health of our hearts and blood vessels. Conventional treatment attempts to reduce the level of "bad" cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, in the blood plasma. The opposite approach, which involves increasing the concentration of "good" HDL cholesterol using nicotinic acid, ...
7/27/10
The tiniest objects in the Universe are not point-like in nature, they are vibrating strings, so small and complex that mathematics has not yet found a way to describe their gyrations accurately. This at least is the basic assumption that underlies String Theory, the subject of the Summer School ...
