German university names fennel medicinal plant of the year
If you do have the unlucky experience of finding yourself ill while in Germany, you’ll soon realise that this is a country that highly regards homoeopathic remedies alongside conventional medical treatments. The University of Würzburg has chosen fennel as the medicinal plant of 2009 for its historical use and effectiveness.
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Germany: "Connecting worlds of knowledge"
In 2009 the German Foreign Office plans to expand its support for international academic exchanges. For Germany, research and academic relations policy is all about opening up new horizons for people and building bridges and links between societies. It recognises how valuable this is in stimulating new thinking, innovations and hence also growth at home.
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Free University of Berlin celebrates 60 years
Sixty years ago, on December 4, 1948, students and scholars crowded into the Titania-Palast movie theater – the largest hall available in the American sector of occupied Berlin – to celebrate the launch of the Free University of Berlin.
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Germany's DFG intensifies research cooperation with India
Germany’s DFG intensifies research cooperation with India
The German Research Foundation (DFG) announced its first ever research training group with an Indian University. The partner universities of Muenster and Hyderabad will carry out joint research in the field of glyco-science.
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German Future Prize 2008 for innovative sensor technology
Measuring just three thousandths of a millimetre, they are smaller than a match head and their sensitive sensors can only be seen under a microscope. Despite their size, these new, intelligent mini-sensors could revolutionise consumer electronics, medicine and industry. On Wednesday, 3rd December, three engineers of the German company Bosch received the prestigious German Future Prize 2008 for developing these small sensors with big potential.
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Germany's DAAD intensifies student exchange with India
Be it auto industry or textile industry: India is booming. The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has developed new programmes for the German students, in order to strengthen relationship with India and help students get information about the rapidly developing economy.
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EU, India cooperate on education
On his first official visit to India, the European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth, Jan Figel on Wednesday, November 12, signed a Joint Declaration with his ministerial counterpart in the field of education.
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German scientists develop tsunami early-warning system
A tsunami early-warning system goes into operation in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday, 11th November. The German-Indonesian tsunami early warning system – GITEWS – aims at combination of a very rapid and reliable warning to vulnerable populations.
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Germany's clock man keeps time for Europe
If you use a radio-controlled watch in Western Europe, or observe an airport clock, the chances are that both are being calibrated from a laboratory in the north of Germany. When European clocks were set back by one hour early Sunday (26th October) morning, ending summer time, the change was largely automated using signals from a bank of atomic clocks in Braunschweig.
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German spectrometer takes off on India’s first Moon mission
At 6.20 am on Wednesday morning, India launched its first unmanned Moon mission. As Chandrayaan-1, a spacecraft built by ISRO blasted off, scientists celebrated the country’s space ambitions and scientific prowess. SIR-2, an infrared spectrometer designed and built by the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, is Germany’s contribution to the project.
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