Max Planck scientists succeed in filming organs and joints in real time
"Please hold absolutely still". This instruction is crucial for patients being examined by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). It is the only way to obtain clear images for diagnosis. Up to now, it was therefore almost impossible to image moving organs using MRI. Max Planck researchers in Germany have now achieved a breatkthrough that allows 'live' filming of organs and joints.
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German cardiac surgeons make major advancement in treating heart patients
A major medical first has been achieved by cardiac surgeons at the University Hospital Münster (UKM). For the first time in Germany, an innovative pump has been implanted which has the potential of saving the lives of patients with heart disease while they await donor organs.
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Education 'Made in Germany' booms worldwide
The results of a first-time study on the economic impact of German education exports shows that education plays a significant role in the German services sector and that its economic impact has so far been underestimated. The study has been commissioned by iMOVE, an initiative of the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to promote and support the export of German vocational education and training.
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Leibniz Universität renewable energy programme receives major boost
Leibniz Universität Hannover is set to expand its leading role in renewable energy education. With 21,000 students, the university is already one of the largest institutions of higher education in Lower Saxony. From the winter semester 2011/2012 the university will offer a new Master's Programme in Wind Energy Technology.
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German researchers develop new technique for making biofuels from microalgae
German researchers have developed a new technique for cultivating algae for biogas-producing bioreactors. The benefits are manifold. Algae-derived biofuel is carbon-neutral and renewable. And compared to land crops, algae can yield over 30 times more biofuel per acre, have a harvesting cycle that is up to 20 times faster, do not consume fresh water, and can be grown on otherwise unproductive land.
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Germany's premier climate research institute turns 30
Germany's Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in the Helmholtz Association turned thirty years on 15th July. Through its innovative scientific and excellent research infrastructure AWI has developed into one of the world’s leading internationally recognised centres for climate research on both polar regions and the oceans.
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Residency fellowships with Akademie Schloss Solitude
This month marks the beginning of the application period for the international residency programme Akademie Schloss Solitude located in Stuttgart, Germany. The programme will award approximately 60 fellowships to artists and academics for up to one year.
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World’s largest flower blooms in Germany's Thueringen
The titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) is the largest flower in the plant kingdom. Though only native to the tropical rainforests of the Indonesian isle of Sumatra, it showed its petals to Thueringen for the first time Monday evening at the Max-Planck Institute research green house in Jena, Germany.
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Germany announces new climate collaborations with emerging economies
The German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) has launched a new cooperation initiative for international research collaborations. The projects funded under this initiative will tackle global climate and economic issues in collaboration with emerging economies.
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German radar satellite TanDEM-X to view earth in 3D
Germany's second earth observation satellite, TanDEM-X, was launched successfully on 21st June 2010 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The satellite will fly in formation with the TerraSAR-X satellite to acquire the most precise 3D map of the earth's surface.
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