Enforcement, degree of convergence deepen positive impact, research finds Despite a very uncertain economic climate, investors can at least feel confident that audited financial reports are more reliable thanks to the spread of international standards. New research led by a researcher at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management shows that the quality of financial audits increasing in countries which have adopted the International Standards on Auditing, or ISA, issued through the International Federation of Accountants, the accounting profession’s…
In honor of the Chinese-American physicist Dr. Tingye Li (1931-2012) and his fundamental research in particular on laser modes and optical communication, the…
Hans Clevers is to receive the Körber European Science Prize 2016, which is endowed with 750,000 euros. The Dutch biologist and physician has developed a new…
Research into highly sensitive magnetic field sensors has been the focus of nano research at Kiel University for a number of years. On Wednesday, 25 May, the…
In 2014, German public and private institutions of higher education spent Euro 48.2 billion on teaching, research and health treatment.
Photovoltaics and wind energy are major building blocks in the energy transformation, which is one of the biggest challenges society faces in the coming…
This year the most important award in the field of metrology, the science of making precise measurements, was awarded to a team of five Frankfurt atomic…
The jury composed by ten international experts has selected 3 outstanding finalists among the 15 submitted applications. In the historical ambience of the…
A tax on individual transactions between financial institutions—based on the level of systemic risk that each transaction adds to the system—could essentially…
Sophisticated micro- and nano-objects, as well as functional materials, are Martin Möller’s expertise. Within his ERC-funded project, he strives to make an…
In 2014, non-university research institutions spent approximately 12.5 billion euros on research and development in Germany.
The level of investment in Europe is still significantly below the level of 2007, the period before the financial and economic crisis. The Juncker investment…
Prof. Dr. Henning Jessen has received 1,050,000 US Dollars in funding from the International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) for a project…
Today, Dr. Claus-Dieter Kuhn from Bayreuth University will be awarded the €60,000 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize for Young Researchers for 2016….
More than 100 of the small green boxes are already in use: whether in Hamburg, or Zwolle in the Netherlands, or even on the Zugspitze in northern Tyrol – the…
Downloading your favourite song, streaming a popular movie or shopping online – we are using a great number of online services on mobile phones, tablet…
The German Cancer Prize (Deutscher Krebspreis) is one of the most prestigious scientific awards in the German speaking world and annually honours researchers…
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