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University Secures £500K for Sustainability in Jordan, Thailand, and Philippines

An Aston University researcher has secured more than half a million pounds funding to train early career researchers to tackle sustainability challenges in their home countries. The University will host nine early career academics for 12 months as part of the International Science Partnership Fund (ISPF) research fellowship programme. Fellows from Jordan will focus on energy systems, those from Thailand will work on sustainable plastics and green solvents and researchers from the Philippines will specialise in sustainability assessments. The £540,000…

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Innovative Training Network Boosts Early Career Researchers

The 2Exciting network (GA No 956813), coordinated by Thomas Heine, Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at TU Dresden, Germany, aims to develop the next generation of scientists with high level skills and understanding of the rapidly evolving field of nano – optoelectronics, the study and applications of electronic devices that interact with light in 2D materials, specifically, semiconductors. The goal of 2Exciting is training early career researchers in an unmatched combination of scientific and complementary skills. The trainees will study the…

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Grant Fuels Pistachio DNA Research to Combat Climate Change

An international team of scientists wins the 2020 HiFi for All SMRT Grant for sequencing the DNA and RNA of pistachios. The biotechnology company PacBio funds a collaborative research project which will significantly advance the knowledge about the genetic built of pistachios. Scientists from the IVICAM-IRIAF in Spain, the Council for Agricultural Research and Economics in Italy, the University of Palermo, the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, and the University of California, Davis will work together to lay the…

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Stem Cell Breakthrough: Funding for Blindness Research at Bonn

ERC Proof of Concept Grant to biotechnologist at the University of Bonn Prof. Volker Busskamp from the University of Bonn has received a “Proof of Concept Grant” worth 150,000 euros from the European Research Council (ERC). He and his team are working at the Eye Clinic of the University Hospital Bonn on a technology to rapidly program human stem cells to photoreceptor for retinal research and treating blindness in the future. Prof. Volker Busskamp from the University of Bonn has…

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Europe’s BICMOS Tech Shines: IHP Wins Best Pioneer Award

IHP receives Best Technology Pioneer Award for TARANTO project On November 25-26, 2020, the TARANTO project, financed by the EU Commission and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, was awarded the Best Technology Pioneer as part of the European Forum for Electronic Components and Systems (EFECS) for the extraordinary technological progress of its 32 project partners Award awarded. The project consortium includes leading industrial companies, universities and research centers such as the Leibniz-Institute for High Performance Microelectronics (IHP), whose…

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Driverless Transport System Wins 3Dsensation Innovation Award

The Professorship of Production Systems and Processes at Chemnitz University of Technology receives award for project on safe human-robot cooperation in the warehouse. The Professorship of Production Systems and Processes (Prof. Dr. Martin Dix (German)) at Chemnitz University of Technology received the “3Dsensation Innovation Award” in the community award category for its FOLLOWme project on safe human-robot cooperation in the warehouse. At the same time, a second project within the 3Dsensation innovation alliance received the jury prize. The 3Dsensation Innovation…

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Guido Bonati is the new Chief Technology Officer and Head of Research & Development at FISBA AG

He structures the services required of R&D with the resources, ideas and potential and deploys efficient teams to successfully handle customer projects.

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FISBA AG Expands Market Reach with Shanghai Sales Office

FISBA is reinforcing its market presence in the Asian region and is opening a sales office in the World Square Building in Shanghai, China.

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ERC Funded Project Reconstructs Richness of Pristine Oceans

Geoscientist Professor Bernd Schöne of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and his cooperation partners in Great Britain and Denmark have been awarded an…

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AI for Understanding and Modelling the Earth System – International Research Team wins ERC Synergy Grant

An interdisciplinary team of four researchers from the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, the University of Valencia,…

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Apply Now for the Innovation Award in Laser Technology 2020

Target Group: The Innovation Award addresses laser manufacturers, laser users and researchers, who have successfully conceived and implemented an innovative…

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MaterialVital Preis 2019: Innovative Hydrogel Wound Dressings

Dr. Passant Atallah, Dr. Lucas Schirmer, Dr. Uwe Freudenberg and Prof. Dr. Carsten Werner from the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden e.V. (IPF)…

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Decoding Cell Communication: Insights on Inflammation

Communication between cells and inflammation

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ESJET Printing Technology Advances Large-Scale Display Innovation

ESJET printing is a new printing technology for large-scale, solution-processed displays of the future. It enables higher resolution and drop on demand…

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Enhancing Digital Process Optimization in Auto Body Production

The digitization of production is currently one of the most important fields of action in the area of auto body production and its related technologies, so…

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9.1 Million Euros Boosts Trinational Quantum Research Project

The project “Quantum Science and Technologies at the European Campus” (QUSTEC) has been selected by the European Commission as a joint international and…

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Germany Funds €6.7M Microsystems Engineering Initiative

Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is providing more than 6.7 million euros to support the “Processes and Materials for…

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