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Berlin’s universities overcome first hurdle

Nine research projects asked to submit full proposals as part of the German government’s Excellence Strategy

19 Oct 2017

R&D Policy

Fraunhofer launches the German-Australian iCAIR project

Developing new antibiotics, from the first idea to proof of concept. The German-Australian iCAIR project brings together researchers from Fraunhofer ITEM, the MHH in Hannover and Griffith University in Australia.

19 Oct 2017

Health

Jesús Labarta, the first European researcher to receive Ken Kennedy award

Labarta is recognised for his seminal contributions to programming models and performance analysis for high performance computing.

19 Oct 2017

News

Sanofi invests €170 million in new vaccine production facility in France

Expansion at Val de Reuil reinforces the company's position as a global leader in seasonal flu vaccines

12 Oct 2017

Health

For ‘moonshot’ projects, Germany’s Fraunhofer urges tight focus to ‘do it right’

German tech giant weighs into debate over next EU research programmes, backing idea of creating high-profile technology missions – but with careful planning

11 Oct 2017

News

Microsoft, GE sign agreement on new wind project in Ireland

11 Oct 2017

Energy

Karolinska Institutet one year after the action plan

11 Oct 2017

News

Sweden and Japan join forces on ageing population challenges

An advanced robot that can perform high precision surgery. Automated patient voice analysis as a method for medical diagnosis and individual treatment. Swedish and Japanese researchers can now start to work more closely together in areas like this to tackle the challenges of an ageing population.

11 Oct 2017

News