The technology is making progress, but there are fears that commercialising solar energy is too dependent on fickle government policy and the price of oil.
A recipient of one of the European Research Council’s first grants, Konstantin Novoselov, has won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his research on graphene.
The German Research Foundation has opened a new era in collaboration between science and industry, signing a cooperation agreement with software manufacturer SAP.
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