Tag: Research policy
Augsburg: 40,000 signatures against new animal testing laboratory – Bavaria
According to their own statements, critics have collected more than 40,300 signatures because of the planned animal testing facility at the new Augsburg medical faculty. The lists were handed over…
India: national pride instead of science – knowledge
When tomorrow’s anthropologists examine the now almost forgotten corona pandemic, they may perceive this time as an era in which science was once again overtaken by faith in many parts…
Has China overtaken the US in science? – Knowledge
Just as the USA still dominates the financial markets thanks to the dollar, it was also the case in science for decades. Regardless of whether you take the number of…
Fraunhofer President resigns after allegations of expenses: Successor has been chosen – Knowledge
After eleven years, the criticized President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is resigning from his post. Holger Hanselka, head of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, is to succeed Reimund Neugebauer, who was…
Fraunhofer President resigns after allegations of expenses – Knowledge
After eleven years, the criticized President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is resigning from his post. Holger Hanselka, head of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, is to succeed Reimund Neugebauer, who was…
Guest article by Charlotte Siegmann: When AI learns to lie – Opinion
Humans have created a technology that develops its own goals and, if necessary, even lies in order to achieve them. And the problem is: we no longer understand how and…
Bavaria: Doctorate at the university instead of at the university – Bavaria
“The universities,” says Walter Schober, “worked intensively in the first few months of the year to write applications.” The Technical University (TH) Ingolstadt, which Schober heads, has also written an…
Portrait Jeremy Farrar , WHO Chief Scientist – Health
Sars, swine flu, Covid – Jeremy Farrar has witnessed several outbreaks of infectious diseases. Now he will be the chief scientist of the WHO. In mid-February 2020, Jeremy Farrar is…
Bavaria: State government wants to continue the high-tech agenda until 2027 – Bavaria
The state government wants to continue its multi-billion dollar high-tech agenda beyond 2024. A further two billion euros are to be made available for this by 2027, after the 3.5…
Ukraine institutes in Germany: burning issue
Brandenburg is planning a Ukraine center, Kiev is opening a cultural institute in Berlin. They should impart knowledge – and accelerate EU accession. How independent is your research? source site