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News from the GHI Washington

GHI hosts Symposium “Trust in Museums: Potential, Challenges, and Societal Importance”

As a part of the BMBF’s “German Science Year 2024 – Freedom,” the German Historical Institute (GHI) Washington hosted a symposium together with the German Embassy focusing on public trust in museums with a particular focus on research museums and how this relates to a broader trust in science.

News from the University of Cologne

University of Cologne’s Climate Research: How Stable Is the Antarctic Ice Sheet?

Geologists from the University of Cologne are investigating the influence of past climate and environmental changes on the East Antarctic Ice Sheet in regions that are ice-free today.

News from the German Research Foundation

Chemistry in Germany: From Discovery to Application

The North American office of the DFG, together with the Fraunhofer Chemistry Alliance, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the American Friends of AvH, and the DWIH San Francisco is promoting Germany as a prime location for research at the ACS Fall 2023 conference.

STEP USA University Program

Five Questions for Alamir Mohsen

The DWIH New York had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Alamir Mohsen, founder of Lithium Designers GmbH, a German startup in the field of architectural and facade planning services, which just celebrated its fifth anniversary.

News from Fraunhofer USA

Fraunhofer USA Awarded Patent for Detecting Air Leakage in Buildings Using Communicating Thermostats

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Fraunhofer USA with a patent for algorithms that detect and quantify air leakage from single-family homes using data from commercially available communicating, thermostats.

News from Campus OWL

Intelligent Algorithms to Aid Disaster Management

After a disaster such as flooding or an earthquake, many people want to help. In order to quickly coordinate the assistance and use it in the most targeted way possible, a new project financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) was launched in January.  Paderborn University is collaborating with its partners T-Systems (coordinator), Fraunhofer FOKUS, and others on digital solutions to coordinate volunteer helpers.

News from Fraunhofer USA

Knowledge Transfer, the Transatlantic Fraunhofer Way

Fraunhofer USA Center Midwest CMW hosted staff from Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT (Aachen, Germany) during a knowledge exchange visit.