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Mixed Reality, Holomedicine and the Future of Healthcare

Mixed- and augmented reality have come a long way since Pokémon Go. These technologies, which overlay digital content on top of physical reality, are now being used in fields as varied as retail, tourism, medicine and education.

aula

Shaping School Together

In recent years, digital developments in education have become an increasingly important and pressing topic. Many educational institutions are in the early stages of digital learning and are beginning to implement new digital concepts. This is one of the reasons why Marina Weisband launched the project aula – Schule gemeinsam gestalten in 2014.

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#InclusiveResearchGermany

Vielfalt Verbindet. Diversity Unifies.

In June and July, the DWIH New York hosted #InclusiveResearchGermany on Twitter. Thirty amazing talents from startup founders to scientific researchers, professors and university administrators to policy advisors were featured as part of the campaign.

Pfizer and BioNTech Recruit for Large-Scale Vaccine Trial

Back in March we reported on vaccine developments by German biotechs CureVac and BioNTech. Four months later, clinical trials are underway. Together with Pfizer, BioNTech is rounding up participants for a COVID-19 vaccine trial in the U.S. Read on to find out how you can participate.

Arekapak

Packaging from Agro-Waste

During their semester abroad in India, Nicole Plock and Alexandra Matthies learned about the beauty of the country and its people, but also about India’s struggle with waste management. Inspired by the leaves of the areca palm plant, used in India and elsewhere for its fruit, the batelnut, Plock and Matthies founded Arekapak, which develops sustainable packaging design.

The Lars Borchardt Group

A Paradigm Shift in Chemistry: Nanostructured Materials Without Waste

“It is not waste until it is wasted.” That’s Lars Borchardt’s motto. Together with his team of the Lars Borchardt Research Group at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Borchardt is trying to make chemistry more sustainable. Two of their major projects include conducting chemical reactions without solvent waste and using renewable resources and waste material to create energy storage.