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How Much Are You Contributing to Climate Change?

Precisely how do individuals, companies and institutions contribute to climate change? That is the question the climate model developed by Hannah Helmke and Dr. Sebastian Müller (pictured) of right. based on science answers.

LPJmL Model, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Biosphere Modeling to Feed the World

Using an innovative biosphere model, researchers at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) have determined that with agricultural reforms the earth can feed 10 billion people.

Falling Walls Lab New York

DWIH Recognizes Top Innovators of 2020

Robert Luo, Laurent Shiels and Kevin Zuo are the winners of the New York Falling Walls Lab. With this prize, the German Center for Research and Innovation and the Falling Walls Foundation honor the best entrepreneurs and early-career researchers worldwide from a list of highly-qualified applicants and competitors. Robert Luo will pitch his idea again at the Falling Walls Lab global finals, to be held online on November 9 to an audience of over 1,000 leading thinkers from across research, industry, government and civil society.

Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center

New Cancer Therapy Shows Success in Heidelberg

Founded in 2009, the Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center (HIT), part of the Heidelberg University Hospital, is pioneering carbon-ion cancer treatment.

inveox

Rethinking Cancer Pathology

The founders of inveox have developed a system to digitize, automate and connect pathology laboratories.

BioMedX

Hacking DNA Repair to Combat Cancer

Dr. Balca Mardin and her team of eight junior researchers at BioMedX in Heidelberg are investigating how drugs can target specific DNA repair pathways to prevent cancer.

German Innovation Tackles COVID-19

The world is waiting for a breakthrough vaccine against COVID-19. The German biotechs CureVac and BioNTech are among the companies leading these efforts.