Since the restriction of scientific freedom under the Trump administration, the University of Bremen and the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) in Bremerhaven have begun to secure data sets from the USA on the Pangaea platform. According to the institutions, the initial focus is on historical data sets on earthquakes and hot springs from the National […]
The EU Commission wants to attract more scientists from all over the world to the EU with half a billion euros. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a €500 million program called “Choose Europe” during a speech at the Sorbonne University in Paris. This aims to turn Europe into a magnet for researchers between […]
After four years of waiting, Switzerland has reached an agreement with the EU that will allow its researchers to participate in the EU research and innovation program Horizon Europe on an equal footing. Shortly before Christmas, Brussels and Bern had announced that they had reached an agreement in several areas – including food safety, electricity, […]
The latest publication by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), “Research Nation China: Partner, Competitor and Systemic Rival,” which was published on Tuesday, criticizes the pure self-regulation of individual scientific institutions and universities on Sino-German research cooperation as inefficient and dangerous.It states: “The current research safety approach in Germany relies on self-regulation, which has led to […]
A reliable energy supply is also possible without baseload power plants. This is the result of a joint study by the German science academies as part of the “Energy Systems of the Future” (ESYS) project. Given that the funding policy focuses on baseload technologies – for example, the funding of fusion research – the result […]
In Washington, D.C., there’s an atmosphere of defeat among Democrats, while Republicans are celebrating in Palm Beach. At 2:30 a.m. Eastern Time (8:30 a.m. German time), Donald Trump addressed his supporters in his home state of Florida. Surrounded by family and supporters, Trump declared victory after CNN called the critical swing state of Pennsylvania in […]
Mr. Cramer, the Max Planck Society and the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) have maintained scientific-diplomatic relations for 50 years. A Chinese delegation recently visited Berlin to celebrate the anniversary. What was the meeting like?Monday’s meeting with 120 Chinese colleagues was not only productive and professional, but also cordial. A rapprochement after the pandemic. CAS […]
Unlike German ministers, politicians with ministerial rank have a limited travel quota in the People’s Republic of China. This is also the case for Hou Jianguo, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and member of the Chinese Central Committee. This often results in diplomatic exchanges being limited to a few days, with a […]
For his new report “Transparency and Integrity Risks in China’s Research Ecosystem,” China analyst and linguist Jeffrey Stoff has compiled examples and evidence of scientific misconduct. They are intended to show that and, above all, how China – presumably as part of its geopolitical strategy to become the world’s leading scientific nation – systematically and […]
The timing of the publication of the new academy paper on nuclear fusion is debatable. The quality of the impulse paper “Nuclear fusion as a building block for a climate-neutral energy supply? Opportunities, challenges, time horizons” should have generated more attention than is presumably possible during the summer months. This is because the well-founded stocktaking […]