German Center for Research and Innovation – DWIH opens in New York

by Michael Weiss
On February 19 a new home for both German and American students, scientists, and industry professionals was created in New York. The German Center for Research & Innovation (DWIH Deutsches Wissensafts- und Innovationshaus), a new organization designed to strengthen ties between German researchers and their American counterparts, was officially opened by visiting dignitaries [...]

US and German Scientists honored

Washington, DC, February 25, 2010 – Complementary approaches to Alzheimer’s research were recognized as four scientists received the prestigious MetLife Foundation Awards for Medical Research in Alzheimer’s Disease in Washington, D.C. during a scientific briefing and luncheon. Edward H. Koo, M.D., professor of neuroscience at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, [...]

ThinkSwiss Scolarship for Climate Change

The Exchange tells the story of Katie Paige, a U.S. university student who received a ThinkSwiss scholarship last year to work on a research project at a Swiss university. This year ThinkSwiss will again select 15 talented and motivated U.S. students to study in Switzerland as recipients of the 2010 ThinkSwiss Research Scholarship. Interested? The [...]

Grammys for 3 Austrians

A Grammy, was posthumously awarded to Austrian jazz legend Joe Zawinul for his album “75″ in the category “Best Contemporary Jazz Album”.
One day I heard a pianist play `Honeysuckle Rose,’ … and I was hooked. I said, `What is that?’ He said, `jazz,’ which was a word I had never heard, and I asked [...]

Leonardo DiCaprio in NRDC PSA

Unlike the US, Germany has been a forerunner in striving to become the world’s first major renewable-energy economy. Scientists from the University of Kassel have proved in an experiment called Kombikraftwerk that Germany can power itself entirely by renewable energy!
Austria, granted a considerably smaller country than the US, has been going green for years and does not [...]