DFG Europa-Preis awarded to 3 young winners of national 'Jugend forscht' competition

Mentors to help young researchers prepare for EU competition in Prague

07-Jun-2013 - Three young researchers had two reasons to celebrate at this year's awards ceremony for Germany's "Jugend forscht" competition in Leverkusen. Not only did the young researchers place first in their respective fields, they were also awarded the Europa-Preis of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ...

MAK value lowered for chlorinated biphenyls

07-Aug-2012 - Chlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a group of substances for which the 2012 List of MAK and BAT Values submitted by the Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) specifies ...

Formation of the smallest droplet of acid

New reaction mechanism at ultracold temperatures

22-Jun-2009 - Exactly four water molecules and one hydrogen chloride molecule are necessary to form the smallest droplet of acid. This was the result of work by the groups of Prof. Dr. Martina Havenith (physical chemistry) and Prof. Dr. Dominik Marx (theoretical chemistry) within the research group FOR 618. ...

PICO and SALVE: Understanding the subatomic world better

DFG-funded instrumentation enables world-class research in electron microscopy

22-Dec-2008 - Two new high-resolution transmission electron microscopes, co-financed by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), are set to open up new opportunities for research in physics and materials science. The new research microscopes at RWTH Aachen University and the ...

Making cars and airplanes cheaper, safer and more efficient

DFG funds 2 major instruments to test components made of fiber-reinforced composites

11-Nov-2008 - Two novel testing facilities for materials research will be provided to the Technical University of Braunschweig and Hamburg University of Technology by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation). For the first time in a university environment, these two major ...

DFG presents the 2006 MAK and BAT value list

Focus on health protection during pregnancy

21-Jul-2006 - The Senate Commission of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) on the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area has presented the 2006 Maximum Allowable Concentrations (Maximale Arbeitsplatzkonzentrationen - MAK) and Biological ...