Research and Education News
May 11, 2012
| Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
After more than ten years of work by more than 200 scientists and engineers, the MIRI instrument, which will fly on the James Webb Space Telescope (successor to the Hubble Space Telescope) is ready to be shipped to Nasa. MIRI, a pioneering camera and spectrograph, is so sensitive it could see a candle on one of Jupiter's moons. Key components of MIRI have been designed and built at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg.
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May 8, 2012
| Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Their very small displays sometimes make smartphones difficult to operate. In the future, a projector developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering (IOF) in Jena will help: if the cell phone is standing on a table, for instance, it can project a large-format display onto the table surface.
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May 4, 2012
| Deutsche Welle
The European Space Agency is preparing a mission to explore Jupiter and its moons. JUICE will launch in 2022 in search of liquid water that could contain life.
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May 3, 2012
| FONA, German Embassy New Delhi
Germany invites young international scientists working on projects related to sustainable development to apply for “Green Talents - The International Forum for High-Potentials in Sustainable Development”. The last date for submitting applications is 10 June, 2012.
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Apr 30, 2012
| Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences - GFZ
For submarine earthquakes that can generate tsunamis, the warning time for nearby coastal areas is very short. Using high-precision analysis of GPS data from the Fukushima earthquake of 11 March 2011, scientists at the German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ showed that, in principle, the earthquake magnitude and the spatial distribution can be determined in just over three minutes, allowing for a rapid and detailed tsunami early warning.
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