Research and technology

Am Leipziger Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie forschen zur Zeit circa 400 Top-Wissenschaftler aus aller Welt und unterschiedlichen Fachgebieten zur Frage nach dem Ursprung des Menschen. (2007)More ...

Germany is car country. Approximately 45 million private cars cruise German roads, and the trend points upward. (2006)More ...

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is an institution which conducts applied research in almost every area of science. In the early 1990s, a team of researchers in Erlangen, lead by Professor Karlheinz Brandenburg, invented the data compression process MP3. (2005)More ...

For centuries, the Ruhr region - the heartland of the Federal State of North-Rhine Westphalia - was defined by the coal and steel industries, giving rise to a unique culture of work and daily life. Now, with the structural transformation of the region, this traditional cultural identity is rapidly disappearing. (2005)More ...

The Young Scientists Contest is directed at young people up to the age of 21 who have an interest in Science, Mathematics and Technology. The film accompanies a group of young researchers to a state wide competition and shows how young people as well as schools and society profit from this form of furthering the rising generation in Scientific activities. (2003)More ...