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Plansecur KG

Lamia Messari-Becker is named “Thought Leader 2024“

Universität Mannheim

New Ways for a Compromise in Migration Policy

New Ways for a Compromise in Migration Policy The German populations’ immigration policy preferences are more nuanced than commonly understood and it is possible to bring together contrasting views. This is shown in a current study of sociologists and political scientists of the University of Mannheim and New York University. Migration is an increasingly dominating topic in politics and is discussed with increasing ...

PreZero Stiftung & Co. KG

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Press release: PreZero publishes first Sustainability Report

Technische Universität München

Agricultural Policy: Decoupled direct payments make agriculture more productive

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH PRESS RELEASE Analysis of subsidies in the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy Decoupled direct payments make agriculture more productive - Farmers adapt successfully to market developments with decoupling. - Despite higher productivity, there is no increase in the environmental impact. - Decoupling might be a way to meeting the growing ...

RSD Reise Service Deutschland GmbH

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THOSE WHO TRAVEL WITH RSD PROTECT PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN PARTICULAR / RECOGNITION FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM

Technische Universität München

Sustainability Awards of the Nobel Sustainability Trust and TUM presented for the first time

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH NEWS RELEASE Research on energy and climate change economy honored First Sustainability Awards supported by the Nobel Sustainability Trust presented - Sustainability award jointly with TUM - First prize winners are Elena Bou and Lord Nicholas Stern - Up to 1.3 million Swedish kronor awarded annualy For the first time, the Nobel ...

Technische Universität München

Climate research: How the Greenland ice sheet can still be saved

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH NEWS RELEASE Climate research: New findings on temperature tipping points How the Greenland ice sheet can be saved Climate researchers around the world are sounding the alarm about exceeding critical temperature values on the Earth. If temperatures pass what are called tipping points, the results could be catastrophic. An international ...

Technische Universität München

Minimizing antibiotics usage: “The key starting point is animal health”

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH PRESS RELEASE Interview with Prof. Julia Steinhoff-Wagner on antibiotic resistance “The key starting point is animal health” - New research project at TUM addresses the minimization of antibiotics in poultry farming - Healthy animals are the most important precondition for reducing the administration of antibiotics - Transfer of ...

dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH

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dpa publishes first sustainability report - mobility biggest source of CO2

Erste Foundation

“Time to Decide Europe Summit 2023”: Over 300 guests to attend high-level conference organised by ERSTE Foundation and IWM

Vienna (ots) - Today, Tuesday 16 May 2023, ERSTE Foundation is hosting the Time To Decide Europe Summit 2023 in cooperation with the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM). 15 leading European intellectuals are developing propositions and debating possible solutions for the future of Europe given the crises we are ...

WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management

Should Employees Be Allowed to Choose Their Own Teammates?

Technische Universität München

Livestream today - Survey on online hate faced by female EU parliamentarians

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH NEWS RELEASE Presentation and discussion with EU Commissioner Helena Dalli – livestreamed today Survey on online hate faced by female EU parliamentarians Women who are politically active in social media are frequently targeted by online hate speech. The extent and causes of this form of misogyny as well as possible countermeasures will ...

Technische Universität München

Position paper: “ChatGPT can lead to greater equity in education”

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH NEWS RELEASE Position paper outlines opportunities for schools and universities “ChatGPT can lead to greater equity in education” • Interdisciplinary position paper on opportunities and risks of language models in education • Personalized use of applications could bring about individual improvement for learners • Artificial ...

Technische Universität München

Autonomous driving: New algorithm distributes risk fairly

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH NEWS RELEASE Software makes more ethically differentiated decisions Autonomous driving: New algorithm distributes risk fairly - Software doesn't just divide situations into either/or - Engineering and social sciences drive autonomous driving forward - Algorithm will also be tested on the road in the future Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed autonomous ...

News Direct

VectorBuilder vant førstepremie i et viktig oppfinnelseskonkurranse

Chicago, IL (ots) - --News Direct-- VectorBuilder Inc. – en global leder innen teknologier for genlevering – kunngjorde at deres FoU- og produksjonssenter i Guangzhou vant konkurransen i den syvende "Chuangke Innovation and Entrepreneurship Global Competition" som ble holdt i Hangzhou, Kina. Denne konkurransen blir ansett å være meget innflytelsesrik og og er en av de største i Kina. Den dekker bedrifter i vekst ...

Technische Universität München

Tumors: forecasting the risks of brain surgery

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 18198 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: http://go.tum.de/619311 Pictures: http://go.tum.de/010709 - http://go.tum.de/959985 - http://go.tum.de/098359 - http://go.tum.de/754050 - http://go.tum.de/109729 Accurately predicting possible post-surgical effects on speech Tumors: forecasting the risks of brain surgery ...

Technische Universität München

Start-ups dominated by men

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICHCorporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 22798 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de NEWS RELEASE Start-ups dominated by men Study reveals extent of gender inequality in start-up landscape Women are significantly underrepresented in German and French start-ups, especially in technical industries. This applies to both founders and employees, as a study from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in collaboration with the Roland ...

Universität Mannheim

Refugee Researcher from Russia to Conduct Research at the University of Mannheim

Refugee Researcher from Russia to Conduct Research at the University of Mannheim The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved the integration of a Russian refugee researcher into the research group “Reconfiguration and Internalization of Social Structure (RISS)” for three years. For security reasons she wishes to remain anonymous. Professor Richard ...

Technische Universität München

More wheat for global food security: Utilizing substantial genetic potential for higher yields

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161 5403 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/37551 High resolution image: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1655486 NEWS RELEASE More wheat for global food ...

Technische Universität München

Heat-lovers are the lucky ones - Researchers show population trends of native insects

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICHCorporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161 5403 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/37449 High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1660497 NEWS RELEASE Heat-lovers are the lucky ones: Insects and climate change 40 years of conservation ...

Technische Universität München

Same symptom – different cause? Algorithms help to distinguish diseases at the molecular level

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161 5403 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/37411 High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1659820 NEWS RELEASE Same symptom – different cause? Algorithms help to distinguish diseases at the ...

Technische Universität München

Role of vegetation in reducing thermal stress in urban areas

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161 5403 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/37391 NEWS RELEASE Urban greenery: not only trees are important Role of vegetation in reducing thermal stress in urban areas Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) conducted a multi-year empirical ...

Technische Universität München

Vaccination campaign messages often prove ineffective

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICHCorporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 22798 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de NEWS RELEASE Vaccination campaign messages often prove ineffective Study in eight countries demonstrates barriers for communications on Covid-19 Conventional vaccination campaign messages often miss their targets. A study in eight European countries shows that information on the benefits of ...

Technische Universität München

Interview: Prof. Asseng discusses vertical farming as an innovative concept for agricultural crop production

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161 71 6127 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/37326 High resolution image: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1655486 NEWS RELEASE “Vertical farming will play ...