Global Gender Gap Report 2024
<p>The Global Gender Gap Index annually benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and
Germany
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The cytokine factor
A group of genes help creating cytokines, which could either offer a protective cover against immunological diseases or else inflame them
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The key is hydrogen
Two German projects see hydrogen produced by solar power as the energy source of the future
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Deadly generosity
Eighty four nations may have agreed to ban the export of poisonous wastes, but major players in the trade like Germany could ruin the agreement even before it takes shape
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Green, but expensive
environment-technology is "nice to have but ugly to pay for', in the words of Peter Fritz, managing director of Preussag Noell, a German company which deals exclusively with green technology. His
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Checking fluid dynamics
Pipelines have to be continuously monitored and checked in order to estimate damage. Uptill now this was done by installing flowmeters inside the pipe. Now, using a technique developed by
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Language no bar
Good news for diplomats. This new machine will give them respite from interpreters
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Migraine cycle
New research on migraine headache shows that it follows a cyclical pattern. Discovering a pattern would help the sufferers anticipate such headaches and take pain relievers in advance to mitigate the
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Touchless and screenless
Germany has developed a new computer which projects an image of a pc desktop on a plain, flat background. Users select files and applications by holding their hand above the flat surface and pointing
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Hydrogen hopes
German engineers are transporting shiploads of hydrogen from Canada to Europe, where it will be harnessed as an alternate source of fuel and energy
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In a better mould
German researchers have hit upon a novel technique that converts waste plastics into multiple gains for steel industry