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European Destination of Excellence

New European Destination of Excellence 2022 competition launched

Brussels (ots) - EU revamps the EDEN competition to award tourism sustainability pioneers Today, the European Commission launches the European Destination of Excellence (EDEN) 2022 competition. This initiative rewards the best achievements in sustainable tourism and green transition practices in smaller destinations across Europe. EDEN was first introduced by the ...

European Capital of Smart Tourism

EU launches European Capital of Smart Tourism 2022 competition / EU awards innovative, sustainable and accessible tourism paving the road to recovery

Brussels (ots) - Today, the European Commission launches the European Capital of Smart Tourism 2022 competition. This initiative rewards European cities for outstanding, innovative and sustainable tourism practices. The tourism sector plays a crucial role in generating growth and jobs in the EU, and still holds ...

Technische Universität München

THE Impact Rankings: TUM ranked number one in the world for innovation

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 22798 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36581/ NEWS RELEASE TUM ranked number one in the world for innovation New Impact Rankings announced by Times Higher Education In the THE Impact Rankings, the ...

Technische Universität München

Effects of climate change on nature visualized - Interview with Professor Annette Menzel on the idea of Green Warming Stripes

Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161 5403 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36528/ Interview with Professor Annette Menzel on the idea of Green Warming Stripes Effects of climate change on nature visualized To ...

Deutsche Hospitality

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Setting new benchmarks in the luxury hotel segment / Deutsche Hospitality adopts “Steigenberger Icons” brand to bring together a unique group of hotels

Technische Universität München

New early warning system for self-driving cars

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 25439 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36509/ NEWS RELEASE New early warning system for self-driving cars AI recognizes potentially critical traffic situations seven seconds in advance A team of researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) ...

Technische Universität München

6G Future Lab develops the next wireless communications generation

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 22798 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de Images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1601941 NEWS RELEASE “6G will be human-focused” Interview with Prof. Wolfgang Kellerer on the next wireless communications generation From hologram-based communications to remote-controlled surgical procedures – the 6G wireless standard will make many ...

Technische Universität München

How Grasslands respond to climate change - Effects of CO2 increase were already apparent in the past century

Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161 5403 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36504/ High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1601928 NEWS RELEASE Effects of CO2 increase were already apparent in the past ...

Technische Universität München

Superconducting coils for contactless power transmission in the kilowatt range

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center Phone: +49 89 289 10510 - e-mail: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36486/ High resolution image: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1601134 NEWS RELEASE Contactless high performance power transmission Superconducting coils for ...

Technische Universität München

TUM among top 50 universities in 10 subjects

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 22798 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36470/ NEWS RELEASE TUM among top 50 universities in 10 subjects New issue of QS World University Rankings by Subject The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is among the 50 best universities in the world both ...

dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH

Ansgar Haase to head dpa Brussels bureau / Verena Schmitt-Roschmann to become special correspondent in Berlin

European Association of E-Pharmacies (EAEP)

EAEP as a Driving Force and Think Tank: European Association of Online Pharmacies Repositions Itself

Brussels/Berlin (ots) - The leading association of European online pharmacies has a new board team, a new name and a new external image: Walter Hess, Head Germany in the Group Management of the Zur Rose Group and CEO of DocMorris N.V., is now president of the association and Stefan Feltens, CEO SHOP APOTHEKE EUROPE, ...

Technische Universität München

Artificial intelligence deciphers genetic instructions: Deep learning algorithms reveal the rules of gene regulation

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center Phone: +49 89 289 10510 - e-mail: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36455/ High resolution image: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1596818 NEWS RELEASE Artificial intelligence ...

Technische Universität München

New synthetic peptides could attenuate atherosclerosis

Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161 5403 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36446/ NEWS RELEASE New synthetic peptides could attenuate atherosclerosis Synthetic “mini” receptors block atherosclerosis Atherosclerosis, a lipid-triggered chronic inflammatory disease of our arteries, is the main cause of strokes and ...

Technische Universität München

Captured lithium: Neutrons show effective lithium and electrolyte distribution in lithium-ion cells

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center Phone: +49 89 289 10510 - e-mail: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36444/ High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1596251 NEWS RELEASE Captured lithium Neutrons show effective lithium and electrolyte distribution ...

Euroclear Holding, Euroclear Investments, Euroclear SA/NV

Euroclear: A robust performance in an exceptional year for financial markets

Brussels (ots/PRNewswire) - Euroclear reports results for the year ending 31 December 2020 Euroclear delivered a Stable Financial Performance - Operating income flat compared to FY 2019 at EUR 1430 million as strong business income growth offset the impact of lower interest rates o Business Income rose 12% to EUR 1280 million as continued support for clients throughout ...

Berlin Global Advisors GmbH

Berlin Global Advisors enters new practice areas and sectors with former Thyssenkrupp board member

Berlin (ots) - - Dr. Donatus Kaufmann, long-standing board member of Thyssenkrupp, joins the management team of Berlin Global Advisors (BGA) as Senior Partner as of February 3, 2021 - With Donatus Kaufmann, the renowned business and political consulting firm enters promising sectors such as strategic transformation, M&A and IPO advice as well as innovation management & ...

dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH

Helen Maguire new head of dpa’s English service

Technische Universität München

Largest database on Covid-19 measures available online

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 22798 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de NEWS RELEASE Largest database on Covid-19 measures available online 50,000 political decisions from 195 countries open to analysis An international research group has built the world’s largest database on political decisions related to the coronavirus pandemic. With CoronaNet data on ...

Technische Universität München

TUM's third “unicorn”

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 22798 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36419/ NEWS RELEASE TUM's third “unicorn” Start-up Personio valued at over 1 billion dollars For the third time, a company spun out of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has been valued by investors at 1 billion dollars or more. After Celonis and Lilium, ...

Technische Universität München

New Data about the structure of the Pyramid of Cheops - An interview with Prof. Christian Grosse about his pyramid research

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/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36418/ High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1592105 NEWS RELEASE An interview with Prof. ...

Technische Universität München

New technique delivers resolution improvement in ultrafast processes

Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 8161 5403 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36415/ NEWS RELEASE New technique delivers resolution improvement in ultrafast processes Clocking the movement of electrons inside an atom Ultrafast science is pursued at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). An international consortium of ...

IEVA (Independent European Vape Alliance)

E-Cigarettes flavours ban in the Netherlands endangers Public Health

Brussels (ots) - Around 65 percent of adult vapers in Europe use fruit or sweet liquids. [1] The variety of flavours is one of the most important reasons for smokers to switch to e-cigarettes and for vapers not to go back to smoking. Without paying attention to this fact, the Dutch State Secretary Paul Blokhuis has announced to ban all e-cigarette flavours except ...

Technische Universität München

Supercapacitors challenge batteries: graphene hybrid material reaches power density of batteries

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center Phone: +49 89 289 10510 - e-mail: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36404/ High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1586305 NEWS RELEASE Supercapacitors ...