MPS/CAS Partner Group on Radio Astronomy

The Partner Group does research on cosmic magnetic fields using radio astronomy methods. Magnetic fields are found in every astronomical object: the Earth, the Sun,planets, stars, pulsars, the Milky Way,nearby galaxies and in distant radio galaxies. The role of the magnetic fields in the cosmic universe has not been well investigated, mainly because of the difficulties of their observation.     

MPS/CAS Partner Group on Geometric Analysis

The Partner Group works on topics in geometric analysis in cooperation with the corresponding research group at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig.     

MPS/CAS Partner Group on Nanostructured Materials

As one of the first Partner Groups which were initiated to foster scientific exchange and interaction between the Max Pianck Society (MPS) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the Partner Group led by Lu Ke was established on April 1, 1999.During the past five years, the group has received substantial support from the CAS for equipment and from the MPS for personnel and travel expenses. Extensive and productive collaborations between the research staff and students of the Partner Group with several professors (departments) in the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research (MPI-MF) have led to significant advances in synthesis,mechanical properties, melting and superheating of nanostructured metals. The research is well recognized internationally and a substantial number of publications in high quality, peer-reviewed journals (including Science and Physical Review Letters) have resulted.     

MPS/CAS Partner Group on Nanotechnology in Catalysis

The first contact between Bao Xinhe and the Fritz Haber Institute (FHI) of the Max Planck Society goes back to 1989, when he was a Humboldt Scholarship holder in Germany. He worked at the FHI with Gerard Ertl on the surface and catalytic properties of Ag-cluster until 1995, when he returned to China and joined the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The cooperation with the FHI continued in 2000, when a Partner Group was established under the leadership of Robert Schlogl and Bao Xinhe.     

MPS/CAS Partner Group on Interfacial and Amorphous Structures in Advanced Ceramics

The scientific work of the Partner Group is aiming to comprehend the fundamental properties of internal interfaces that play a key role in the microstructure development and in the thermal, mechanical, and functional properties of ceramics.     

MPS/CAS Partner Groups in China

MPS/CAS Partner Groups have become an important backbone of Sino-German collaboration, and they are considered to function as a nucleus for defining topics for the envisaged next generation of cooperation - as seen from the following reports and future plans.     

MPS/CAS Partner Group on the Development of Mechanical Knowledge in China

China's long and continuous cultural tradition offers scholars the special opportunity for cross-cultural studies in the long-term development of science. The Partner Group focuses on an exemplary case of such long-term development, the development of mechanical knowledge in China from antiquity to the early modern period.     

An MPG/CAS Partner Group Set Up at USTC

The Max Planck Society (MPG) and CAS have recently decided to set up a partner group at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), which is located in Hefei,capital of east China's Anhui Province.     

Prospects of CAS/MPS Cooperation

In the next 20 years, collaboration between the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (MPS) will meet with great strategic opportunities. We should seek the chance to innovatively improve our cooperation. This could include further improvement of the mechanisms,expansion of areas, actively seeking new patterns, and strengthening our research on science and technology foresight.     

MPS/CAS Cooperation on Solid State Chemistry

The cooperation between Zhao Jingtai and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids was initiated immediately after the research field Inorganic Chemistry (headed by Rüdiger Kniep) started its work in Dresden. The first contact was established when Zhao Jingtai came from the Xiamen University as a Max Planck fellow. At that time, the chemistry of the intermetallic compounds of rare-earth metals was chosen as a topic of joint investigations with Yuri Grin. Later, the solid state chemistry of the borophosphates was added to the program of concerted research in the group of Zhao Jingtai and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids.     

MPG, CAS Set Up a New Partner Group

Max Planck Society (MPG) and CAS recently set up a Partner Group on First-Principles Theory of High-pressure Oxidation Catalysis at the CAS Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP).     

CAS/MPS partner group makes fruitful achievements

After five years of development, a partner group between CAS and Max Planck Society （MPS） on interfacial and amorphous structure in advanced ceramics has scored encouraging progress, commented members of the Scientific Advisory Board of the group, which convened on 15 April in Shanghai.     

CAS releases 2007 Science and Society Series

The 2007 Science and Society Series of CAS, consisting of reports on scientific progress, high-tech advancements and sustainable development, has been off the press.     

CAS and MPS Celebrate the 30~(th) Anniversary of Cooperation in Germany

Berlin witnesses agrand reunionbetween Chi-nese and German scien-tists to commemorate the30th anniversary of the re-warding cooperation be-tween the Chinese Acad-emy of Sciences (CAS)and Max Planck Society(MPS) in Germany. A se-ries of celebrations wereheld on Nov. 8 and 9, 2004to mark this historicmoment, not only renewing oldfriendships but also seeking newapproaches to higher quality ofcollaboration.The jubilee program began onNov. 8 with a Sino-German forumtitled Networking for Sci…     

Space Science at CAS in Retrospect and Prospect

<正>Space science is devoted to the studies of natural phenomena, whether physical, astronomical, chemical or biological,     

Science and gender： Elite female scientists at CAS

Though female physicists and chemists were rare in the lab generations ago, more and more women in China have been diving into fields of scientific study used to be dominated by men. To show how they have progressed in recent years, our staff reporter XIN Ling, shares with you the success stories of three leading female scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.     

CAS President elected member of German Academy of Science and Engineering

A letter from co-presidents of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) informed CAS President BAI Chunli, a well-known chemist and leading scientist in nanoscience, that he was elected a member of acatech at its general assembly held on October 18, 2011. Studying and working at the CAS Institute of Chemistry for more than three     

BP Group and CAS institute to co-establish an energy lab in Dalian

The CAS Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics(DICP)and BP Group will join efforts to set up an Energy Innovation Laboratory(BP- DICP EIL)at DICP.The agreement for the new initiative was signed by DICP Director ZHANG Tao and BP Group Vice President Tony Meggs on 5 December,2007 in Dalian. According to the agreement, BP will donate $3 million to the new lab,which will be part of the forthcoming National Laboratory for Clean Energy Sources.In addition,the company promises to annually contribute no less than ...     

BP Group and CAS institute to co-establis an energy lab in Dalian

The CAS Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics （DICP） and BP Group will join efforts to set up an Energy Innovation Laboratory （BP-DICP ElL） at DICP. The agreement for the new initiative was signed by DICP Director ZHANG Tao and BP Group Vice President Tony Meggs on 5 December, 2007 in Dalian.     

Winners of CAS 2010 Award for Int'l Cooperation in Science and Technology

CAS announced the winners of its 2010 Award for International Cooperation in Science and Technology on January 27,2011 at the closing ceremony of its annual conference.Prof.Aikichi IWAMOTO,Prof.Stephen Porter and Prof.G.Q.Max Lu were honored for their outstanding contributions. Established in 2007,the Award is aimed to recognize eminent efforts by foreign scholars and