Lush forest in the Caribbean

Regional Conference: Quality Infrastructure for Biodiversity and Climate Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean

Events, Latin America and the CaribbeanLaura López Fonseca, Caroline Jansen

May 19, 2022. Today, the National Metrology Institute of Germany (PTB) is launching the Regional Conference: Quality Infrastructure for Biodiversity and Climate Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean in close coordination with the Organization of American States (OAS), the Pan American Commission for Technical Standards (COPANT), the Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC) and the Inter-American…

Offshore wind turbine with the label Hydrogen Power

Green Hydrogen – a colorless gas with potential.

Asia, Climate change, EventsHariprasad Parambath, Ajoy Ramalingam, Sumit Argarwal, Sonja Brandes

Interdisciplinary collaboration between different sectors and nations The significant reduction of carbon dioxide emissions on our planet by 2050 is an important climate goal of countries worldwide. At the same time, a significant increase in fuel consumption is expected in emerging countries such as India in the coming years. In order to do justice to…

View of the river ganga

World Water Day 2022: Making the invisible visible

AsiaFranziska Wende

Today, 22 March, World Water Day is celebrated around the globe. Every year, a different aspect of the vital role of water in our daily lives is highlighted. In 2022, groundwater is the centre of attention. World Water Day will thus aim to make the invisible visible. But not only groundwater is invisible. There is…

German Federal Minister Svenja Schulze with representatives of African countries in front of the so-called BioNTainer.

Mobile containers for local COVID-19 vaccine production in Africa

Covid-19, Events, Sub-Saharan AfricaSaida Bunk, Christina Förg-Wimmer, Jana Schöppler

Expanding production capacities for vaccines is an important instrument to prevent and fight global pandemics. New approaches aimed toward finding solutions for local vaccine production are being provided by BioNTech through modular containers called “BioNTainer”. With this invention – the name being a cross between container and the company name BioNTech – COVID-19 vaccines will…

Drawing of a stylized globe with different people and the headline A World Without Quality Infrastructure

Envisioning the worst to prevent it

VideosSabine Thomas

This is the premise behind our Animatic A World Without Quality Infrastructure.We humans like to close our eyes to unpleasant topics. Nevertheless, we have spent the last few months creating a film that exemplifies some misfortunes. The solution to how such accidents can be avoided is provided in the animatic – it is a functioning…

A crumbling wall of concrete criss-crossed by steel bars

A future-ready material: Cement

Sub-Saharan AfricaSaskia Andreas; Jana Schöppler; Karin Vondeberg

Virtual training in cement testing Of all the urban structures due to be built in Africa by 2050, only 20 percent have been completed to date. In other words, 80 percent of the structures planned for the continent’s cities will be constructed within the next 30 years. What’s more, by the end of the century,…

Icon image, a cyber hand accesses a keyboard

SoSafe Cyber Security Training Campaign

DigitalAnne Höpfner

For many people around the world, the start of the coronavirus pandemic also marked the start of their experience in working from home. We at PTB’s International Cooperation group were no exception, nor were our partner institutions in the technical cooperation projects.This new situation sharpened our attitudes about the importance of information security and data…

Clean drinking water for Nicaragua — Project report published in the journal Scientific Reports

Latin America and the CaribbeanSonja Brandes, Ann-Kathrin Krekeler

We are proud to report that an article written by our partners in Nicaragua about our joint cooperation to improve water quality has been published in the journal Scientific Reports. Having this article published is a great success and we hope that it will help raise awareness of this important issue. Reliable water resources are…