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DAAD Research Grants; Doctoral Programmes; Germany - DolPages DAAD offers research grants to young foreign academics and scientists with an opportunity to carry out research and continue their education in Germany. This programme is intended to support doctoral projects in Germany. Eligibility: Applicant must be excellently-qualified young academics and scient...

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Big Bang, Deflated? Universe May Have Had No Beginning If a new theory turns out to be true, the universe may not have started with a bang. In the new formulation, the universe was never a singularity, or an infinitely small and infinitely dense point of matter. "Our theory suggests that the age of the universe could be infinite," said study co-author S…