Info about CNTR

CNTR is the abbreviation for:

Cluster for Natural and Technical Science
Arms Control Research.

Cluster means here,

that several bodies work together.

These are the bodies:

1. PRIF:
   PRIF is the abbreviation for
   Peace Research Institute Frankfurt.
    
2. TU Darmstadt:
   TU Darmstadt is the
   Technical University in Darmstadt.
    
3. JLU Gießen
   JLU Gießen is the
   Justus Liebig University in Gießen.

Frankfurt, Darmstadt, and Gießen

are cities in Germany.

There are many scientists at CNTR.

For example, from these areas:

• biology, 
   
• chemistry,
   
• physics, and
   
• politics.

The scientists do research together.

Research means:

Experts study a specific topic.

They want to discover something new.

The research of CNTR is about,

for example:

• Artificial Intelligence,
   
• 3D printing,
   
• weapons,
   
• rockets, and
   
• drones.

These are things

that are often used in wars.

CNTR wants to understand

how these things work.

CNTR also wants there to be fewer wars.

And there should be good arms control.

CNTR does a lot of research.

But it also has other tasks:

• It advises politicians.
   
• It talks to other scientists.
   
• It informs many people:
   
  • through the website, and
     
  • through the CNTR monitor.

The CNTR monitor is a magazine.

The magazine says

what was important in the year.

For example: new research results.

There is a new magazine every year.

CNTR receives money for research.

The money comes from the German Foreign Office.

This is a federal government agency.

But CNTR can decide for itself

what it wants to research.