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New Helmholtz Institute for Battery Research
Federal Research Minister Prof. Dr Annette Schavan and the prime minister of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg Stefan Mappus spoke at the HIU's inauguration event on 17 January 2011. Photo: Andreas DrollingerThe Helmholtz Association systematically develops research on electrochemical and other storage options and thus bundles the competencies available in Germany. In this spirit, the new Helmholtz Institute for Electrochemical Energy Research in Ulm (HIU) has now started its work after its establishment at the end of 2010 by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Ulm. Associate partners are the German Aerospace Centre and the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research...more
Gene Variant Protects Against High Cholesterol
Cardiovascular diseases are the most common cause of death in Germany and often are traced back to heightened levels of cholesterol in the bloodstream. These in turn usually are due to an unhealthy diet. But what is the reason for some people displaying higher levels of cholesterol in their blood although they eat just as healthily or unhealthily...more
Listening to Life Underneath the Ice
Listening to what happens underneath the Antarctic ice shelf via internet livestream: For over five years already, this is made possible by the Alfred Wegener Institute's underwater acoustic observatory PALAOA. The world-wide longest civilian acoustic collection of data allows for insights into distribution areas and migration of marine mammals...more
South Pole: The World's Largest Neutrino Telescope
After almost six years of construction, the neutrino telescope "IceCube" now is completed. The world's largest particle detector was created at the South Pole in a cubic kilometre of ice interspersed with optical sensors. They capture traces of neutrinos from outer space in order to obtain information on distant galaxies. Neutrinos often...more
Starting Shot for the new "Centre for Structural Systems Biology"
In the future, infection researchers and physicists in the North of Germany jointly hunt for pathogenic germs: Scientifically coordinated by the HZI, the new "Centre for Structural Systems Biology" (CSSB) is being built on the DESY campus. The interdisciplinary centre including partners from various universities and research institutions from...more
