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Newly Established: Helmholtz Institute Freiberg
Underground group photo during the founding event. From left to right: Minister of Science for the Federal State of Saxony Sabine von Schorlemer, Bernd Meyer, Vice-Chancellor of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Federal Minister of Education and Research Annette Schavan, President of the Helmholtz Association Jürgen Mlynek, Jens Gutzmer, Director of the Helmholtz Institute, HZDR Scientific Director Roland Sauerbrey, Prime Minister of the Federal State of Saxony Stanislaw Tillich. Photo: TU Bergakademie Freiberg/Lutz WeidlerOn 29 August 2011, founding director Prof. Dr Jens Gutzmer received a symbolic silver key from the hands of Federal Research Minister Prof. Dr Annette Schavan and the Prime Minister of the Federal State of Saxony, Stanislaw Tillich. This event marked the official establishment of the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology. It is located on the campus of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg as a branch institute of the Helmholtz Centre Dresden-Rossendorf.
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New Material for Fast Data Storage Developed
Scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), in cooperation with colleagues from France and the United Kingdom, have developed a material displaying both ferroelectric and ferromagnetic characteristics at room temperature, thus making it "multiferroic". For this reason, an electric field can also indirectly influence the magnetisation. more
Looking at Deeper Layers
Physical properties of solid materials are based on electronic conditions inside the material. An international research team including the Research Centre Jülich now achieved investigation of these conditions in hitherto unfathomed depth. For their measurements the researchers from Germany, the USA and Japan used the well-established method of...more
Biofilms for Cancer Therapy
Salmonella not only make us sick – they also feature a characteristic that makes them very interesting for cancer medicine: The germs infiltrate tumours and kill tumour cells. Scientists from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) now found out that salmonella bacteria form so-called biofilms within the tumour in reaction to assaults...more
Metabolism to Display Gender-Specific Characteristics
Research on the metabolic profile of blood revealed significant differences between men and women: This leads scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München to deduce a need for gender-specific treatments. The differences affect 101 of the 131 examined metabolic compounds in the blood serum in more than 3,000 test persons participating in the...more
Strukturing Active Ingredient Research
Increasing development costs in the pharmaceutical industry caused active ingredient research to stagnate for a considerable time now. Yet these days, new active ingredients are more necessary than ever before as chronic and complex diseases as well as infection diseases that are almost impossible to treat occur more and more often. Together with...more
Largest German Scientist Opinion Survey on Media Contacts
Differences between the Disciplines The survey allows for a direct comparison of attitudes and experiences of scientists from different disciplines. It is intended to provide answers to questions, such as: In how far do the various scientific disciplines differ as regards their relationship with the media? Is media presence supportive of a...more
