Research News
A Brain-like Computer
Axon sequences in a mouse's brain. Photo: Amunts, Zilles, Axer et. al./Forschungszentrum JülichWith all its components and functions, the human brain continues to baffle science. Even supercomputers can hardly keep up in face of the brain’s data transfer and processing capacities and its low energy consumption. In order to at least technologically approximate this performance and to learn more about how the brain works, how diseases of the nervous system originate and how they can be treated, more and more scientists put their bet on simulating the brain.more
New Cosmic Radiation Detectors
Since 2008, Dr Tim Huege and his Helmholtz Young Investigators Group at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) develop innovative detectors for the more detailed observation of cosmic radiation. The radiation particles are atomic nuclei hitting the Earth's atmosphere with in part high levels of energy. Although they have already been observed...more
The Greatest Breakthroughs 2012
The Helmholtz Association was involved in three of the ten most important scientific breakthroughs in 2012: the discovery of the Higgs boson (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY), the development of a thought-controlled robotic arm (German Aerospace Center) and the first decoding of a biological structure by means of a free-electron laser (DESY).more
More Pesticides In Spite of Genetic Engineering
As regards the utilisation and evaluation of pesticides, several aspects are currently subject to a controversy: the use of genetically engineered cultivated plants and the prognostic quality of public authority risk assessment for the protection of the environment.
Without doubt, the use of genetically engineered cultivated plants that are...more
Focus on Doctorate
The ninth Helmholtz Juniors meeting took place in January at the Institute of Biomaterial Science of the Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht and at the Helmholtz Office in Berlin. The presence of 33 doctoral candidate representatives from 16 centres, 16 courses of study and 12 countries provided for an interdisciplinary and diverse meeting basis. The...more
Technology Transfer 02/2013
The first Innovation Days and the Research Day with Roche have proved to be a successful format. Moreover the Helmholtz Association supports three new spin-off projects and three research projects which have the potential for a promising economic exploitation.more
