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The "Freedom of Science Act" minimises bureaucracy and strengthens international competitiveness in research. As of 2013, extramural research organisations in Germany will be given more autonomy and independent responsibility as regards their budgeting. After the Bundestag decision from 18 October 2012 and the positive statement from the...more

At the "Solar Fuels" institute of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), Prof. Dr Roel van de Krol and his team develop new material systems, which transform as efficiently as possible energy from sunlight into hydrogen. Hydrogen is a chemical storage for solar energy and is versatile as regards its application: within a fuel cell, it can...more

The most frequent form of adenoid tissue tumours, B-cell lymphomas, is characterised by a certain gene being overly active due to its misplaced position in the genetic material. Antibody producing B-cells propagate in the lymphoid organs' germinal centres. In doing so, they change also their genetic material to be able to combat new pathogens....more

A new etching technique creates three-dimensional micro structures in silicon, which can be used for processing light signals in telecommunication applications. Tailored optical materials control the fast transmission of light signals. Yet it is very laborious to imprint silicon with the required structure, because it has to be regular and precise...more

A part of a new data highway, the so-called "FAIR Tera Net" has been commissioned at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research GmbH. It connects high-performance computers at various research institutions and universities in Hessen and, in particular, is to provide data transmission for the future accelerator centre FAIR, which is...more