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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

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

An international research team, including the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Munich and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, has found out that in some cases of dementia, dormant parts of the genetic material are erroneously translated into unusual proteins. These proteins form the core of hitherto mysterious accretions...more

Rotor blade edges slanting forward or backward and servo tabs redirecting the wind as needs be: such active technologies are being tested already in the aviation industry and now are to be implemented also in wind energy generation. Since 31 January 2013, the Federal Ministry for the Environment funds the German Aerospace Center and other partners...more

In mice, the composition of the intestinal flora influences the risk of contracting type 1 diabetes. Scientists at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Leipzig have worked with special mice, which are particularly prone to developing type 1 diabetes. Usually, females are more susceptible than males. Prior to the disease manifesting...more