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Research News
Withdrawal from Oil Sand Research?
April 2013In the course of the past weeks, the Helmholtz Alberta Initiative (HAI) has repeatedly made headlines in the media. There was talk about a complete withdrawal of the Helmholtz Association from the German-Canadian co-operation project. What is the truth behind the headlines? We provide answers.more
Research News
Germany Collects Time for Little Scientists
Children need time to make discoveries, so they can develop their curiosity, interests and talents from the very start. Therefore, in the context of the “Little Scientists’ Day” 2013, the foundation “Haus der kleinen Forscher” (“Little Scientists’ House”) calls upon Germany to give children as much time for research as possible and thus to support...more
Research News
Ideas 2020 – A Tour of Tomorrow’s World
Eagerly awaited and now formally opened under the eyes of more than 400 guests: on 13 March, the Helmholtz Association's exhibition "Ideas 2020 – A Tour of Tomorrow’s World" was officially opened at the Paul-Löbe-Haus in Berlin.more
In Brief
Higgs Increasingly Likely
It turns out to be increasingly probable that the elementary particle discovered in the past year is indeed the predicted Higgs boson. This is the result of new investigations conducted with the Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator at CERN under participation of the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY. However, further research is required...more
In Brief
Hydrogen Generation without CO2 Emissions
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is a partner in a seminal project aiming at CO2-free hydrogen generation out of methane. Hydrogen is excellent for storing and transporting energy, yet so far its generation entails the emission of the greenhouse gas CO2. A so-called liquid metal bubble column reactor is scheduled to be built in the...more

