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With their submarine instrument platform "ROMP", Dr Warner Brückmann and his team from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel made second place in the 2012 “Ideenwettbewerb” ideas competition and received prize money totalling 3,000 Euro. The special award "Nanotechnology" went to Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mady Elbahri from...more

At the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Dr Christiane Becker is establishing a new BMBF Young Investigators Group. The aim of the research work is to develop nano and micro-structure silicon building elements for applications in the fields of photovoltaics and photonics. The focus is on the production of new optical building elements made of thin layers...more

The Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM) will receive funding from the Dietmar Hopp Foundation for another five years. The HI-STEM was established in October 2008 by the Foundation and the German Cancer Research Center with the aim of rendering results from stem cell research fit for application in...more

Dr Kenneth Beyerlein from the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY was awarded the Young Scientist Award by the European Powder Diffraction Conference (EPDIC). He received the award for his outstanding work in researching nano materials. Every two years, EPDIC distinguishes a young researcher for his or her special achievements in the field of...more

The Chamber of Industry and Commerce distinguished the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) as an exemplary enterprise in the provision of vocational education and training. Over the course of the past 20 years, the centre has provided vocational education and training for about 180 young women and men, 80 per cent of which have finished...more