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News and views on research at the Helmholtz Association - this is the place to look for all the press releases issued by the Helmholtz Association Research Centres. A comfortable search function helps you to view specific news items from the Helmholtz Research Centres in chronological order. Older press releases since 2003 can be found in our archive or on the website of the relevant Helmholtz Research Centre.

At present only a selection of press releases is available in English - switch to the German version with the topmost navigation bar for a complete overview.

 

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03. February 2012

Project NEOShield: Asteroid defence systems

It is not entirely clear when exactly the last major asteroid impact on Earth occurred. But there are plenty of examples of impact craters, such as the Nördlinger Ries in Bavaria.

Project NEOShield: Asteroid defence systems

02. February 2012

Mars Express: A dark spot on Mars - Syrtis Major

Amateur astronomers who on occasion observe Mars through the eyepiece of their telescopes are quite familiar with the region of Syrtis Major; when observing conditions are good, it can be easily identified as a dark spot on Mars.

Mars Express: A dark spot on Mars - Syrtis Major

02. February 2012

Auch saubere Kohleverbrennung beeinflusst das Klima

KIT-Klimaforscher untersuchen, wie sich feinste Partikel (Aerosole) aus Kraftwerksabgasen auf Wolken und Niederschlag auswirken.

Auch saubere Kohleverbrennung beeinflusst das Klima

31. January 2012

20 years of DESY in Brandenburg

On 1 January 1992, the GDR Institute of High-Energy Physics was officially unified with the Hamburg research centre DESY. Today, the 20th anniversary of this fruitful research unification was celebrated in Zeuthen with a symposium, with about 300 DESY staff members and guests.

20 years of DESY in Brandenburg

30. January 2012

Defects in the packaging of genetic material in malignant brain tumors

Glioblastomas are regarded as particularly aggressive brain tumors. In children with glioblastoma, Heidelberg scientists have now discovered genetic alterations that affect the function of DNA packaging proteins known as histones. In a cell, histones serve as coils around which the DNA wraps. At the same time, histones regulate gene activity. Mutations in histone genes have never before been tied to a disease. The group comprising scientists of the German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg University Hospitals and McGill University in Canada have now reported their findings in Nature.

Defects in the packaging of genetic material in malignant brain tumors

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