Press releases
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.
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| 13. January 2012 | Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences |
Drilling around the globe
On 15 January the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP heads into a new round. About a dozen proposals for drilling projects to explore our planet have been filed for the year 2012. Professor Brian Horsfield of the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences is the new Chairman of the Executive Committee.
| 13. January 2012 | Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research |
Cancer Research Award for HZI Scientist
January 16th, 2012: Lars Zender receives Johann-Georg-Zimmermann Award. Another award, the Johann-Georg-Zimmermann Medal, endowed with 5 000 Euro, was given to Prof. Dr. Peter Krammer from the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ) in Heidelberg. Both awards are annually donated by the Deutsche Hypothekenbank. The Johann-Georg-Zimmermann Award distinguishes junior scientists for their current research projects, while the Johann-Georg-Zimmermann Medal recognizes the lifetime ...
| 13. January 2012 | Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY |
The world's smallest magnetic data storage unit
Scientists from IBM and the German Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) have built the world's smallest magnetic data storage unit. It uses just twelve atoms per bit, the basic unit of information, and squeezes a whole byte (8 bit) into as few as 96 atoms. A modern hard drive, for comparison, still needs more than half a billion atoms per byte. The team present their work in the weekly journal "Science" this Friday (13 January 2012). CFEL is a joint venture of the research centre Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY in Hamburg, the Max-Planck-Society (MPG) and the University of Hamburg. "With CFEL the partners have established an innovative institution on the DESY campus, delivering top-level research across a broad spectrum of disciplines," says DESY research director Edgar Weckert.
| 12. January 2012 | Helmholtz Zentrum München- German Research Center for Environmental Health |
New Institute for Allergy Research set up at Helmholtz Zentrum München under the direction of Prof. Carsten Schmidt-Weber
Neuherberg, 12.01.2012. Prof. Carsten Schmidt-Weber has taken up his position as Director of the new Institute for Allergy Research at the Helmholtz Zentrum München, with effect from 1 January 2012. Prior to his appointment, he led the “Allergy and Environment” clinical cooperation group, a joint undertaking between the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technical University of Munich (TUM). He currently holds the chair of Molecular Allergology at the Medical Faculty of TUM. With this latest...
| 12. January 2012 | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) |
Combining Theories and Experiments in Quantum Theory
KIT Grants 2011 Julius Wess Award to Guido Altarelli
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