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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08 May 2013, Forschungszentrum Jülich
Choosing suitable wall materials is one of the key challenges in constructing future fusion reactors. More than 200 scientists will meet in Jülich on 13–17 May to discuss which materials are best able to withstand the extreme conditions in vacuum vessels. The results of the conference organized by Forschungszentrum Jülich will be incorporated into the planning of the ITER fusion reactor, for example, which represents the next big step in fusion research. A decision is due to be made this year on lining the ITER vacuum vessel.
07 May 2013, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Jürgen Wehland Prize announced for the third time / Prize money 5 000 €, application until 1 August. As in the previous years, the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig and the Friends of the HZI are going to honour an excellent young researcher in the field of infection biology. The award was established in 2011 in memory of the former Scientific Director of the HZI, Professor Jürgen Wehland. The Jürgen Wehland Prize includes prize money of 5,000 Euros and will ...
06 May 2013, Forschungszentrum Jülich
Forschungszentrum Jülich will be conducting experiments from 19 to 22 June that will be the largest of their kind in the world – and is still looking for participants. The movements of up to 1,000 pedestrians will be recorded each day on the grounds of Messe Düsseldorf. The aim of the experiment is to achieve a better understanding of the internal dynamics of large groups of people in order to improve safety at large public events.
06 May 2013, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Three-dimensional magnetic vortices were discovered by scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) together with colleagues from the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) within the scope of an international cooperation. The results were published in the scientific journal Physical Review Letters. Vortex states are potential antennas for the ultrafast, wireless data transmission of tomorrow.
06 May 2013, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
A team of Dutch and German scientists decoded the inner dynamics of an important model system of organic chemistry. The investigation of the benzene dimer solves a 20-year old mystery, reported the group headed by Melanie Schnell from the Hamburg Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL). Her study was selected as cover story of the scientific journal “Angewandte Chemie International Edition”and categorised as “very important paper”(VIP) by the evaluators and publishers. CFEL is a joint enterprise from DESY, the Max Planck Society and the University of Hamburg.
