East of Nuremberg researchers have drilled a hole in the earth that is more than nine kilometers long. Today the shaft is mainly used as a test laboratory for measuring instruments
Nobody knows for sure what it is or where to find it: dark energy. Alongside dark matter, it is one of the greatest mysteries of astrophysics
The world's fastest and most detailed film, that was developed by Helmholtz scientists in early 2012, made it into the Guinness Book of Records
It helps to research the global climate and identifies rare raw materials - in an exacting manner. One of them is housed at the Helmholtz Centre in Potsdam.
Researchers and businesses work on creating the linked home of the future. Yet the fully intelligent home, the so-called smart home, still is a long way off
As yet, commercially available adhesive tape and gecko feet do not really have much in common. But that could change. Material researchers use the reptile as a model for developing reusable adhesive tapes
The Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) is highly attractive to magnets and material researchers from all across the world
They can be found in ketchup and cosmetics: nanoparticles. A discovery from the kitchen could help to make their production more environmentally friendly
From science fiction films, we know cyborgs to be creatures with superhuman capabilities and dangerous powers. Far from it! In truth, we peacefully co-exist with them
When certain aquatic plants are submerged, they simply take their air for breathing along with them. They thus are able to survive under water for many months