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    Energy All articles
    Nuclear Fusion

    The latecomer

    Wendelstein 7-X is the world’s largest and most advanced nuclear fusion device of the stellarator type. Its objective is to test whether a new source of energy could emerge for humanity from fusing light atomic nuclei.

    Solar fuels

    The quest for the perfect energy storage system

    Our sun delivers huge amounts of energy to us every day. But we are only making use of a small percentage of it. If Kathrin Aziz-Lange had her way, this situation would soon be changed.

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    Earth and Environment All articles
    Climate change

    How much will the sea level rise?

    Will the sea level rise by 12, 24, 36 inches, or even more than three feet by the end of the century? Climate models and data studies attempt to predict what awaits humanity. Humanity itself, however, presents the biggest factor of uncertainty in the predictions.

    Plastic litter

    By-catch with Deadly Consequences

    Millions of tons of plastic litter are floating in the world’s oceans, but where is the reliable data documenting this extraordinary phenomenon? Now, for the first time, the online platform ‘litterbase’, assembled by the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, Germany, makes the existing scientific literature on the oceanic litter load widely accessible.

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    Health All articles
    Molecular biology

    The power of the rings

    The cells in our bodies are full of small, circular RNA molecules. Researchers have now discovered that these molecules impact the ways in which we think and learn.

    Nutrition

    Does sugar cause depression?

    Men who like to eat sweets are more likely to become depressed. This is according to studies conducted by scientists at University College London. Helmholtz researcher Paul Pfluger takes a critical stance in regards to the study.

    Naked mole

    Naked Survival Artist

    Naked mole rats have been developing protective mechanisms against cancer, strokes and heart attacks for millions of years. Without oxygen, they can survive for up to 18 minutes. All of this makes them highly interesting to scientists.

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    Year of Space

    From the ISS to Mercury

    Alexander Gerst in command of the ISS, a mole landing on Mars, and a launch toward Mercury: These are just three major events in space exploration we have to look forward to in 2018. What follows is an overview of some of this year’s highlights, which are increasingly being shaped by private initiatives.

    Helmholtz Extreme

    Growing fresh food in the Antarctic

    Scientists are working to grow fresh vegetables in a greenhouse surrounded by perennial ice. The experiment will supply the winter crew at Neumayer Station with fresh food, but it is primarily designed to provide experience and data for future Mars missions.

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    Matter All articles
    IceCube Neutrino Observatory

    Astrophysics in the Antarctic

    Temperatures fall as low as negative 100 degrees during the winter. Darkness prevails for six months. Work at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station demands a lot from the researchers there. Emanuel Jacobi lived and worked there for a year, learning a lot about himself along the way.

    Portrait

    Making the invisible visible

    Understanding the structures of molecules is an important part of developing new medicines. X-ray flashes can provide valuable assistance in this process, and this is an area in which physicist Henry Chapman and his team have already achieved the first pioneering breakthroughs.

    Nuclear Physics

    Four new elements in the periodic table

    The periodic table of elements has now been expanded by four new additions. The IUPAC have now officially consented to the introduction of the elements 113, 115, 117 and 118.

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    Technology All articles
    Portrait

    Learning from superheroes

    For the ELiSE Procedure, the group of scientists and engineers led by Christian Hamm take nature as their model to create building components in an entirely new manner.

    Helmholtz Extreme

    The fastest wireless data transmission

    Research scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) hold a remarkable record: They succeeded in transmitting data at a rate of 100 gigabit per second.

    Series: Founder Portraits

    Founding their own enterprise using luminous bacteria

    Microorganisms are highly suitable for the production of nutrients and medical substances. But how can the most productive organisms be found?

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    Freedom of Science

    March for Science 2018: Demonstration and Dialog

    The March for Science 2018 mobilized supporters across the globe to speak up for science. Also in 19 German cities there have been demonstrations and activities for freedom of science. This year, the main focus was on the exchanges with non-scientists.

    March for Science

    "Science is international"

    On the day of the March for Science in April scientists in many locations around the world take to the streets. Helmholtz President Otmar D. Wiestler explains why he supports the movement.

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    Science policy All articles
    National research consortia

    An example for Europe?

    The German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) is considered a model of success. Since 2012, leading researchers have been working together to bring promising research results to patients as quickly as possible. In Brussels, scientists and politicians will discuss whether this model can be applied at the European level.

    Israel

    "Intelligence is the only natural resource we have"

    Despite its sparse population and adverse conditions, Israel exhibits impressive scientific achievements and a bustling start-up scene. This is not only a result of large investments in research and development.

    Politics

    Lateral Entry into Brussels

    By developing from a lateral-entry newcomer to a highly-respected interlocutor, Carlos Moedas has accomplished a noteworthy track-record during the first eighteen months of his term in office with the European Commission.

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