Blogs of Germany’s largest Research Organization
In this series we present talks of the Helmholtz Horizons Symposium 2018. Today's featured talk is by Obi Felten. Her keynote was titled: 'Solving problems that matter: Insights from X, Alphabet’s moonshot factory'. Helmholtz Horizons took place 6 November 2018 in Berlin. The motto was 'The Digital ... [Read more]
In this series we present talks of the Helmholtz Horizons Symposium 2018. Today's featured talk is by Gesche Joost. Her keynote was titled: 'Digital Sovereignty for Citizens – a European perspective?' Helmholtz Horizons took place 6 November 2018 in Berlin. The motto was 'The Digital (R)Evolution in ... [Read more]
In July and August, around 20 young people from all over the world conduct research in an HZB team. And they also blogged. The results are as varied as the students themselves - from dry accounts to nearly literary essays to really exciting texts which triggered curiosity ! This is how it started ... [Read more]
Watch out tweeps: The first Dresden ScienceTweetup will take place on September 26th, 2015, focusing on light in research during the International Year of Light. Up to twelve bloggers and users of social media platforms can discuss with top scientists and get exclusive insights into the ... [Read more]
It sounded like a dream: having discussions over dinner in a pub on Lake Constance with scientists you’ve been citing since your undergraduate days. But, this was a reality for a group of Helmholtz Research Fellows selected to attend the 65th Nobel Laureates’ Meeting on the island of Lindau. As part ... [Read more]
Dance your RIS*: The electron storage ring BESSY II at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin produces synchrotron radiation, that scientists use to answer all kinds of scientific questions. Now BESSY gets an update and will turn into BESSY VSR. A very nicely done video explains what will change. For this, ... [Read more]
There are many outstanding blog projects concerning science, but I was especially intrigued by Douglas Natelson’s Nanoscale Views. “Why should Astrofolks have all the fun?” he asks in his intro. He is a full professor at Rice University, Texas, and he writes roughly once or twice a week about solid ... [Read more]
Last weekend, nature jobs blog editor Julie Goulds asked participants of a physics conference in Fullerton, California why they are a scientist. Sarah Gossan was the first to answer and establish the #IAmAScientistBecause on twitter. During the last few days scientists gave a lot of funny, ... [Read more]
What do physics students do during the summer break? Some of them join a summer school, that is offered by various research organizations. Some Helmholtz centers als offer this kind of opportunity. Nearly 120 young students from all over the world joined the DESY summer school this year. The ... [Read more]
Call to participate: On Wednesday, May 28th, 2014 at 21.56 clock CEST German ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst will launch to the International Space Station. He will live, work and conduct research for six months aboard the ISS. We call on you today to bring space to your place and take a picture of ... [Read more]
