Very successful experiments, high-quality ion beams for research — the current experiment time on the GSI and FAIR campus delivered positive results even during the corona pandemic. In numerous areas, the existing accelerator facility has been able to provide researchers with a wide variety ...[Read more]

Hello, everyone! … It’s now been more than six months since we watched the last aeroplane take off. More than six months in isolation, over half a year with just the nine of us out in the ice, and still, the days and weeks have passed quickly. Soon the spring will be here … and with it, ...[Read more]

In our blog, members of staff report on how they are experiencing and overcoming the crisis. Dr. Christian Sturm is project manager of mCBM@SIS18 experiment. In this project, a large part of the technology of the future FAIR detector CBM has been built as a pre-experiment at the current accelerator ...[Read more]

Professor Yury Litvinov is head of the “SPARC Detectors” group within the GSI research department “Atomic Physics”. The group conducts experiments with exotic atomic nuclei in the experimental storage ring ESR. His team is responsible for the construction of novel instrumentation for the ...[Read more]

A team of four scientists led by AWI headed to Svalbard in July 2020 to uncover the secrets of the biogeochemical cycle of trace metals in the Arctic. Retreating glaciers in the Arctic uncover areas that have been previously hidden underneath ice sheets. These areas often consist of very reactive ...[Read more]

Hello, everyone! Some things are just easier to say using dialect. And I remember last using this expression a year and a half ago on a ski tour when, at minus twenty degrees Celsius, the non-slip skins on my skis kept coming loose. We now have (as of 13 August) over 6 hours of sunlight every ...[Read more]

Hi, everyone! Just like every day, after getting up the first thing I look at on my office computer is the weather forecast. Today is Tuesday, 21 July 2020 (just to make it clear, since it usually takes a few days for the blog to go online), and tomorrow the sun is supposed to rise briefly ...[Read more]

About the Author: Thomas Viguier is an Arctic researcher working at the Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network in Akureyri, Iceland. He is an expert in global and Arctic shipping and maritime industries, having worked as Safety and Security Officer in the Merchant Marine. He is focusing his ...[Read more]

About the author: Jennifer Ross is a PhD student at the University of Sheffield, supervised by Prof Grant Bigg, University of Sheffield, Prof Bob Marsh, University of Southampton and Dr Yifan Zhao, Cranfield University. Her PhD, funded by the global insurance and reinsurance provider AXA ...[Read more]

In the morning the alarm goes off. Breakfast is served from 7.30 to 8.30 am. Only half awake, I stumble into the breakfast hall, where you always receive a warm welcome from the friendly stewardesses. The breakfast menu offers everything the heart desires: from pancakes to scrambled eggs, to freshly ...[Read more]