Hi, everyone … It’s November … usually the month in which the Polar Day begins, the isolation of the overwintering phase ends, and across the Antarctic, the stations transition into the hectic bustle of the summer season. Planes and ships come by, teams are exchanged and the new teams ...[Read more]

Dr. Thorsten Kollegger is head of the IT department at GSI and at the same time FAIR-IT coordinator. With his department he operates and develops the IT infrastructure for GSI and FAIR. His teams supervise and operate data centers and extensive IT systems for all areas. Furthermore, they develop ...[Read more]

Weather you are currently thinking of doing a PhD or you are already a doctoral  researcher (DR), it might always quite interesting to know how is it like to be a doctoral researcher at the largest scientific organization in Germany. More specifically, how are DRs networked? How diverse are DRs? ...[Read more]

About the authors: Researchers working within the YOPP-endorsed APPLICATE project recently released a case study analyzing Alaska’s extreme wildfire season in 2019. The case study was created by an interdisciplinary group of researchers: social scientists Sara Octenjak and Dragana Bojović, ...[Read more]

Being a doctoral researcher (DR) can sometimes lead us to a "solitary" journey. For instance, even within the same discipline, the researches we do still need certain extent of novelty so that many of us might never find some one doing exactly the same thing and have an in-depth chat about our ...[Read more]

In the tumor therapy with ion beams developed by GSI as well as in other radiation therapies, so-called treatment plans are prepared prior to the treatment of individuals. Their validity is checked on models to guarantee a correct and safe procedure. The investigation of a new test option has ...[Read more]

Hello, everyone! … The month of October began with quite stormy weather. Accordingly, I decided to move up our normal medical study by a week, so as to make the most of the bad weather. This time we had to take additional blood samples for NASA, and complete some more psychological questionnaires ...[Read more]

How to be happy? „If only we’d stop trying to be happy we’d have a pretty good time.“ Edith Wharton   This topic is quite a controversial and also philosophical one. Let´s be honest here: we can´t guide you to fundamental happiness. There´s no neat trick that works ...[Read more]

Graham Oakley is a forecaster who has worked for many years in Antarctica with the Bureau of Meteorology and the Australian Antarctic Program, and also with the tourism operator Antarctic Logistics and Expeditions. Forecasters within the Australian Antarctic Program (and some of the other ...[Read more]

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]