Dear AtkaXpress fans, Since 31 July 2020, we – the 41st overwintering team – have been on duty for the AWI and the Laeisz Shipping Group. Last time I started telling you about all the things I get to do here at the Neumayer Station III. There’s still plenty left to say, but first I’ll ...[Read more]

…best describes the past few weeks here at the Neumayer Station! I know there’s actually no such word as “nature-tacular”; nevertheless, I’m sure you know what I mean by it, and in my opinion, it describes the past month using a single, vivid adjective. That’s why I chose it for ...[Read more]

When it comes to research in sciences, it's all about the data. We conduct experiments, questionnaires, fieldtrips, or models, spend many hours in the lab or in front of the computer, or whatever other way there is to gather data. From high-pressure/high-temperature experiments with just a handful ...[Read more]

Data Scientists are in demand on the job market: all 18 Helmholtz Centers have already advertised several positions calling for skills in AI methods in 2021. At the Helmholtz Data Science Career Day on September 22, 2021, centers and partner institutions will now come together to present career ...[Read more]

Dive into the fascinating data science world of the Helmholtz Association: The Helmholtz Information & Data Science Academy (HIDA) is launching a brand-new exchange program: The HIDA VISITING PROGRAM. We invite postdocs from Germany and around the world to our association of 18 independent ...[Read more]

Two Homo sapiens in red smocks wading in shallow freshwater lakes with a bucket and flask, filtering hundreds of litres of water. That was the main activity on Christophe and Annabel’s sampling hike two weeks ago and I had the honour to join them. Hiking up a plateau next to town, we first ...[Read more]

Dear AtkaXpress fans, Since 31 July 2020, we – the 41st overwintering team – have been on duty for the AWI and the Laeisz Shipping Group. Peter, our physician / station leader, and Theresa, our IT and radio operator, have already shared quite a bit of information here.To give you a brief ...[Read more]

  Article written and submitted by Anita Waltho, PhD Researcher, MDC.   As a scientist it can be expected, even encouraged, to work in different countries during your career, but what about when that decision isn’t a choice. This year MDC Buch campus welcomed the inauguration ...[Read more]

For Ilkka Pohjalainen it was only logical to come from Finland to GSI for a whole year– he had already been working with the FAIR project during his Ph.D. thesis at the University of Jyväskylä. “It is quite nice to have the opportunity to come to one of the top facilities for heavy ion research ...[Read more]

The first thing you notice is the silence. Once the helicopter has disappeared over the horizon, the only sounds are the faint cracking of ice, and water as it finds its way between the floes. Whichever way you look, you can only see ice, which blends into the sky in the distance. A few ...[Read more]