Hands-on science: Last Saturday, visitors from near and far flocked to Roßmarkt to find out more about research from Frankfurt and the surrounding area. The big event, put together by the Frankfurt Alliance, featured an exciting stage program and lots of activities. GSI/FAIR offered insights into the function of particle accelerators and their scientific work with two hands-on experiments.

This year, 31 students from 16 countries took part in the Summer Student Program at GSI and FAIR. They spent eight weeks on campus, got to know the experiments and research fields of GSI and FAIR and immersed themselves in the atmosphere of an international accelerator laboratory. The photo contest of the summer students gives insights.

This year's SPARC collaboration PhD Prize was awarded to Dr. Stephan Dickopf from the University of Heidelberg and the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics for his thesis entitled “High-precision Penning-trap measurements of the magnetic moments and hyperfine splitting in hydrogen-like beryllium-9”. The ceremony took place in the framework of the 21st SPARC Topical Workshop at the University of Münster, where the award was handed over by Professor Andrey Surzhykov of the…

District president Professor Dr. Jan Hilligardt and district vice-president Dr. Stefan Fuhrmann used an informational visit to the GSI/FAIR campus to learn about ongoing scientific research and the progress of the FAIR accelerator.

Science network makes its debut at upcoming science festival held on Frankfurt’s central Roßmarkt square, promising amazement, questions, discussions and exchange.

This year, the organizers of the “Rhine-Main Industrial Heritage Days” held their kick-off event at GSI/FAIR in Darmstadt. Interested persons also had the opportunity to get to know the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung and the future international accelerator center FAIR, which is currently being built at GSI, during a public tour. The “Industrial Heritage Days” are organized annually by KulturRegion FrankfurtRheinMain gGmbH, an association of more than 50 cities and…

From September 23 to 28, 2024, the science festival “Highlights of Physics” will take place in Hanover. The central elements of the event are the large hands-on exhibition and science shows as well as a varied lecture program. GSI and FAIR will also be represented with a booth, offering facts and entertainment about the future FAIR particle accelerator facility, which is currently being built at GSI in Darmstadt. For all those who cannot attend live, there is an online offer with numerous live…

The topic of radiation hardness testing was the focus of a workshop recently organized by the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung together with the two GSI use case initiatives of the Helmholtz innovation platform Hi-Acts and Datzmann Interact & Innovate (DINI) as a leading service provider in the field of radiation hardness testing. The key topics were the current status, best practices, challenges and future opportunities on the GSI campus. The event brought together stakeholders…

This past weekend, GSI and FAIR presented themselves at the trade fair in Darmstadt's Arheilgen district. At an exhibition booth in the hall of “Goldner Löwe”, guests of all ages were provided with extensive information about the accelerator facilities and two hands-on experiments. Employees were ready to answer questions about research and the FAIR construction project.