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.

Dr. Zewei Xiong has received a prestigious ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The funding is one of Europe's most important research awards, aimed at talented young scientists at an early career stage to show their potential as a research leader. Dr. Zewei Xiong is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher in the Nuclear Astrophysics and Structure Department at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung.

The “ESA FAIR Space Radiation Summer School 2024” is entering a new round: With its first-class training program and high-level expertise, linked to a global network, the training offer for young scientists is once again attracting great international interest this year. Currently, 15 young researchers from ten countries have the unique opportunity in Darmstadt to focus intensively on the topic of cosmic radiation. The renowned summer school for radiation research is jointly organized...

Professor Dr. Jens Limpert and Privatdozent Dr. Jan Rothhardt are awarded the EPS-QEOD Prize for Research in Laser Technology and Applications 2024 in recognicion of their groundbreaking research “for the development of compact coherent high-performance extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light sources and material-specific nanoscale EUV imaging”. This prestigious award is presented every two years by the Division of Quantum Electronics and Optics of the European Physical Society (EPS) and recognizes…