GSI and FAIR mourn the loss of an excellent scientist and pioneer of relativistic heavy ion physics. Professor Dr. Hans Gutbrod passed away on March 3, 2025, at the age of 82 years. After his dissertation under the supervision of Rudolf Bock in 1970 Hans Gutbrod continued his research on heavy ion physics at low energies in Heidelberg and Rochester. Hans Gutbrod shaped the beginnings of the relativistic heavy ion physics at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He collaborated with Arthur…

What does recruiting young talent have to do with tabletop soccer? That's what xx interested participants and yy apprenticeship employers were able to find out at “Karriere Kick” in the Böllenfalltorhalle in Darmstadt at the beginning of February. Similar to speed dating, young people and training companies are drawn by lot in each round and get to know each other in a playful way during a round of tabletop soccer. GSI/FAIR took part and even won second place in the election of the best…

The great progress of the FAIR project, the milestones of research at GSI/FAIR, and the current scientific activities were the focus of the visit of Cem Özdemir, Federal Minister of Education and Research, and Timon Gremmels, Hessian Minister of Science and Research, Art and Culture, at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung and the international accelerator center FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research) being built in Darmstadt.

The National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity ATHENE and the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung are launching a cooperation in the fields of scientific data processing and cybersecurity. The aim of the collaboration is to set up and use high-performance infrastructures for research projects and to improve the security of data center technologies. ATHENE will install high-performance AI computers in GSI’s data center “Green IT Cube” and operate them together with GSI as a…

Recently, a distinguished delegation from the Embassy of France in Germany visited the GSI/FAIR campus in Darmstadt to explore the latest advancements in research and strengthen bilateral scientific and technological cooperation. The French delegation included Siegfried Martin-Diaz, Counselor for Science and Technology at the French Embassy in Berlin, and Nicolas Bergeret, Consul General of France in Frankfurt am Main.

The physicist and geologist Livia Ludhova, professor of experimental neutrino physics at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and head of the joint neutrino group at GSI as well as head of the DFG-funded project FAIR-Research NRW, was recently honored with the Slovakian Order Ľudovít Štúr, 2nd Class, Civil Department. This prestigious award was presented by the President of the Slovak Republic, Peter Pellegrini, in Bratislava.

Dr. Tom Reichert, an outstanding young scientist in the field of nuclear and heavy ion physics, has been awarded the FAIR-GSI PhD Award. The award recognizes his extraordinary scientific achievements and his significant contribution to research into the phase structure of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Sponsored by Pfeiffer Vacuum+Fab Solutions, the annual award is endowed with 1000 euros. It was presented by Professor Thomas Nilsson, Scientific Managing Director of GSI and FAIR, and Daniel…

GSI is a cluster partner and expert in the GreenTech Accelerator ryon, sealed recently by the signing of a corresponding cooperation agreement between Dr. Katharina Stummeyer, Administrative Managing Director of GSI/FAIR, and Professor Jörg von Hagen, Technical Director of ryon. The cooperation aims to connect GSI's scientific and technical expertise with the local GreenTech community.

Our highly esteemed colleague Professor Walter Oelert passed away on November 25, 2024. Walter Oelert was born in Dortmund on July 14, 1942. He studied physics in Hamburg and Heidelberg, got his diploma in 1969 with a work on solid state detectors in Hamburg and finished his doctoral thesis in 1973 with a work on transfer reactions on samarium isotopes in Hamburg. As postdoc he stayed for two years from 1973 to 1975 with Professor Cohen in Pittsburg doing nuclear physics mainly in the field…