rendered clear the need for effective and rapid vaccine development processes. Scientists from the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research [...] structures, which can impair the ability to induce an adaptive immune response. This is where the new GSI and HZI project comes in. The aim was to irradiate influenza viruses with high-energy heavy ions. Energetic [...] time minimizing membrane damage and thus protecting the surface structures. In the experiment at the GSI/FAIR accelerator facilities, an influenza virus was irradiated with the iron isotope Fe-56, which was

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The GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung and the future accelerator center FAIR, currently under construction at GSI in Darmstadt, took part in the international innovation conference "Curious [...] as well as a presentation of current research work. Scientists from GSI/FAIR and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM), a branch of GSI, presented the various scientific disciplines and provided fascinating [...] wide range of career, study, job and training opportunities at GSI and FAIR. Various exchange programs and worldwide collaborations of GSI and the international accelerator center FAIR offer forward-looking

locations ESOC and GSI/FAIR-Campus. There they are welcomed in the second week by Dr. Yvonne Leifels, Research Director GSI/FAIR. Dr. Radek Pleskac gives an insight into the FAIR project. At GSI and FAIR, the [...] Center (ESOC) and on the GSI and FAIR campus in Darmstadt. The aim is to train students in the fundamentals of heavy ion biophysics for terrestrial and space applications, for example in the areas of detection [...] d space radiation experiments, for example as part of the IBER program, which deals with the biological effects of radiation. IBER enables research groups to use GSI's accelerator facilities to study the

have their own pagoda tent, offering insights into respective research activities. To name a few examples: In a joint tent, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research and Goethe University Frankfurt [...] visitors to experience the building blocks of life from the inside, while two hands-on experiments from GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung show how particle accelerators work. The festival invites

(element 114), which was previously studied at GSI/FAIR. The results are published in the journal Frontiers in Chemistry . With this result, experiments at GSI/FAIR now provide data on the three superheavy [...] An international team led by scientists of GSI/FAIR in Darmstadt, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz, succeeded in determining the chemical properties of the artificially [...] relativity theory kick in. The sheer speed renders electrons heavier. In lead (element 82), for example, the effects of such processes are already at work and contribute to the chemical processes in lead

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existence of heavy elements? An international research team reports on experiments performed at the GSI/FAIR accelerator facility and at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz to come closer to an answer. They [...] were published in the scientific journal Nature . Elements beyond uranium (element 92), like for example Fermium (element 100), do not occur naturally in the Earth's crust. To be studied, they thus have [...] 152 from a new perspective,” explains Dr. Sebastian Raeder, the spokesperson of the experiment at GSI/FAIR. “At this neutron number, the signature of a neutron shell closure was previously observed in

received the award at a ceremony on the GSI/FAIR campus in Darmstadt . The welcoming address was given by Professor Thomas Nilsson, the new Scientific Managing Director of GSI and FAIR. Dr. Hartmut Eickhoff, chair [...] tumours in particle therapy”. These allow a considerable reduction in radiation time and enable, for example, improvements in the radiation of moving tumors or the use of so-called FLASH therapy, i.e. irradiation [...] is named after Professor Christoph Schmelzer, co-founder and first Scientific Managing Director of GSI. The promotion of young scientists in the field of tumor therapy with ion beams has meanwhile been

advance the scientific development of GSI and FAIR in close collaboration with the international partners and an outstanding team of researchers. For decades, GSI has stood for excellent, internationally [...] worldwide for his research in the scientific fields relevant to FAIR and GSI. In addition, he has been closely associated with GSI and FAIR through his dedicated work on various committees for a long time [...] Council and as a member of the GSI Supervisory Board. He has also been Vice-Chair of the Joint Scientific Council of FAIR and Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of GSI since 2020. With his deep und