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Pollution with Long-Term Effects

Coastal researchers at HZG are tracing persistent organic pollutants in the water

The Snow in the Sea: A Riddle

Snow flurry in the ocean - new insights into the big role of tiny particles

in2science #9 – New issue

Read the new issue of the HZG magazine about people with ideas

45 Meters Draught

Test Center for Maritime Technologies puts research area off Helgoland in the North Sea into operation

X-ray vision in 360°

New 360° video shows research in the EU project MgSafe

Introducing mRNA in human macrophages with high efficiency and few side effects

Study of the Institute of Biomaterial Science published today in Scientific Reports

The electrical charge is what makes the difference

New membrane separates small organic molecules

Rack of the missing Boknis-Eck observatory found

BSH ship DENEB recovered GEOMAR and HZG sensor node

Predicting the degradation behavior of advanced medical devices

Thin film studies are suggested as a fast and reliable method to determine the degradation of complex biomacromolecules

Science of Hydrogen & Energy Award 2020

Hydrogen research awarded

Climate factor clouds

The field campaign “EUREC4A” intends to answer one of climate sciences great mysteries

Artificial Muscle Sheets Transform Stem Cells into Bone

Programmable biomaterials for bone regeneration introduced

Wind parks as a pollutant source?

Galvanic anodes as corrosion protection on the wind turbines continuously release metals. Can these pollutant concentrations be measured?

Hydrogen Refuelling Now Five Times Faster

Scientists at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht develop a new concept

Back from the Eddy Hunt

After four weeks the MOSES-Eddy-Hunt ends

Closure of research reactors

Die Schließung von Forschungsreaktoren verändert die Forschungslandschaft für die weltweit führende europäische Neutronengemeinschaft

Erica Lilleodden researches nanomechanics

HZG materials researcher receives prestigious DGM Award

MOSES hunts Ocean Eddies

Marine and coastal scientists investigate mobile oxygen minimum zones

How do offshore wind farms change the wind?

Start of a new research project on wind energy utilization in the German Bight

Helmholtz Horizons 2019 in Berlin

Prof. Dr. Daniela Jacob und Dr. Eduardo Zorita will present their cutting-edge research and bold visions in inspiring talks.

Helmholtz International Fellow Award

Five outstanding international scientists have now been honored with the Helmholtz International Fellow Award of the Helmholtz Association

Amanda Barnard visits the Institute of Biomaterial Research

Interview with the well-known physicist and pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence

Scientific Reports

HZG coastal researcher Eduardo Zorita has been appointed to the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports

Scientists from HZG contributed as Lead Authors

New IPCC report on Oceans and Cryosphere urges action on coastal adaptation

LSP Days 2019

2nd European Workshop on Laser Peening and Related Phenomena at Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht.

Act and invest now to reduce dangerous impacts of climate change

New Science publication shows: Climate change mitigation measures cost less than the damage caused by climate change.

HZG scientist investigates Light Surfing

New publication in Nature Photonics

Polydays Conference 2019

The Transformation of Polymer Research by Digital Technologies

Secrets of the Indian Ocean:

Research vessel SONNE heads for little known coral reefs

New Scientific Director at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG)

As of 1st September 2019, Prof. Dr Matthias Rehahn will be taking over from Prof. Dr Wolfgang Kaysser as Scientific Director of the HZG.

Little dust bunnies in the ocean

Can lead to big changes: Scientists at the Institute for Coastal Research are studying the seabed and seawater in coastal areas of the North Sea.

Plankton in the Tidal Current

Is tide an influencing factor for the primary production of plankton? Model calculations for the North Sea show a connection.

Black Sea: New Structure

Warmer winters are starting to alter the structure of the Black Sea, which could foreshadow how ocean compositions might shift from future climate change, ...

Climate Change and Land: An IPCC special report

on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems

How stressed are coastal seas by humans and climate?

Coastal resercher on Expedition with research vessel SONNE to the South China Sea

GERICS Director Daniela Jacob named top expert on EU Mission Board

The European Commission (EU) appoints esteemed experts to five Europe-wide research and innovation missions.

in2science #8

The latest issue of the HZG’s magazine is now available in german and english

Strategies for a sustainable usage of the North Sea

New interdisciplinary project SeaUseTip targets potential tipping points in the socio-ecological system of the North Sea and develops preventive management ...

Wireless microengine made from a twisted fibre

Scientists from the Université de Bordeaux and the HZG have developed a highly efficient micromotor that also serves as an energy storage device.

International Summer School

Marine phytoplankton diversity observation: innovative methods and industrial applications

Pushing the safety of degradable magnesium implants even further

The first MgSafe project meeting with the students on board took place in Oslo, Norway, from 17 to 21 June.

Detektivarbeit in der Nordsee:

MOSES Sternfahrt 2: "Hydrologische Extreme" mit Forschungsschiffen und Online-Modellen zu Strömungssimulationen überprüfen.

Meeting of data science specialists in Geesthacht

Around 75 experts are expected at the HZG for the 4th Data Science Symposium on 20 and 21 June 2019.

Physics World webinar - Attendees can join for free

Research from the Institute of Biomaterial Science on the design of multifunctional materials will be featured in a Physics World webinar on Monday 17th June ...

Franco-German climate research initiative

“Make Our Planet Great Again” supports HZG coastal research with 1.5 million euros

Amber fossils in X-ray light

50-million-year-old larva of the order Strepsiptera was examined by materials researchers of the Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht

Reduce Space Junk

A real mess in space: HZG scientists support the clean-up effort

How Much CO2 Does the Ocean Absorb?

The sea as the largest reservoir for the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide: Is the absorption capacity limited?

Prestigious Prize for Benjamin Klusemann

Excellent work: Prof. Benjamin Klusemann was awarded the prestigious ESAFORM Scientific Prize.

Persistent organic pollutants

New multimedia report on pollutants in the marine environment

Alloy development in ADVANCE

New high-performance material for aircraft:The recently launched ADVANCE project is laying the groundwork for developing new gamma titanium aluminide alloys.

Coastal researchers from Geesthacht cooperate with Chinese partners

A nine-person delegation from the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research visited the Institute ...

Drei Forschungsschiffe – ein Auftrag

Extreme Hoch- und Niedrigwasserereignisse im Fokus von Wissenschaftsteams

On World Health Day: a simple explanation of magnesium implants

Online since today: a short clip about degradable magnesium implants that are being researched as part of a so-called Marie Skłodowska Curie Action (MSCA).

When the North Sea's circulation is reversed

Persistent easterly winds in spring 2018 reversed the circulation in the North Sea for more than a month, a study conducted by a team of researchers from the ...

Recommendations for Materials Modelling Translators and Business Users

The European Materials Modeling Council (EMMC) promotes the industrial application of materials science modeling and computer simulations. An expert meeting ...

Climbing like the Clematis: “GrowBot” to imitate the creeping and winding abilities of climbing plants

Scientists from the Institute of Biomaterial Science at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG) develop artificial muscles for new robot project.

Relation between heavy precipitation and forest fires in California

The relations between heavy precipitation and forest fires in California are becoming clearer: an international team of researchers from the Helmholtz Centre ...

Neuer Vorsitz im Deutschen Komitee für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung in Future Earth

GERICS-Direktorin Daniela Jacob wurde zur neuen Vorsitzenden des Deutschen Komitee für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung in Future Earth (DKN) ernannt.

The Food Chain’s Influence on Phytoplankton Population

New explanation for high phytoplankton concentrations in North Sea coastal waters

Hydrogen project HyCare launched

Hydrogen researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht are involved in a large European project on hydrogen storage.

Knowledge for Agriculture: Helmholtz to fund innovative transfer project

Innovative simulation-based products for weather and climate resilient agriculture – ADAPTER

Using Commercial Shipping Vessels as a Research Platform

It started with ferries. Meanwhile the so called FerryBoxes are installed in different types of commercial shipping vessels.

What keeps spiders on the ceiling?

A team of researchers from Kiel University and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Centre for Materials and Coastal Research (HZG) deciphers the details of ...

in2science #7

The Magazine About People with Ideas: New Issue

New climate report for the Baltic Sea region

The Second Assessment of Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region (BACC II) of 2015 is currently being updated by scientists from the international Baltic Earth ...

Cities in global climate change

Summary for Urban Policy Makers: what the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C means for cities. GERICS Director Prof. Daniela Jacob is one of the ...

Cooperation talks in Suncheon, Republic of Korea: Magnesium research & development centre is planned

The researchers at Magnesium Innovation Centre-MagIC, which is globally acknowledged in the field of magnesium research, visited Suncheon City in Republic of ...

The COP24 climate change conference begins today

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's special report on limiting global warming to 1.5°C makes important contributions to the COP24 climate ...

Climate report

Daniela Jacob as invited speaker at the EU Conference

Experimental tribute to solid-state pioneer John W. Cahn

Materials researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht have experimentally validated the Larché–Cahn formula for the first time

EU funds doctoral training in biomaterials research with around 4 million euros

As part of the Marie Skłodowska Curie Action (MSCA) the European Training Network MgSafe, which has just been launched, 15 young researchers will investigate ...

Calculating the future of cod in the Barents Sea

Together with a Norwegian team of scientists, coastal researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht have developed a statistical procedure that can help predict ...

1,5°C IPCC-Sonderbericht veröffentlicht - eine erste Einschätzung

Ein Statement von Prof Dr. Daniela Jacob, Direktorin des Climate Service Center Germany, GERICS.

Setting the course for adjustments: the IPCC special report on 1.5°C of global warming

Cyclones, rising sea levels, droughts: the fact that climate change is threatening poorer countries in particular was officially recognised in the Paris ...

Far More Than Just Sand

What role do dunes play as indicators of coastal shifts? They are an important parameter for climate models ...

“Coastal Dynamics – Consequences for Coastal Protection and Ecology”

The 17th Coastal Summer School came to an end. 19 young scientists from 11 nations visited the Baltic Sea island of Hiddensee for 12 days to deepen their ...

Junior Researcher Program for Data Science

Helmholtz Association supports new graduate school with 6 million euros

The fate of plastic in the oceans

Experiment shows: microplastics aggregate with natural particles - new publication in the international journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

in2science #6

Issue #6 of in2science has been published in english. The Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht’s magazine contains original concepts for protecting the environment ...

On the pathway to novel hydrogen storage materials

Scientists at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht and their European partners have developed a new chemical system for storing solid hydrogen. The special ...

Research into offshore wind power: Where the wind blows

Using satellite radar images, scientists at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG) are investigating how wind turbines in the German Bight are modifying the ...

Understanding the North Sea

The marine Geoportal coastMap offers a wide range of scientific data and information about the North Sea for experts as well as for interested public.

The Artic in Transition

For the first time, the UK and Germany have joined forces to investigate the impact of climate change on the Arctic Ocean.

Knowledge transfer in Climate Services

How to optimize knowledge transfer in Climate Services and better integrate science and practice? Different approaches in transdisciplinary research, their ...

Minister Karin Prien opens new laboratory building for magnesium implants

After just a year of construction, the new laboratory building for materials researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG) has been opened on 8 June.

Second International Baltic Earth Conference in Denmark

About 130 Earth system scientists from 14 countries and different scientific disciplines will meet for the 2nd Baltic Earth Conference in mid-June in ...

New concept for structural colors

Scientists of the University of Hamburg (TUHH), the ITMO-University in St. Petersburg and the Helmholtz-Center Geesthacht have developed a novel concept for ...

New publication in Nature Communications: One light pulse escapes from the other while changing its color

Scientists realized a novel effect in silicon based optical waveguide chips which were particularly designed and fabricated for this nanophotonic experiment.

Forests significantly influence the global mercury cycle

Plants and their leaves are believed to play a key role in intercepting human-made emissions of harmful mercury - according to a new study in the journal ...

Challenges along the tidal part of the Elbe and adjacent North Sea

On March 16th, more than 60 regional actors met for the Elbe-North Sea Supersite Workshop in Hamburg to discuss future research projects.

For the first time in summarized form: New HZG compendium on advances in joining methods

Scientists at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG) are publishing a new textbook on modern metal-plastic hybrid structure joining methods. The work is ...

Knowledge Compiled for Researching and Protecting Our Coasts

The CoastMap marine geoportal at the Institute of Coastal Research: www.coastmap.org

Climate impacts in Europe under +1.5°C global warming

GERICS cooperation: New publication

Silja Flenner wins Best Poster Award

Silja Flenner was awarded the prize for best poster at the User Meeting of the ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility) in Grenoble.

Unlocking the Secret of Waves

Wave dynamics are yet to be truly understood because their movement is so rapid and complex. Physicist Marc Buckley from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht now ...

Better data needed to monitor the impact of air pollution on health and climate

New study published in the Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association.

In2science #5: For clean water and climate-neutral propulsion

Read more in the fifth issue of our magazine about scientists who want to get things moving.

New publication: successful Mechanical Testing of Nanowires

With innovative experiments, researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrums Geesthacht and the Technical University Hamburg unravel why tiny metallic structures are ...

2nd Symposium of Graduate School for Materials Sciences

On Friday, 1st of December, the second symposium of the Graduate School for Materials Sciences took place at the HZG in Geesthacht.

New analytical tools for engineering materials science

Europe has the world´s best portfolio of Advanced Research Infrastructures (ARIs), serving a wide and dynamic community of tens of thousands of scientists ...

10 Science Must-Knows on Climate Change

The document compiles the latest and most important knowledge in climate research, economics, and technology.

Climate-relevant processes in the ocean: The Eddy Hunt at COP23

The Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research (HZG) will be part of the Bonn World Climate Conference (COP23) from 6 to 16 ...

High Performance Computer for Climate Research in Hamburg

Agreement on long-term financing of DKRZ's climate computer signed

Second Hamburg Climate Report:

What do we know about climate, climate change and its effects in Hamburg and Northern Germany?

The Wadden Sea and the Elbe Studied with Zeppelin, Drones and Research Ships

The 21st of September, 2017, marks the start of a special Wadden Sea and Elbe expedition under the leadership of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG).

In the right place at the right time

The Helmholtz Association is setting up a flexible, mobile measuring system for Earth observation

Six German-Russian Research Groups Receive Three Years of Funding

Up to EUR 130,000 per year respectively from the Helmholtz Association’s Initiative and Networking Fund for Research on Magnesium Implants

Nitrogen Cycle in Coastal Waters

Nitrogen compounds are an important factor in the production of algal biomass. The team led by biologist Kirstin Dähnke from the Institute of Coastal Research ...

Metal Granules and Modelling

The current issue of the magazine of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht can be ordered from us now. An interactive online edition can be found below.

Pock­mark fields off Hel­go­land

New publication: Re­search­ers dis­cover meth­ane vents in the Ger­man Bight

Research with a Vision – Real and Digital Viewpoints

The evening of June 29th, 2017, provided a panoramic vision — and not only from the Emporio Tower's 23rd-floor Panorama Deck. The “Research with a ...

Behind the scenes of hydrogen research

Video gives insight into the work at the Institute of Materials Technology

Open Call for Companies to Access Free Analytical Research

The Baltic TRAM project offers companies free access to state-of-the-art analytical research facilities across the Baltic Sea Region, providing technical and ...

Time Lapse of the Sea

The North and Baltic Seas are habitats that are always changing over the course of time—such changes are also occurring even today. Currents, temperatures ...

Summer School for Materials Researchers – Platform for Emerging Scientists

The first “ZHM Summer School 2017” for doctoral candidates at the Centre for High Performance Materials (ZHM) will take place from May 8th to 12th in ...

March for Science on April 22nd

On Saturday April 22nd, people around the world are taking to the streets to demonstrate for free science. Science Marches are also planned in Hamburg and ...

Hamburg Scientists Develop Novel Nanomaterial with Controllable Optical Properties

Recent publication in the journal "Nature Scientific Reports

Adaptations to Climate Change: 5th Conference on Climate Services in Africa

With about 200 participants the 5th International Conference on Climate Services (ICCS5) will take place in Cape Town from February 28th to March 3rd 2017. A ...

Silent Eddy Hunters

Large regions with wind parks have been cropping up in the German North Sea for several years. The foundation structures work like gigantic mixing rods that ...

Helmholtz International Fellow Award goes to Professor Xiang Zhang

Prof. Zhang is an internationally renowned expert in the field of structural integrity of aircraft structures

Three elements in one sweep

Where does the sediment in the Wadden Sea and the silt in the harbour of Hamburg come from? How are pollutants in the environment distributed? Questions like ...

TUHH and HZG: 1st Symposium of the Materials Science Graduate School

Junior scientists meet junior scientists: The Technical University of Hamburg (TUHH) and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG) offer a two-day symposium for ...

Regionally noticeable change: First extensive climate report published for the North Sea Region

The “North Sea Region Climate Chance Assessment (NOSCCA)” report presents current knowledge for the first time in its entirety and shows how individual ...

International Exchange on Environmental Problems in Chinese Coastal Waters

Environmental problems caused by human activity are a challenge afflicting many nations across the globe. Approximately forty scientists from both Germany and ...

Fivefold increase in performance through gentle treatment

Scientists from the Institute of Polymer Research at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG) develop tailor-made membrane materials based on thermally ...

Paleoclimate – Learning from the Past

The future lies in the past. This statement may sound technically incorrect or, at best, like a paradox. For some scientists it is, however, one hundred ...

Carbon Is Cleverly Joined with Metal: HZG Scientist Receives Henry Granjon Prize for New Methodology

Since 1948 the renowned International Institute of Welding (IIW) awards annually the most emerging young professionals and scientists award in the area of ...

First international Earth system science conference for the Baltic Sea region in Nida on the Curonian Spitraum

About 150 scientists from 13 countries and different scientific disciplines meet this week in Nida, Lithuania

The expedition Clockwork Ocean begins

The expedition Clockwork Ocean takes you on an unprecedented journey of discovery. Experience science from a completely new perspective!

Exhaust Filtered from Carbon Dioxide: Geesthacht Polymer Researchers Develop New Membrane Method

The membrane-based separation of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) from power stations and industrial facilities has been investigated in a project since ...

New European Research Infrastructure will Bridge the Gap Between Freshwater and Marine Research

The Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG) and the German Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG) are German partners in the new European research infrastructure ...

New Study: The Relevance of Climate Models for Wind Analysis

Connection between wind velocities and typical large-scale climate factors during northern European winters differs substantially at times depending on model ...

Opening of the Materials Science Graduate School:

Developing Interdisciplinary Understanding – Highly Qualified Emerging Scientists Educated for Research and Industry

Workshop on Suspended Particulate Matter Concentration

Combined Ammonia and Shipping Emissions Favour Particulate Matter Formation Notably in Coastal Regions

Ammonia, mainly emitted in agriculture, increases the formation of certain particulate matter in the air, thus facilitating pollution in the coastal regions. ...

Launch of New Ocean Observation Satellite Sentinel-3

A fresh view from above: The new observation satellite Sentinel-3. Scientists from the Department of Remote Sensing within the Institute of Coastal Research at ...

Break-through in materials research

Hamburg scientists develop new materials class based on nanoparticles

Europe's recent summers were the 'warmest in 2,000 years'

According to the study, Europe has seen an increase in summer warming of 1.3C between 1986 and 2015.

Project brings together research and industry in Baltic Sea region

Three million euros for Baltic TRAM

First Scientific Speed Dating at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht

Thirty female secondary school students from the Alfred Nobel School in Geesthacht meet with five female scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht ...

Helmholtz scientist is new director of the large European ESS research centre

Prof. Andreas Schreyer, Head of the Institute of materials research, is the new Scientific Director of the ESS

Web-Atlas IMPACT2C

Interactive web-atlas shows the impacts of a 2°C global warming on various European sectors and some key vulnerable regions outside Europe

From plastic cups to chemistry degrees

young individuals find educational support at the Teltow Institute of Biomaterial Science in future-relevant topics

Großprojekte für die Zukunft

Erweiterungsbauten am Helmholtz-Forschungszentrum in Geesthacht

Kurt Schwabe Prize goes to HZG scientist

On September 7th, the HZG-employee Dr. Marta Mohedano received the Kurt Schwabe Award of the "European Federation of Corrosion" (EFC). The price is ...

Prof. Dr. Corinna Schrum is new Director of the Institute of Coastal Research

Since October 1, 2015, the oceanographer is responsible for the area "System Analysis and Modeling" in Geesthacht.

REKLIM-Konferenz in Bremen:

Regionale Auswirkungen und Folgen des Klimawandels auf Küstenräume

Prize for Climate Research

The Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht awards historian James R. Fleming the Eduard Brückner Prize for climate research

Agriculture: Unused potential for effective climate protection

Climate Service Center Germany

Daniela Jacob officially becomes director of Climate Service Center 2.0

Agreement Forges Strong Ties in Magnesium Sheet Metal Research

The third German-Korean workshop on the "Production and Application of Semi-Finished Magnesium Products" took place in Lüneburg

Watching Atoms Dance: 2015 IAM Nano Conference in Hamburg

Conference IAM Nano 2015 in Hamburg

Hydrogen Storage: new tank for EcoBee

Umicore EcoBee concept car runs on new hydrogen storage tank developed at the Helmholtz-Zentrum

Winter storms influence climate change perception in Hamburg

For the eighth year in a row, scientists from the Institute of Coastal Research at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht carried out a survey through the Forsa ...

New report consolidates knowledge on climate change in the Baltic Sea region

The Second Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin (BACC II), a recently published report, serves as a revision and expansion of the 2008 edition ...

Blending is the Trick: Tailored Pores in Block Copolymer Membranes

Tailored Pores in Block Copolymer Membranes

Improved Forecasts for Surface Currents

Scientists from the Institute of Coastal Research at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht are introducing a new data analysis method that enables more precise ...

"There are still many open questions" - Interview with Marcus Reckermann about the Baltic Earth programme

"There are still many open questions" - Interview with Marcus Reckermann about the Baltic Earth programme

Gründung des Netzwerks Küstenforschung gibt wichtigen Impuls für Schleswig- Holstein

Zusammenschluss der vier großen Akteure zum „Netzwerk Küstenforschung Schleswig-Holstein“

Reversible shape shifters sensitive to temperature variations between room and body temperature

Research results presented in the journal Macromolecular Rapid Communications

New Supercomputer being installed at DKRZ

3D-architectured hydrogels guide regeneration of critically sized bone defects

For the first time research results presented in the journal Advanced Materials

Launch of Centre for High Performance Materials

“The Coast in Focus” App Now Available

With the arrival of the interactive COSYNA app, “The Coast in Focus", users can obtain real-time data on wave height, water temperature or salinity from ...

Professor Regine Willumeit-Römer now heads the “Metallic Biomaterials” division

Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht: Professor Regine Willumeit-Römer now heads the “Metallic Biomaterials” division.

Laying the Foundation for Serial Production:

Everything in Flow

"Practical Polymer Rheology” is the topic of the Geesthacht Polymer Days, held on the 18th and 19th of November 2014, at the Helmholtz-Zentrum ...

Between verbal skirmish and compromise

On behalf of the Climate Service Center 2.0 (CS2.0), the first comprehensive literature report on the topic of transdisciplinarity has emerged. The ...

Stainless Steel Instead of Gold

The Department of Hybrid Material Systems at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG) was successful in securing joint funding from the Helmholtz Society and the ...

Our Winter Storms are so far not influenced by Climate Change

While extreme heat waves are certainly connected to climate change, this clear link in regards to other extreme events, such as heavy rains, droughts and ...

New Joining Technology for Aerospace Engineering

Junior Professor Sergio Amancio of the Institute of Materials Research at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG) received the George Sachs Prize from the ...

Emerging scientist awarded 10,000 Euros for research on a hydrogen tank of the future

On the 15th of September, a 10,000 Euro prize was granted to Dr. Julian Jepsen by the Wasserstoff-Gesellschaft Hamburg (Hydrogen Society Hamburg) for his ...

Positive Results in the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme

The EU’s Seventh Framework Programme came to an end in 2013. The results for the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht were impressive. In the last eleven months ...

Expansion of Biomaterial Sciences in Teltow: New Construction of the Biomedical Technology Centre III

The Institute of Biomaterial Science of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht in Teltow will hold its groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the new ...

Climate Scientist Daniela Jacob Becomes New Head of The Climate Service Center 2.0

Dr. Daniela Jacob has taken over as Acting Director of the Climate Service Center 2.0 as of June 1st. She follows Dr. Guy Brasseur, who headed the Climate ...

New Information Platform on Earth and Environment

The Knowledge Platform „Earth and Environment – Earth System Knowledge Platform“( ESKP) goes online today. Under www.eskp.de scientists from eight ...

Total Reflection Mirrors: Nanostructures for X-ray Optics

Two silicon substrates are refined with state-of-the-art thin-film coatings for free-electron laser applications at the Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron ...

New licensee adopts “Made in Geesthacht” technology

The department of “Solid State Joining Processes” at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG) has recently concluded a new cooperation agreement with the ...

Shipping emissions over the North Sea could increase twenty-five percent by 2030

Within the framework of the EU Clean North Sea Shipping project, Dr. Volker Matthias of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht studied the current pollution emitted ...

Researchers develop ultrathin perfect UV light absorber

Ultraviolet light (UV) has not only harmful effects on molecules and biological tissue like human skin but it also can impair the performance of organic solar ...

Baltic Sea Fund recognizes the impacts of climate changes on the Baltic Sea

Presse release Baltic Sea Fund: The Baltic Sea Fund delegation decided on its annual meeting to award Professor Hans von Storch from Hamburg, Germany, for his ...

Das ist eine News

Das ist ganz toll und wie lang der sein soll ist noch nie defininiert worden. Sollte aber schnell lesbar sein!!! lol

Hightech winner from Geesthacht: new technology for the bonding of plastic and metal

Dr. Sergio Amancio, research group leader at the Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht and junior professor at the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, has become ...

Inaugurated New Building: The Inventor of „Fricition Stir Welding“ visited Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht

The inventor of Fricition Stir Welding (FSW), Dr. Wayne Thomas, came on November 20th personally to Geesthacht to inaugurate a building that was named after ...

International ECOSTORE project

The ECOSTORE project is now commencing under the coordination of scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht with four million euro of funding from the ...

For curious people no matter what age: Science Night in Hamburg

At 2. November the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht offers insights into the world of research:From Climate research on hydrogen technology and research with ...

From Macromolecules to Materials to Systems: Experts will present advanced technologies in Berlin

This year’s 12th International Conference Polymers for Advanced Technologies-PAT 2013, organized by the Institute of Biomaterial Science, Helmholtz-Zentrum ...

Opening Event of the Helmholtz Graduate School

On Friday September 27th the opening event of the Helmholtz Graduate School for Macromolecular Bioscience will take place at the Free University of Berlin. ...

Geesthacht coastal research scientist finds evidence of new type of flame retardant in eels

Within the scope of her doctoral thesis, Roxana Sühring from the Institute of Coastal Research at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht is examining how flame ...

X-ray experiment reveals kinship of 150 million-year-old dinosaur eggs

A team of international research scientists have carried out some very detailed synchrotron radiation examinations on fossils, using two beamlines of the ...

First shape-memory plastics able to reverse deformation

Biomaterial researchers in Teltow have developed plastics that can repeatedly change from one shape to another and then back again when temperatures fluctuate ...

A new research programme to achieve an improved understanding of the Earth system for the Baltic Sea region

On June 10th, 2013, at the 7th Study Conference on BALTEX, a new international and interdisciplinary research programme, Baltic Earth, will be launched. The ...

Delegation visit to South America: Directors of Materials and Coastal Research intend to expand cooperation

Since several years, the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG) has maintained good relations with universities and companies in South America. Therefore, the ...

Sustainable use of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea: coastal researchers provide the basis for future protection of the marine environment.

In the next 3 years coastal researchers will closely examine the processes in the sea floors of the German sectors of the North Sea and Baltic Sea to provide a ...

Geesthacht scientists reconstruct the climate of the past

Scientists of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht are participating in the most comprehensive reconstruction to date of regional climatic changes over the past ...

New Membrane Process: Geesthacht Researchers provide the desired polymer

Dr. Sofia Rangou, polymer scientist in Geesthacht, has succeeded in synthesizing the required starting product for a new process which has been developed by ...

An opening for molecules: Polymer research scientists develop double switchable membrane

Pharmaceutical residues in water can pose a danger to humans. Due to the fact that these molecules are soluble in water, there has been increasing evidence of ...

New center for neutron research in Germany:TUM and Helmholtz Centers establish the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum

The German neutron research, concentrated at the Research Neutron Source Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) in Garching, received its own name: Heinz Maier-Leibnitz ...

A new generation of aircraft: Materials research scientists in Geesthacht are engaged in original scale research on joints

Joining technology specialists at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG) are carrying out research on laser beam welding of a new aluminium-lithium alloy, ...

Ferries now ten years in the service of science: How FerryBoxes explore the oceans

The idea is a stroke of genius: ships that operate on fixed routes are equipped with measuring systems to investigate the marine environment. Scientists from ...

Sieve holds nanoparticles and acts as solar absorber

A membrane consisting of polymer fibres and proteins makes a novel filter for tiny, nano-scaled particles in aqueous solutions. The result of such a research, ...

The Wadden Sea as ”Heimat”

The Institute for Coastal Research at the Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht would like to understand what the people who live on the Wadden Sea coast think about ...

Coastal research on a big screen – Event “13. Lüneburger Umweltfilmtage“

Ferry boats in the service of science: On Sunday, 25/11/2012 you can watch a new video about the FerryBox in the cinema “Lüneburger Scala-Programmkino” ...

Polymer workshop in Geesthacht: New forum for polymer experts

The Institute of Polymer Research at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht organises a workshop for scientists in industry and at universities on November 13th and ...

Special Award in "Idea Competition 2012" for Polymer researcher in Geesthacht

Innovative ideas "made in Schleswig-Holstein" were awarded on Thursday, 1st of November in the German National Library of Economics (ZBW) in Kiel. ...

Targeted dissolution: the new generation of implants

Is a paradigm shift imminent in the field of implant materials? Scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht are engaged in research on biodegradable ...

Virtual Institute Becomes Real: Partners Attend First Meeting on Magnesium-Based Implants

On 10 October 2012, about thirty participants in the Helmholtz Virtual Institute’s “In vivo studies of biodegradable magnesium-based implant materials” ...

Geesthacht Coastal and Material Researchers welcomed the “Alex II” to the “City of Science”

Last weekend approximately 2,500 guests visited the science exhibition of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht at the cruise ship terminal in Travemünde where ...

Schools Lab Quantensprung: For ten years the facility has been filling the pupils with enthusiasm for science and technology

Honourable guest at the research centre: The birthday party of the Schools Laboratory Quantensprung in Geesthacht was visited by Dirk Loßack, State Secretary ...

EU-Project completed: With SELFMEM to intelligent membranes

The project “Self-assembled Polymer Membranes”, in short SELFMEM, which was funded by the European Union with the sum of 3.6 million euro, has now been ...

Nanoparticles strengthen magnesium

Materials scientists of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht develop new magnesium materials for vehicles, airplanes and satellites in the EU-project EXOMET, which ...

Summer cooling: Scientists calculate northern Europe’s climatic history

In cooperation with a team of international scientists, Dr. Eduardo Zorita and Dr. Sebastian Wagner of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht reconstructed the ...

Successful Mercury Measurement Campaign at Mount Etna

An airport and the little town of Linguaglossa at the foot of the Sicilian volcano, Mount Etna, became a research base for Prof. Dr. Ralf Ebinghaus and Andreas ...

Investigating ocean eddies: Prof. Dr. Burkard Baschek is a new director at the Institute of Coastal Research

Prof. Dr. Burkard Baschek is a new director at the Institute of Coastal Research of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht since July 2012. Following a five-year ...

New research association started: Magnesium implants shall facilitate bone fracture healing.

In collaboration with the university hospitals of Hamburg, Hannover and Graz as well as further partners, the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht will establish a ...

Learning in Bornholm: A new book summarizes the contents of a summer school on climate change in the Baltic Sea

The recently published book “Climate Impacts on the Baltic Sea: From Science to Policy” attempts to bridge the gap between science and politics regarding ...

The Wadden Sea as ”Heimat”

The Institute for Coastal Research at the Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht would like to understand what the people who live on the Wadden Sea coast think about ...

Platform for Detector Technology and Systems

The Helmholtz Association is creating a platform to develop detector technology and detector systems further. The aim of the platform is to advance ...

Hydrogen as alternative to petrol: Geesthacht scientists research boron in tanks

The European Technology Initiative, “Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking” (FCH JU), is providing approx 2.3 million euro of finance for the ...

A new measuring pole in the mouth of the Elbe provides environmental data for coastal research

Coastal researchers from the Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht are collecting data on water quality and sediment transport in the mouth of the Elbe, by means of a ...

Junior Scientist Award for Magnesium Researcher: Addition of rare earths influences the behaviour of sheet metal

Lennart Stutz,a magnesium researcher at the Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht, was awarded a young scientist prize for the best publication of the year 2011,at the ...

Experience coastal research first-hand

On the 12th and 13th of May the research vessel of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, the ‘Ludwig Prandtl’ will be moored at the HAFENGEBURTSTAG HAMBURG. ...

From the Satellite to the Model

Prof. Dr. Emil Stanev and his colleagues in the Institute of Coastal Research at the Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht are experts as regards the combination of ...

Tailor-Made Materials for the Transformation of the Energy Sector

In order to speed up the development of novel materials for the energy sector, the Helmholtz Association will provide funding for the new portfolio theme ...

Ultralight vehicles: New cooperative venture strengthens magnesium research in Geesthacht

In the framework of the World Premier Materials (WPM) development programme, the South Korean government has provided more than 100 million dollars to fund ...

Storm surges: Only every second person feels endangered – sensitivity to climate change is decreasing.

Scientists at the Helmholtz Center in Geesthacht are conducting investigations into the way in which the people of Hamburg assess the risks of climate change. ...

Climate Change and North Sea Storm Surges

In the night from 16th to the 17th February 1962, the German North Sea coast was hit by a severe storm surge. The Hanseatic city of Hamburg was particularly ...

Eröffnung: Biomedizintechnikum II am Standort Teltow

Am 12. Dezember 2011 um 18 Uhr wird das neue Forschungsgebäude des Zentrums für Biomaterialentwicklung des Helmholtz-Zentrums Geesthacht seiner Bestimmung ...

The Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht and the Helmut Schmidt University agree upon close cooperation

On Friday 9th December 2011, the president of the Helmut Schmidt University (HSU) Prof. Dr. Wilfried Seidel and the directors of the Helmholtz Centre ...

Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht intensifies cooperation with POSCO in South Korea

Economic lightweight materials for cars or aeroplanes, new technologies for regenerative energy systems – these are great challenges currently faced by ...

Temporary use – magnesium implants biodegrade systematically

In the course of the next four years, the first prototypes of biocompatible magnesium bone implants are to be tested and developed in the scope of the new EU ...

Hard or soft: at the touch of a button New nano material switches properties as required

A world premiere: a material which changes its strength, virtually at the touch of a button. This transformation can be achieved in a matter of seconds through ...

Arctic coasts on the retreat

The coastline in Arctic regions reacts to climate change with increased erosion and retreats by half a metre per year on average. This means substantial ...

The GKSS is giving itself a new name

From the 1st of November, the centre will be known as the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Zentrum für Material und Küstenforschung GmbH (Centre for Materials ...

New research facility for magnesium at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht

A new building containing a magnesium casting and rolling facility has been built at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany, for a value of about seven ...

Fewer polar lows in the polar North Atlantic

Scientists at GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht have shown that the frequency of polar storms in the North Atlantic, so-called ‘polar lows’, can diminish in ...

Storm Surges Congress 2010 – Scientists from 30 countries meet in Hamburg

The Institute for Coastal Research at the GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht, in cooperation with Hamburg KlimaCampus (Climate Campus) at Hamburg University and ...

GKSS scientists make statements on concentration of ash particles after volcanic eruption

Some German airlines levelled their criticism against the forecasts of the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC) in London on the spread of the ash cloud over ...

New Laser Hall Opened – Welding for Research

A new hall with a semi-industrial laser system has been built at the GKSS Research Centre, Geesthacht, in collaboration with Airbus Deutschland GmbH. GKSS put ...

Close to the limits? GKSS researchers examine new high-performance materials

In January 2010, a new Helmholtz university junior research group was set up at the GKSS Research Centre in Geesthacht. The leader of the junior research group ...

Climate Change in Hamburg

Scientists from various disciplines, led by the KlimaCampus Hamburg, have presented the first ‘Climate Report for the Hamburg Metropolitan Area’. It brings ...

The Residents of the North Sea Coast Fear more Storm Floods

“Climate change is the greatest danger on the North Sea coast”, according to 33% of the residents of the coast. This is one of the results of a current ...

Keeping our sights on big breakers with radar

Scientists of the Geesthacht GKSS Research Centre have developed a radar system with which it is possible to study the behaviour of sea waves. This technology ...

Digital North German Climate Atlas now available online

The North German Climate Office Atlas of the GKSS-Research Centre in Geesthacht has developed a unique digital Online Atlas for future climate change in ...

Research in the Nano-Realm

Transparent foils which are conductive and thus use sunlight for generation of energy. Hulls of ships, which no longer rust due to a nano-coating ...

Coastal research: GKSS to invest twelve million euros in a new observation system for the North Sea

With the major COSYNA project (Coastal Observation System for Northern and Arctic Seas), a comprehensive observation system is being created in the area of the ...

GKSS scientists refute argument of climate sceptics

Scientists at the GKSS Research Centre of Geesthacht and the University of Bern have investigated the frequency of warmer than average years between 1880 and ...

China and Germany: working together for the good of the coasts

During his trip to Europe, Prof. Dr. LU Yongxiang, Deputy President of the National People’s Congress of China and President of the Chinese Academy of ...

On the Trail of Polar Lows

Scientists from the GKSS Research Centre in Geesthacht have developed a mathematical method that enables a reconstruction of the occurrence of polar cyclones ...

Stirred, not struck — new riveting process from GKSS

Friction riveting, or FricRiveting, is the name of the new joining process developed by materials researcher Dr. Sergio Amancio of the GKSS Research Centre in ...

Later, warmer and greener autumn as climatic change comes to North Germany

Evaluations carried out by the North German Climate Office at the GKSS Research Centre in Geesthacht reveal how the North-German autumn could change with ...

Hamburg’s citizens regard climate change as a great threat

61 per cent of Hamburg’s citizens believe climate change to be a great, or very great threat to the city, citing storm surges and flooding as possible ...

Palaeoclimate: Linking events across a key climate transition

The Earth experienced a dramatic climate transition some 34 million years ago, when the Antarctic underwent extraordinarily rapid glaciation. A paper in this ...

Oil spill in the Wadden Sea! Which areas are especially at risk?

Germany’s Wadden Sea is a unique and very sensitive ecosystem that would be severely impacted by a serious shipping accident. That’s why it’s important ...

Universität Hamburg gewinnt im Exzellenzwettbewerb

Die Universität Hamburg (UHH) erhielt am 19.10.2007 den Zuschlag zum Ausbau des Kompetenz-Zentrums in der Klimaforschung. Gemeinsam mit ihren ...

Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region

New report

Eine Kindertagesstätte für kleine Wissenschaftler - Einweihung der GKSS-Kindertagesstätte "Einsteinchen" am 13. Juni 2007

Um die Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie zu fördern, betreibt das GKSS-Forschungszentrum Geesthacht ab sofort den Betriebskindergarten „Einsteinchen“. ...

Boden in der Elbmarsch ist völlig in Ordnung Neue Untersuchung vorgelegt

Der Boden im Umkreis des GKSS-Forschungszentrums Geesthacht ist in Bezug auf radioaktive Werte völlig in Ordnung. Eine neue umfassende Untersuchung belegt, ...

Climate change in the Baltic Sea basin – past, present and future

Europäischer Verbund entwickelt neuartige Wasserstoffspeichermaterialien

Am 1. November 2006 startet das von der Europäischen Union mit 2,5 Millionen Euro geförderte Marie Curie Forschungs- und Ausbildungsnetzwerk COSY (Complex ...

Das GKSS-Forschungszentrum in Geesthacht feiert 50. Geburtstag

Am 17. Mai 2006 feierte die GKSS-Forschungszentrum Geesthacht GmbH mit über Tausend geladenen Gästen aus Politik, Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft in der ...

Forschung und Wissenschaft auf höchstem Niveau

Mit der Jahrestagung präsentiert sich die GKSS als innovative Forschungsstätte, die seit fast 50 Jahren immer wieder zukunftsweisende Beiträge zu aktuellen ...

GKSS unterzeichnet Rahmenvereinbarung mit der RWTH Aachen

Das GKSS-Forschungszentrum Geesthacht, eines der fünfzehn Zentren der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, wird die Zusammenarbeit mit den Universitäten weiter ...

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