#HZDR guest researcher Jason Ross awarded Roy G. Post Scholarship for research on removing #radioactive substances from the body: German-French #ActiDecorp project paves the way for new therapies against #actinide contamination.
#unistra.fr #UBE @tudresden #ASNR
Image: Peter Kaden
➡️ www.hzdr.de/presse/jross
New #openaccess publication #SciPost #Physics
Experimental validation of TRIDYN self-sputtering simulations
Marie Deseyn, Michael Heines, Bart Caerts, Thomas Elias Cocolios, René Heller, Ulrich Kentsch, Goele Magchiels, Wolfhard Möller, Lino da Costa Pereira, André Vantomme, Wiktoria Wojtaczka, Qiang Zhao
SciPost Phys. 20, 055 (2026)
https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.20.2.055
A team at #HZDR has looked, for the first time, inside a #sodium-zinc molten salt #battery at ~600 °C using #X-ray imaging in real time during operation. Hidden aging processes were revealed: important information for simplified cell concepts for large-scale #energy storage.
▶️ www.hzdr.de/presse/x_ray_battery
Image: Martins Sarma, Natalia Shevchenko
New route into #2D materials: Research team from #TUD, #MPI-MSP and #HZDR produces ultra-clean #MXenes with outstanding electrical performance, opening the door to next-generation electronics, sensors, and energy technologies.
▶️ https://www.hzdr.de/presse/ti3c2cl2
Image: B. Schröder/HZDR
How does uranium from mining enter the environment? An international study investigates #uranium exposure in children living near South African #goldmines and reveals how this exposure is reflected in children’s #hair.
#HZDR #Wismut #VKTA #SAMRC #IARC #NWU #UJ #UKZN
▶️ www.hzdr.de/presse/uran_gold
Image: Angela Mathee
How healthy are Brazil nuts really: The popular seeds, known as “#selenium bombs”, contain also traces of metals like #barium and #radium. Researchers at #HZDR and #VKTA conducted a study on the amounts of these elements that could enter the body during digestion.
Read more:
▶️ www.hzdr.de/presse/brazil_nut
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