Helmholtz Association

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The Helmholtz Association contributes to solving grand challenges facing society, science and industry by conducting top-rate research in the fields of Aeronautics, Space and Transport; Earth and Environment; Energy; Health; Matter; and Information.
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Congratulations to the winners of the Helmholtz Doctoral Prize!

At Helmholtz, nearly 9,000 doctoral candidates are conducting research.
Eleven of them have now been honored for their outstanding work with this prestigious prize.

Read more ⤵️
https://www.helmholtz.de/en/newsroom/article/helmholtz-awards-doctoral-prize/

📸 Oliver Walterscheid

@cispa @KIT_Karlsruhe @DKFZ @MDC_Berlin @HZDR @fzj @geomar_de @hzbde @DLR

Climate change, environmental pollution, and increased access to marine resources are jeopardizing key ecosystem functions. @geomar_de marine researcher Sylvia Sander calls for urgent action to close the gaps in our knowledge about the deep sea and offers concrete recommendations on how to do so.

Read the point of view in the newsletter: https://www.helmholtz.de/latest-monthly

Subscribe to the newsletter: https://www.helmholtz.de/en/monthly

Katarzyna Polak-Kraśna is a biomedical engineer and Head of the Department of Digital Design and Processing at Helmholtz-Zentrum @hereon’s Teltow campus. For our newsletter “Helmholtz Monthly” she answered three questions.

Read the interview in the newsletter: https://www.helmholtz.de/latest-monthly

Subscribe to the newsletter: https://www.helmholtz.de/en/monthly

Robots on ice or in space:
The ROBEX alliance by @awi, @geomar_de and @DLR pushes science to the edge—with autonomous systems for the extremes.
🔗 Explore the story: https://www.helmholtz.de/en/about-us/helmholtz-stories/story/story-30/?mtm_campaign=30Jahre30Stories&mtm_source=Mastodon-Story30-eng #Helmholtz30
A broken bone, one surgery, full healing.
@hereon is helping develop implants that disappear when no longer needed.
🔗 Discover the science: https://www.helmholtz.de/en/about-us/helmholtz-stories/story/story-29/?mtm_campaign=30Jahre30Stories&mtm_source=Mastodon-Story29-eng #Helmholtz30
No sun. No soil. Still: over a ton of veggies in Antarctica.
@DLR & @awi show how food production could work in extreme environments.
🔗 Find out how: https://www.helmholtz.de/en/about-us/helmholtz-stories/story/story-28/?mtm_campaign=30Jahre30Stories&mtm_source=Mastodon-Story28-eng #Helmholtz30
The brain, mapped like never before.
EBRAINS – a European platform led by @fzj – provides access to the most detailed brain atlas in the world.
🔗 Details: https://www.helmholtz.de/en/about-us/helmholtz-stories/story/story-27/?mtm_campaign=30Jahre30Stories&mtm_source=Mastodon-Story27-eng #Helmholtz30
Fighting cancer with cutting-edge science.
At the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Helmholtz (@DKFZ, @HZDR, @MDC_Berlin) brings research straight to patients — for faster breakthroughs in diagnosis and treatment.
🔗 Learn more: https://www.helmholtz.de/en/about-us/helmholtz-stories/story/story-26/?mtm_campaign=30Jahre30Stories&mtm_source=Mastodon-Story26-eng #Helmholtz30
Bringing particle beams to light speed – over ultra-short distances?
Not science fiction. Helmholtz (@HZDR, @FAIR_GSI_de, @DESYnews) is doing it with plasma acceleration and high-power lasers.
🔗 Learn more:https://www.helmholtz.de/en/about-us/helmholtz-stories/story/story-25/?mtm_campaign=30Jahre30Stories&mtm_source=Mastodon-Story25-eng #Helmholtz30
Why do we get sick?
Helmholtz studies health, lifestyle & environment through NAKO & Rheinland – to prevent disease before it starts.
🔗 Read more: https://www.helmholtz.de/en/about-us/helmholtz-stories/story/story-24/?mtm_campaign=30Jahre30Stories&mtm_source=Mastodon-Story24-eng #Helmholtz30 @Helmholtz_HZI @dzne @MDC_Berlin @HelmholtzMunich