As part of the BVSR Conference 2026, GSI/FAIR recently welcomed 200 students from the fields of space science and engineering to its campus in Darmstadt. The Bundesverband studentischer Raumfahrt e. V. (BVSR) represents student groups involved in space projects at the national level. The visit offered exciting insights into current research and underscored the importance GSI/FAIR places on supporting the next generation of scientists.
Microsystems are essential components of sensors. They are used in medical and mobility technology, cybersecurity and communications technology as well as for networked production processes. But they also play an increasingly important role in the energy transition. Scientists at the Rüsselsheim Campus of Hochschule RheinMain – University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSRM) are currently developing a platform for the micro-nano integration of novel sensor elements. In the coming years, they will…
FAIR has reached another milestone: The target chamber for the superconducting fragment separator (Super-FRS) was successfully placed in its final location within the FAIR construction site and is thus the first installed component of the Super-FRS target area.
At the 2nd Darmstadt Sensor Technology Day, the initiators presented their plans for a Hessian Sensor Technology Cluster. The aim is to strengthen collaboration between research institutions, industry, and start-ups, and to accelerate the transfer of new technologies into practical applications. Participants from research, industry, and application sectors. Around 80 representatives from science, business, and politics gathered at GSI/FAIR in Darmstadt.
“Challenge accepted! Research has the answer!” That was not only the motto of the Open House hosted by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) on June 20 and 21 in Berlin, but also a key theme at the modern information booth where the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung and the international accelerator center FAIR presented their work at the event. GSI and FAIR enthused visitors with an interactive challenge in a particle accelerator game and other hands-on…
In collaboration with GSI/FAIR, experimental and theoretical physicists from Heinrich Heine University (HHU) Düsseldorf and Forschungszentrum Jülich have gained important insights into laser–plasma accelerator technology. As they report in two papers published in Reports on Progress in Physics and High Power Laser Science and Engineering, the polarization state of accelerated particles is preserved during this process. This finding is significant for a range of applications, including controlled…
Using a novel simulation model based on machine learning, an international research team at GSI/FAIR has succeeded in gaining a deeper understanding of element formation in stellar events such as neutron star mergers. For the first time, the scientists used deep learning with a neural network to model the energy release during r-process nucleosynthesis in hydrodynamic simulations. The results are published in the journal Physical Review D.
At the FAIR construction site, the NUSTAR collaboration has reached an important milestone: The GLAD vacuum chamber – the first major component of the NUSTAR experimental setup – was successfully transported to the NUSTAR High-Energy Cave.
This year’s prestigious “Electrifying Ideas Award” from the ZVEI (The German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association) goes to Rittal, the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung and to deep-tech company etalytics. These partners have created a German blueprint for the AI centers of the future: Artificial Intelligence (AI) will require more than just algorithms to be effective at scale. It will need data centers that can keep pace with the extreme power density of…
