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 produced superheavy elements moscovium and nihonium (elements 115 and 113). Moscovium thus becomes the heaviest element ever chemically studied. Both of the newly characterized elements are more chemically reactive than flerovium (element 114), which was previously studied at GSI/FAIR. The…
The PANDA Collaboration recently awarded the PANDA Theory PhD Prize for the fourth time. Every two years, this prize honors outstanding doctoral theses by young researchers. This year, Dr. Roberto Bruschini (Ohio State University) has received the award for his doctoral thesis “Unified Study of Spectrum and Properties of Heavy Mesons at Energies below and above Meson-Meson Thresholds”.
The PANDA Theory PhD Prize was handed over at the recent Panda Collaboration meeting at GSI in Darmstadt by…
The State Secretary in the Hessian Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, Viticulture, Forestry, Hunting and Homeland, Michael Ruhl, recently informed himself about the current scientific activities at GSI/FAIR and the progress of the accelerator center FAIR, currently being built at GSI. He was accompanied by his personal advisor Frank Backhaus and Dr. Sebastian Huber, head of the “Radiation Protection, Large Accelerators, Emergency Protection” department. The guests were welcomed...
The 26th International Conference on Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Sources (ECRIS 2024) recently took place in Darmstadt. Organized by the Ion Sources Department of the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, the conference brought together leading international scientists and engineers working on the development, operation, and applications of ECR ion sources. The ECRIS conference series is regarded to be the key platform for the exchanging research results and technological…
Recently, Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Science & Technology (DST) together with a delegation from India visited FAIR. This visit took place on invitation by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), which also participated in the visit with a delegation led by Stefan Müller, Director General Provision for the Future – Basic Research and Research for Sustainable Development, BMBF. They were accompanied by ...
At the end of August, twelve young people started their professional future at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung and at FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research). They are spread over six different apprenticeships in the technical and administrative fields. During an introductory event, the trainees received valuable organizational information and had the opportunity to get to know each other.
GSI and FAIR offer a unique working environment that combines highly complex…
With funding of four million euros as part of the ‘EU MSCA Doctoral Networks’, and additional funding of 600 000 euros through the Swiss State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation SERI, the European research project ‘UPLIFT’ was recently launched, aiming to expand the perspectives of tumor therapy with an innovative approach. The project is led by GSI scientists Professor Christian Graeff and Dr. Lennart Volz. It brings together 15 leading ...
Professor Marco Durante, head of the Biophysics Research Department at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, was recently awarded the Ellen Gleditsch Prize by the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters. The award ceremony took place during the Academy's public conference on “Proton Therapy - Physics meets Medicine” in Oslo.
Hands-on science: Last Saturday, visitors from near and far flocked to Roßmarkt to find out more about research from Frankfurt and the surrounding area. The big event, put together by the Frankfurt Alliance, featured an exciting stage program and lots of activities. GSI/FAIR offered insights into the function of particle accelerators and their scientific work with two hands-on experiments.
