The lecture series „Wissenschaft für Alle“ of GSI and FAIR will be continued as a hybrid format in the second half of 2023. Interested parties can either attend the event in the lecture hall of GSI/FAIR following a registration or dial into the broadcast of the event via video conference using an internet-enabled device such as a laptop, cell phone or tablet. The program will begin on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, with a talk by Peter Engels of the city archive Darmstadt on the occasion of the…

It was the starting point of a success story and is an outstanding example of successful technology transfer: 25 years ago, clinical studies of an innovative cancer treatment using accelerated carbon ions started at GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung. In August and September 1998, the first patients were treated with a complete course of carbon therapy for a period of three weeks. In the following years, the path led from fundamental research to a widespread medical application ...

It was an exciting adventure trip into science with a lot to see, to experience and to understand at the Open House on Saturday, July 15, 2023, at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung and the future accelerator center FAIR. Around 3,500 guests had the opportunity to view research stations, laboratories and experimental setups on the campus in Darmstadt. They also had the chance to take a closer look at the FAIR project, one of the world's largest construction projects for science...