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2011-12-09 Pressemitteilung HZG und HSU Kooperation
The Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht and the Helmut Schmidt University agree upon close cooperation
On Friday 9th December 2011, the president of the Helmut Schmidt University (HSU) Prof. Dr. Wilfried Seidel and the directors of the Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht (HZG), Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kaysser and Michael Ganß, signed a cooperation agreement to link fields of research in which their two establishments are at the forefront worldwide. The object of the agreement is the creation and sharing of resources for materials research.
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2011-11-08 Press release MoU with POSCO
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht intensifies cooperation with POSCO in South Korea
Economic lightweight materials for cars or aeroplanes, new technologies for regenerative energy systems – these are great challenges currently faced by industry and science. In order to better combine scientific research activities and practical experience, scientists of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht and the South Korean company POSCO Ltd. want to cooperate more closely.
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2011-10-18 Press release MagnIM
Temporary use – magnesium implants biodegrade systematically
In the course of the next four years, the first prototypes of biocompatible magnesium bone implants are to be tested and developed in the scope of the new EU project, “Tailored Biodegradable Magnesium Implant Materials”(MagnIM). This major three million euro project will be coordinated by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG). The head of the HZG department “Structure Research on Macromolecules”, Prof. Dr. Regine Willumeit, will act as project leader. Researchers in Geesthacht have been engaged in the investigation and development of metallic biomaterials based on titanium and magnesium for some time now. Implants made from the light metal magnesium promote the regeneration of bone tissue and biodegrade in situ after a pre-defined period of time.
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2011-09-19 Conference MECA SENS
Knowing exactly where a crack could develop in an engine block
At the 6th international conference "MECA SENS - Mechanical Stress Evaluation by Neutrons and Synchrotron Radiation" from the 7th to 9th of September more than 120 participants from 20 countries exchanged views on the subject of residual stresses. The event was organized by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht. Residual stresses occur in the manufacture of components, for example, of aircraft and vehicles and can lead to their failure. Therefore, it is important to understand how internal stresses arise in production processes, how to avoid them or may even increase the lifespan of components. Residual stresses can be measured using neutron and synchrotron radiation, since these components enable the investigation of large components even during the production process.
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2011-09-14 News
Summer School in the Tidal Mudflats
This year “The Summer School on Coastal Research” will take place in Lauenburg und Büsum from the 19th to the 30th of September. In the course of this 12 day event the 20 participants will be brought up to date with the latest knowledge regarding climate change and its effects on the North Sea. The young marine and environmental scientists come from 15 countries, and yet all have one thing in common – their desire to investigate the coasts and seas of the world. Each year since 2002, the Institute of Coastal Research at the Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht, the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven and the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research in Warnemünde have cooperated to organise a summer school on various topics regarding climate and marine research - originating from the idea of imparting the knowledge gained from current research to junior scientists from around the world.
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2011-09-12 International Coastal Conference opened in Yantai, China
International Coastal Conference opened in Yantai, China
Scientists from the Institute of Coastal Research of the Helmholtz Centre in Geesthacht have today opened the Open Science Conference on “Coastal Systems, Global Change and Sustainability, in Yantai, China.
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2011-07-22 Press Release Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht
Magnesium Award 2011: scientist honored for new high performance alloy
The “Magnesium Research Award”, endowed with 5,000 euro, has been conferred by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht since 2007. This prize offers recognition to young researchers for their innovative research in the field of magnesium. The prize winner this year is the Chinese scientist, Professor Xiaoqin Zeng of the Jiao Tong University in Shanghai.
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2011-06-15 News Hydrogen
Capturing the wind and the sun
When the wind blows and the sun shines, wind turbines and solar modules provide us with electricity. However, the energy yield is dependent on weather conditions. If the wind blows too strongly at night, for example, wind turbines sometimes have to be shut down, due to a lack of consumers. Should there be neither wind nor sun, urgently needed electricity may not be available. One way to employ renewable energy more effectively could lie in the utilization of hydrogen. Hydrogen would firstly be produced by using surplus supplies of electricity. When there is a renewed demand, this hydrogen could, in turn, be used to generate electricity e.g. in fuel cells. The benchmark for hydrogen technology is the storage. Researchers from Geesthacht presented their innovative storage concepts for the first time at the H2-Expo in Hamburg.
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2011-06-02 Press Release Technical University of Hamburg and the Helmholtz Center Geesthacht
Hard or soft: at the touch of a button New nano material switches properties as required
A world premiere: a material which changes its strength, virtually at the touch of a button. This transformation can be achieved in a matter of seconds through changes in the electron structure of a material; thus hard and brittle matter, for example, can become soft and malleable. What makes this development revolutionary, is that the transformation can be controlled by electric signals. This world-first has its origins in Hamburg. Jörg Weißmüller, a materials scientist at both the Technical University of Hamburg and the Helmholtz Center Geesthacht, has carried out research on this groundbreaking development, working in cooperation with colleagues from the Institute for Metal Research in Shenyang, China.
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2011-04-18 Press Release Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht
Arctic coasts on the retreat
The coastline in Arctic regions reacts to climate change with increased erosion and retreats by half a metre per year on average. This means substantial changes for Arctic ecosystems near the coast and the population living there. A consortium of more than thirty scientists from ten countries, including researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association and from the Helmholtz Centre in Geesthacht, comes to this conclusion in two studies published in Estuaries and Coasts and online on www.arcticcoasts.org. They jointly investigated over 100,000 kilometres and thus a fourth of all Arctic coasts and their results have now been published for the first time.
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