HITS researchers cited worldwide
In the recent ranking “Highly Cited Researchers” by Thomson Reuters, the HITS scientists Volker Springel (Astrophysics) and Tilmann Gneiting (Mathematics) are …
Season’s Greetings
Dear friends and colleagues, In the languages of their native countries, all HITSters send you their season´s greetings. Sincerely, Prof. …
Simulating the Death of Stars
Humboldt Fellow Samuel Jones (University of Victoria, Canada) is exploring the evolution and the explosion of stars by means of highly …
Michael Stang and T V Padma to be “Journalists in Residence” at HITS
The Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies gives science journalists the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of computer-based, data-driven science with a …
ISESO: On the road to a new energy management
On November 9 and 10, 2015, the International Symposium on Energy System Optimization (ISESO 2015) took place at the Studio Villa Bosch conference center in …
Mechanosensing of focal adhesion kinase
Why do astronauts suffer from bone loss? Astronauts lose bone mass because of the low gravity in space. Bones need mechanical …
Higher Teichmüller theory and Higgs bundles: Hengstberger Symposium in Heidelberg
From November 2 – 6, 2015, Dr. Daniele Alessandrini, Dr. Gye-Seon Lee, and Dr. Ana Peón-Nieto from the Differential Geometry research group at Heidelberg …
When the Label Matters: Adsorption of Labeled and Unlabeled Proteins on Charged Surfaces
Fluorescent labels are often attached to proteins in order to experimentally study their binding and adsorption to flat surfaces. Ideally, these …
Andreas Reuter appointed senior professor at Heidelberg University
Expert for information technologies will develop further the IT infrastructure for data-driven science The Heidelberg based expert on information technologies, Prof. …
CECAM Workshop Hackathon
Congratulations to Prajwal Nandekar who participated in the “CECAM Extended Software Development Workshop” in Forschungszentrum Jülich on 12-17 October 2015, and …