
Oscillating stars and inner secrets
HITS Group Leader Saskia Hekker (TOS) was invited as an expert to participate in the “AstroGeo Podcast”, hosted by science journalists …

On Chemistry and Machine Learning: Fernanda Duarte at the HITS-SIMPLAIX Colloquium
On 28 September 2023, Fernanda Duarte from University of Oxford gave a joint HITS-SIMPLAIX Colloquium on exploring chemical reactivity in the age of …

In “Campus Report”: The universal sound of black holes (in German)
The earth usually seems very big to us and, if we disregard the climate, also quite stable. In fact, it is …

Mehr als nur ein Gummiband – unsere Forschung einfach erklärt (German only)
Das Strukturprotein Kollagen ist das häufigste Eiweiß im menschlichen Organismus. Neue Forschungsergebnisse decken unerwartete Eigenschaften auf. Wenn Sie mehr wissen …

Olexandr Isayev
Klaus Tschira Guest Professor, May – June 2023 Sitting on the terrace and glancing at the young researchers at the adjacent table who …

Philipp Podsiadlowski
Klaus Tschira Guest Professor, May, October – December 2023 Outside his office window lies the lush, spring green part of the HITS garden, …

Sarbani Basu
Klaus Tschira Guest Professor, September – November 2022 “It´s almost like being a postdoc again”, says Sarbani Basu, sitting at the desk …

Antonis Rokas
Klaus Tschira Guest Professor, June – September 2022 He steps out onto the terrace and enjoys the view of the garden, which is …

Holding on to letting go – the Power of Bonds in Cell Stability
Two-component adhesives are a brilliant invention. Scientists at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) have found that the principle behind …

The Universal Sound of Black Holes
They are mysterious, exciting and inescapable – black holes are some of the most exotic objects in the Universe. With gravitational-wave detectors, …