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What´s new at HITS? On this page you can find the latest news from and about HITS, including the latest scientific discoveries, personal achievements by our researchers or general changes at HITS.

Publication in Scientometrics Journal

28. March 2017

A study entitled “Data Sets for Author Name Disambiguation: An Empirical Analysis and a New Resource” has just been published in …

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2017: Lectures and Hands-on sessions in computational molecular biophysics

28. March 2017

Computational Molecular Biophysics How can a bird sense magnetic fields, how does our ear detect sound waves, how does our bone …

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New species discovered: Protist parasites contribute to the stability of rainforest ecosystems

21. March 2017

Tropical rainforests are one of the most species-rich areas on earth. Thousands of animal and plant species live there. The smaller …

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The presentation of the membershop certificate (f.l.t.r.): Prof. Dr. Jutta Schnitzer-Ungefug, Secretary General Leopoldina, Prof. Dr. Volker Springel, HITS, Prof. Dr. Jörg Hacker, President, Leopoldina Photo: Markus Scholz / Leopoldina

Simulated Universes

20. March 2017

Volker Springel elected to the German Academy of Sciences “Leopoldina”. Presentation of the membership certificate in Halle, Germany Volker Springel, head …

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Visitor: Dr. Stefan Taubenberger

17. March 2017

From March 13 to March 17, 2017, the PSO group hosted Dr. Stefan Taubenberger from the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching as …

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Flaws in nacre!

15. March 2017

New paper on flaws in nacre is out! Flaws weaken a crystal along what macroscopic theories predict, even on the nano-scale, …

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Welcome Jana!

14. March 2017

A warm welcome to Jana Tünnermann that has just joined the MBM group as an intern. Jana is a master …

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T.V. Padma – Journalist in Residence 2017

13. March 2017

In February 2017, the India-based science journalist T.V. Padma joined HITS as the sixth “Journalist in Residence”, where she will remain …

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Visitor: Dr. Ulrich Noebauer

13. March 2017

From March 6 to March 8, 2017, the PSO group hosted Dr. Ulrich Noebauer from the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching as …

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“Journalist in Residence”: T.V. Padma at HITS

13. March 2017

Science journalist T.V. Padma from Delhi, India, has begun her stay at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) as “…

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