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

2017: Lectures and Hands-on sessions in computational molecular biophysics
Computational Molecular Biophysics How can a bird sense magnetic fields, how does our ear detect sound waves, how does our bone …

New species discovered: Protist parasites contribute to the stability of rainforest ecosystems
Tropical rainforests are one of the most species-rich areas on earth. Thousands of animal and plant species live there. The smaller …

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

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

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

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

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

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

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