
Issue 4 | 2024
You live and learn. This is why we attended one of the largest conferences for German science journalism (Wissenswerte). Not only …

Issue 3 | 2024
On 13 July 2024, HITS opened its doors to the public again and welcomed more than 500 visitors. The program titled “Weather, viruses and …

Issue 2 | 2024
Mechanobiology studies how cells can sense and respond to mechanical forces. Together with two colleagues, HITS group leader Frauke Gräter …

Issue 1 | 2024
At HITS, artificial intelligence (AI) is not a current trend, but a long-established practice: Several groups have been working with machine …

Issue 4 | 2023
What makes a planet habitable? How do you keep it habitable, how do you develop life, and what strategic decisions put …

Issue 3 | 2023
This summer, we celebrated a special event: the first onsite meeting with our alumni in four years, intertwined with a “Math …

Issue 2 | 2023
We are happy to continue the success story of grants awarded by the European Research Council (ERC): PSO group leader Friedrich …

Issue 1 | 2023
This spring, a special project is blossoming: SIMPLAIX, a collaboration of HITS with Heidelberg University and the KIT. The three partner …

Issue 4 | 2022
Fall is the season of the harvest, and at HITS it´s particularly abundant this year: Alexandros Stamatakis, head of the …

Issue 3 | 2022
In recent years, hardly any buzzword has become as much a part of everyday human life as “artificial intelligence” – from voice …