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Awards

Prof. Rainer Waser Honored as Pioneer of Memristive Devices

With his scientific research, Prof. Rainer Waser has revitalised the field of memristive devices and pushed it further towards application. The internationally renowned journal "Advanced Electronic Materials" has now paid a very special tribute to the much decorated pioneer and has published a special issue to celebrate his 65th birthday.

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Structural Biology

A New Tool for Cryo-Electron Microscopy

Researchers led by Prof. Carsten Sachse are using cryo-electron microscopy, or cryo-EM for short, to make biomolecules visible at the atomic level. In a paper now published in the journal Nature Methods, they present a new method that combines cryo-EM with a method otherwise used in materials research. The results are also presented and classified in a Nature Briefing.

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Physics

A New Rule for Electron Orbital Formation

Electron orbitals show where and how electrons move around atomic nuclei and molecules. In modern chemistry and physics, they have proven to be a useful model for quantum mechanical prediction of chemical reactions. Physicists at Forschungszentrum Jülich and the University of Graz have now discovered a previously unknown condition that must be met when two substances react with each other.

In Focus

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Solutions for next-generation supercomputers

Supercomputing

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Basic research, theory and development

Quantum Technologies

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The driving power

Hydrogen

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Pioneering Digital Brain Science

Human Brain Project

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Sustainable cycles

Bioeconomy

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The climate system and its interactions

Atmosphere and Climate

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Water Monitor

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Shaping Change

Structural Change

Shaping change: This is what drives us at Forschungszentrum Jülich. As a member of the Helmholtz Association with more than 7,000 employees, we conduct research into the possibilities of a digitized society, a climate-friendly energy system, and a resource-efficient economy. We combine natural, life and engineering sciences in the fields of information, energy, and the bioeconomy with specialist expertise in high-performance computing and we also use unique scientific infrastructure.

Shaping Change - with this mission, more than 7,000 people work hand in hand at Forschungszentrum Jülich. Find out what else we stand for

Our 3 main areas of research

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Energy

The scientific objective of energy research is an energy system based on renewable energy which will help make the transformation of the German energy sector a success as well as limiting climate change.

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Information

Scientists in the research area of information investigate how information is processed in biological and technical systems. The focus here is on brain research, basic research for future information technologies, and supercomputing.

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Bioeconomy

As the global population increases, agricultural land recedes, and fossil fuel resources are on the decline, there is a need to transition from an oil-based economy to one based on the sustainable use of renewable resources. It is in this respect that the bioeconomy can make some key contributions.