The Plant Time Machine- Climate change meets soil research

The AgraSim plant chamber is a Jülich in-house development to the core. Its designed and optimized in cooperation with the IBG-3 team. The planning for the large-scale project alone took almost two years.

When DREAMs come true

After month of hard work, our ZEA-1-engeneers have finished two essential parts for the European Spallation Source. We can’t wait to send "DREAM" and "Twister" to our colleagues in Lund.

Science Online: Scientific Diplomacy – Bridges to Promote Science and Peace

In this talk, Prof. Ghaleb Natour, director at ZEA-1, will present examples of scientific collaborations that promote science and peace through cooperation across borders.

Green All-Rounders - Large-scale experiment at the sewage treatment plant

Clean water and algae? For most people, this does not add up. Dr. Diana Reinecke-Levi (IBG-2) sees it differently. At the campus sewage treatment plant, she wants to find out how to filter nitrates, microplastics or traces of pharmaceuticals out of the water with microalgae.

With the Jülich shirt at an altitude of over 3,800 metres: Alfred Budwig

Freefall over Belgium: Alfred Budwig during a tandem jump in a Jülich shirt

Powerful research, powerful images

This glass plasma ring from Jülich is about the size of a record and has been on display as an interactive hands-on exhibit at Deutsches Museum in Nuremberg since September 2021.

Special Order from Lund, New large-scale instrument at ZEA-1

Manufacturing high-precision components at the limit of what is technically feasible? No problem for the new five-axis machining centre at ZEA-1. Engineer Dr. Yannick Beßler is responsible for the first order – with an important component for the ESS neutron source in Sweden.

How a unique large-scale machine is set up in basic operation

State-of-the-art five-axis machining centre in operation since mid-May: completely new manufacturing possibilities for components of research equipment

Anton Dimroth (ZEA-1) wins JUICE Innovation Contest

At the end of the JUICE Program 21/22, Jülich scientists successfully pitched their innovative transfer projects at the final JUICE Innovation Contest. In interdisciplinary teams across institutes, they have been developing and preparing brilliant transfer ideas based on their research results.

Opening of the Helmholtz SESAME Beamline HESEB

HESEB extends research opportunities to soft X-ray light and also acts as a bridge builder.

Tag der Neugier 2022

ZEA-1 opens its doors to the public on the Research Centre's "Tag der Neugier". You can expect exciting insights into how devices for research are created. Visit us on 21 August in building 03.1.

Special Delivery from Germany

Work done - the next masterpiece is ready for the delivery. The elemental Target Station component the Moderator & Reflector System (so called Twister) is on his way from Jülich to the ESS in Lund.

Mail from Hasselt by Matthias Mirau

The EU Leonardo project enabled Matthias Mirau to take part in a German-Belgian exchange.

HBS News: First neutron beam from the JULIC Neutron Platform

After 2nd of May 2006, the Forschungszentrum hosts again a neutron research facility – the prototype of a next generation neutron scattering center! And this is due to your extraordinary efforts and impressive team success, which shows the excellent cooperation between IKP, ZEA-1, JCNS, and LLB.

News from HBS: IMoH2022 poster prize for Qi Ding

Physicist Qi Ding won one of two poster prizes at the "1st International Meeting on Opportunities and Challenges for Hicans - IMoH2022".

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Science Diplomacy and Scientific Cooperation with Middle East

According to this motto, the HESEB project team met at the FZJ on Monday, January 16, 2023 and discussed, among other things, ongoing projects from the PGSB community and potential joint activities with scientists and decision-makers.

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Energy crisis: Exploiting savings potential in IT at ZEA-1

As an energy-saving measure, the ZEA-1 intervenes in the energy management of the ZEA-1 cluster via so-called board management controllers and selectively ramps up and down individual nodes as required.

Successful test of retro-reflectors on rotating ESS target

The retro-reflectors developed at ZEA-1 were tested for the first time as reference points on the rotating ESS target in Lund to the great satisfaction of the colleagues.

Impress(ing) Kickoff

The IMPRESS project hosted the official kickoff meeting in Trieste. The team of experts and stakeholders came together to set the foundation for the exciting journey ahead.

Installation of Neutron Beam Port Inserts and Plugs under way

International collaboration was key as ESS reached an important milestone with the start of installation of Neutron Beam Port Inserts and Plugs last week. ESS instrument suite -south sector marked ESS instrument layout. The installation of inserts and plugs started in the south sector, marked with a red circle. The inserts and plugs constitute the first interface between the ESS target systems and the neutron instruments, as the inserts also contain the first part of the neutron optics, provided and integrated by the Neutron Scattering Systems.

Model colleagues

As an example of the so-called employee referral programme, the colleagues from the HR department advertise with ZEA-1 colleagues Joachim Pütz, Axel König and Marcel Serwe.

Comment in Nature Review Materials about PGSB

The Palestinian–German Science Bridge (PGSB) is a science diplomacy pilot project financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and implemented jointly by Forschungszentrum Jülich and the Palestinian Academy for Science and Technology. Its goal, as its founder and its project coordinator discuss in this Comment, is to develop joint research and education programmes.

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