The Research Cluster “ELEMENTS: Exploring the Universe from Microscopic to Macroscopic Scales” brings together world-leading scientists from distinct fields of research – the physics of particles and nuclei, the gravitational physics of neutron stars, and the nucleosynthesis of heavy elements – to combine the microscopical scales of elementary particles with the macroscopical scales of astrophysical objects. The ultimate goal is to address the question of the origin of the heavy chemical elements, such as gold and platinum, in our universe.
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- ELEMENTS joins RMU panel discussion on science communication
This week, ELEMENTS participates in the event “Perspektive offene Wissenschaft” (English: perspectives on open science), which is hosted by the Rhine-Main-Universities on 30 November 2022. The entire day… - 300 students get up early to learn about neutron stars
Last weekend, the popular event series Saturday Morning Physics at TU Darmstadt featured a lecture by ELEMENTS PI Achim Schwenk, who introduced the high school students to neutron… - Schools get the chance to “meet a scientist” from ELEMENTS
Starting next week, students once again have the chance to ask scientists of GSI about their research and life in the lab. Principal Investigator Michael Block, who studies… - Achim Schwenk once again among the world’s most influential researchers
ELEMENTS Principal Investigator Achim Schwenk is once again one of the most cited researchers of the year. The information and technology company Clarivate Analytics lists the nuclear physicist… - Cosmic chocolate pralines: general neutron star structure revealed
So far, little is known about the interior of neutron stars, those extremely compact objects that can form after the death of a star: the mass of our… - “WOW Physics!” conference attracts almost 1000 participants
Women still constitute a minority when it comes to the field of physics; in Germany, only about 13% of physics professors are female, and the situation is not…