The Presidium of the Leopoldina - National Academy of Sciences has elected Prof. Dr. med. Dr. rer. pol. Svenja Caspers (JARA-BRAIN) as a member of the Leopoldina. Prof. Caspers will be assigned to Class III Medicine with the subject section "Anatomy and Anthropology".
On the occasion of the RWTH Aachen's anniversary, an exhibition telling the history of the university opens at the Centre Charlemagne on October 30. The JARA partner RWTH has already existed for 150 years. Originally, the exhibition was planned for the anniversary year 2020, but had to be cancelled due to the Corona pandemic.
Not only Forschungszentrum Jülich, but also all members of the Jülich Aachen Research Alliance mourn the loss of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt. He died this week after a serious illness at the age of 60. Harald Bolt had been a member of the Board of Directors since 2008 and led the scientific business area, which includes energy and climate research.
A new early-warning system developed at at the institute of Prof. Holger Schüttrumpf (JARA-ENERGY) at RWTH Aachen University can determine the risk of flooding due to heavy rainfall and predict the expected damage right down to the house number. People affected could thus be alerted with pinpoint accuracy.
An international team of researchers, led by JARA-ENEGRY scientist Prof. Walter Leitner, has been able to publish results on a rationally designed catalyst that is fully reversible and adapts in real time to changes in the reaction system. In this way, the system enables the selective generation of different products depending on the hydrogen source.
