GKSS Forschungszentrum, Saturday, 04-Jul-2009 09:28:53 CEST
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The GKSS Research Centre is a member of the Helmholtz Association

GKSS scientists are working in three institutes:


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Eine Wellenmessboje der Geesthachter Küstenforscher in der Nordsee.
A total of about 800 employees are involved in coastal and materials research at the GKSS Research Centre in Geesthacht and in Teltow near Berlin.

In line with the slogan "Knowledge generates utility", the employees are, among other things, studying future storm surges and analysing the eyes of hurricanes. The new materials and welding methods that the researchers create are making cars and planes lighter, and that in turn helps to save fuel and conserve the environment. The scientists in Geesthacht are using specially developed plastics to search for environmentally friendly sources of energy and develop materials that are of great benefit to medicine.

News and press releases

Nanodraht

Research in the Nano-Realm

2009-03-02 Press Release GKSS Research Centre Geesthacht - Transparent foils which are conductive and thus use sunlight for generation of energy. Hulls of ships, which no longer rust due to a nano-coating (nano-technology offers numerous surprising solutions for a variety of applications). The new Helmholtz-Group of Academic Talents ‘Nanochemistry and Nanoengineering’ deals intensively with the design and the development of new materials for industrial applications and, as part of the Geesthacht Institute for Polymer Research, the new group thus expands the research programme of the GKSS.

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New EU project FLYHY: Fluorine set to optimise hydrogen storage

2009-02-06 News - Fluorine not only strengthens teeth and bones but could also help to improve the storage of hydrogen in metal hydride tanks in the future. The EU-supported project, FLYHY (Fluorine Substituted High Capacity Hydrides for Hydrogen Storage at Low Working Temperatures), has been initiated to investigate the use of fluorine as a method of reducing the operating temperatures of hydrogen stores and to test if these can be adapted to meet industrial requirements. The project is being coordinated by Dr. Klaus Taube from the Institute of Materials Research of the GKSS Research Centre The project ‘kick-off’ meeting took place on February 4 & 5 at the GKSS Research Centre in Geesthacht, Germany.

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Coastal research: GKSS to invest twelve million euros in a new observation system for the North Sea

2009-01-14 Press Release GKSS-Research Centre Geesthacht - With the major COSYNA project (Coastal Observation System for Northern and Arctic Seas), a comprehensive observation system is being created in the area of the German North Sea for the collection, prediction and scientific analysis of the current condition and development of the coastal sea. This project is being coordinated by the GKSS Geesthacht Research Centre.

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GKSS Research Centre in the media