News Year: 2023

HITS: Call for “Journalist in Residence” in 2024

20. July 2023

Call for 2024: HITS Journalist in Residence program open for applications. Deadline: 28 September 2023

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A special honor for a splendid scientist

13. July 2023

Former HITS group leader Anna Wienhard received recognition as a “HITS Fellow”, the highest distinction that the institute awards. The award …

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The sacrifice within – how collagen’s weak bonds help protect tissue

3. July 2023

HITS researchers publish new findings on collagen, the most abundant protein in our body: So-called “sacrificial bonds” in collagen break faster …

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Tools for molecular design

29. June 2023

On 21-23 June 2023, two workshops on Brain research took place at the Mathematikon, Heidelberg University: The second HBPMolSIM training workshop on …

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MAOC

New representation for chemical machine learning

22. June 2023

Stiv‘s quantum-inspired representation for chemical machine learning entitled matrix of orthogonalised atomic orbital coefficients (MAOC) is published in the Special …

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ChatGPT and its ilk

20. June 2023

The rise of large language models and why we should care: talk by Anil Ananthaswamy, science journalist (USA/India), HITS Journalist …

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Issue 2 | 2023

20. June 2023

We are happy to continue the success story of grants awarded by the European Research Council (ERC): PSO group leader Friedrich …

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Richard Schwartz

13. June 2023

Divide and Conquer:  5 Point Energy Minimization Thomson’s classic problem asks, for any N, which configurations of N points on …

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Steve Trettel

13. June 2023

Geometry from the Inside Geometry is one of the oldest ongoing projects of humanity, with an unbroken chain of deep thought …

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Anil Ananthaswamy named “HITS Journalist in Residence”

16. May 2023

The Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies gives science journalists the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of computer-based, data-driven science with a …

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