Simulating the common envelope
HITS welcomes Croucher Fellow Mike Lau as Postdoc in the Physics of Stellar Objects group
Mehr als nur ein Gummiband – unsere Forschung einfach erklärt (German only)
Das Strukturprotein Kollagen ist das häufigste Eiweiß im menschlichen Organismus. Neue Forschungsergebnisse decken unerwartete Eigenschaften auf. Wenn Sie mehr wissen …
Deadline 28 September: Call for “HITS Journalist in Residence” in 2024
Call for applications: HITS Journalist in Residence program open for science journalists. Applications deadline: 28 September 2023
Issue 3 | 2023
This summer, we celebrated a special event: the first onsite meeting with our alumni in four years, intertwined with a “Math …
Dieter Kranzlmüller appointed third Board Member of the HITS Foundation
The council of the HITS Foundation has appointed Professor Dieter Kranzlmüller as third director of the board. He joined the …
Olexandr Isayev
Klaus Tschira Guest Professor, May – June 2023 Sitting on the terrace and glancing at the young researchers at the adjacent table who …
Philipp Podsiadlowski
Klaus Tschira Guest Professor, May, October – December 2023 Outside his office window lies the lush, spring green part of the HITS garden, …
Sarbani Basu
Klaus Tschira Guest Professor, September – November 2022 “It´s almost like being a postdoc again”, says Sarbani Basu, sitting at the desk …
Antonis Rokas
Klaus Tschira Guest Professor, June – September 2022 He steps out onto the terrace and enjoys the view of the garden, which is …
Holding on to letting go – the Power of Bonds in Cell Stability
Two-component adhesives are a brilliant invention. Scientists at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) have found that the principle behind …