
Supernovae and cosmological impact
Humboldt Fellow from Taipei, Taiwan, at HITS – Invitation by the Physics of Stellar Objetcs group HITS has welcomed a new Alexander …

Floppy and flexible: How Machine Learning helps to build new proteins
A team of researchers from the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPIP) …

New Infrastructure for AI-based biomacromolecular structure prediction
The newly established Bio-Structure Hub at the Heidelberg University Scientific Software Center (SSC) provides an accessible entry point into the world …

Double detonation: new image shows remains of star destroyed by pair of explosions
For the first time, an international team of astronomers have obtained visual evidence that a star met its end by detonating …

The faster they rotate, the more magnetic they become
Rotation rate and magnetic fields: Binary stars behave significantly different from single ones. A new study in “Nature Astronomy” investigates their …

Excellence Strategy: HITS researchers successful with two clusters on astrophysics and life sciences
How do stellar explosions or the evolution of galaxies influence our universe today? How can synthetic biology and specially designed …

Exploring the history of bacteria evolution
In a new study published in “Science”, an international team of scientists presents a reconstruction of the evolution of Earth’s …

Therapeutic Designer Peptide to Combat Acute Heart Muscle Weakness
Researchers of the Heidelberg University, Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) and Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) have developed a synthetic peptide …

Registration now open: 3rd SIMPLAIX Workshop on “Machine Learning for Multiscale Molecular Modeling”
The 3rd SIMPLAIX Workshop on “Machine Learning for Multiscale Molecular Modeling” will take place in the Studio Villa Bosch in Heidelberg …

Polysaccharides on Cells: Accomplices in SARS-CoV-2 infection
An international team of scientists in Germany and Italy have published new findings on how specific polysaccharides act as accomplices in …