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11-03-2012 Interview about singing sand dunes with Stephan Herminghaus at radioeins (rbb)

Singing sand dunes were research topic at the Diderot university in Paris. Stephan Herminghaus explained in an interview at radioeins(rbb) how the mechanism works and what the scientists discovered.

10-19-2012 Freshman students visit the MPI-DS

On October 19^th, the freshman students of this semester in Physics visited our institute. In our department we showed approx. 60 new students how Kinneyia structures form under flowing water and how microfluidic devices appear and operate (research group of Jean-Christophe Baret). We wish our visitors lots of fun and success during their studies.

09-18-2012 Highlights of the Physics in Göttingen

The science festival „Highlights of the Physics“ was located in Göttingen September 18-22, 2012. Our stand at the exhibition at the Gänseliesel had the motto “The nanoliter laboratory – Lab on a Chip”. The three experiments with microfluidics, condensing water droplets and liquid crystal droplets could be visited and tried out for five days and amazed the numerous visitors.

08-08-2012 New publication awarded

Again a publication of our department has been awarded. "Wet granular matter: a truly complex fluid" of Stefanie Strauch and Stephan Herminghaus is one of the 10 most accessed articles from the online version of the journal "Soft Matter" in June 2012.

06-11-2012 Certificate "Career and Family" renewal

Having received the "Career and Family Certificate" of the Hertie Foundation in 2006 and 2009, the Max Planck Society (MPG) is once again the recipient of this award this year. The audit "berufundfamilie" certificate is issued under the patronage of the German Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, and the Federal Economics and Employment Minister.

05-23-2012 Retreat of the department at the Edersee

Employees of the department DCF met at the Edersee July 2-5, 2012 to discuss achieved research results and to plan future activities. Beside multiple scientific talks and discussions, the visit of the synagogue in Vöhl and the inspection of the specific geological characteristics of the Edersee area were part of the program.

05-23-2012 Alumni Meeting

Former employees of the MPI for Flow Research and the MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization were invited to the new institute at the Max-Planck campus on the Fassberg. The managing director, Prof. Eberhard Bodenschatz, gave an introductory talk to the approximately 40 guest. After that, tours through the technical workshops, the experimental hall with the wind tunnels, and the "Göttingen submarine", as well as other laboratories took place, which raised a lot of interest. There was ample time for discussions and for anecdotes from the "good old times".

05-17-2012 Geological field trip to Namibia

Scientists of the department dynamics of complex fluids went to Namibia in May 2012 to explore geological structures. After arrival in Windhoek our first station was the BullsPort farm. Here we started our investigations on rock formations and mud cracks. Further highlights of our field trip were the Kinneyia biofilm structures in Haruchas and Neuras and the geological formations in Klein Gai-As and Swakopmund. After visiting Windhoek we returned to Göttingen after 11 exciting days.

04-27-2012 ExploRe project meeting in Goettingen

The project meeting of the "ExploRe" network, funded by BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd., was held in Goettingen April 25-27, 2012. More than 40 scientists from England, the US, Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany discussed the recent results. Researchers from the DCF department presented their work within the "GeoMorph" project (Goettingen exploration of Microscale oir reservoir physics).

03-29-2012 The article "Wet granular walkers and climbers" included in "Highlights of 2011"

The New Journal of Physics included the article "Wet granular walkers and climbers" in its exclusive collection "Highlights of 2011".

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