SCIENCE FROM JUELICH
[SCI-TECH: Jülich, July 23] The institute is also concerned with soil moisture and ocean salinity, and with measurements from space in the Soil Moisture Active Passive project. Scientists at Jülich will be also working on ‘Dynamical Mean-Field Approach with Predictive Power for Strongly Correlated Materials’ with the help of massive parallel supercomputer simulations. Then there is cross-border fusion research with its partners in the Trilateral Euroregional Cluster (TEC). Jülich is extending its research facilities for the ITER fusion experiment with the help of the Belgian Ecole Royale Militaire and FOM Institute for Plasma Physics in the Netherlands. Within the framework of international fusion research, Jülich is focusing on one central aspect: the challenge of confining hot plasma and, at the same time keeping it stable with the aid of magnetic fields. Further there are new labs for photovoltaic research at Jülich and Jülich’s neutron spectrometer is being built in China. Additionally from the Jülich Center, there is information on plant research in Germany and understanding schizophrenia and autism better, and finally there is a summer school. Check the Jülich website.
Scientists at Jülich’s institute for the Chemistry and Dynamics of the Geosphere (ICG) analyzes transport and conversion processes in the soils and surface near ground water with the objective of contributing to the sustainable use of resources in agro eco systems. And from a research field at Selhausen they will soon be able to measure radiation temperatures. in mid-July The built an L band radiometer on a ten-meter pedestal. With the help of radiation temperature, it is possible to determine the water content in the soil and to look at the processes which regulate evaporation. In countries with a shortage of water, it would be helpful to know how this could be regulated.
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