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All-female team selected for DropTes

Students from the Universidad de Antioquia of Colombia gain the opportunity for microgravity experiments in the Bremen Drop Tower through the UN-Fellowship program DropTes. more

The CanSats include all the major subsystems found in a satellite, such as power, sensors and a communication system, but also a parachute for a soft landing after the launch. Copyright: ESERO Germany (CC BY 3.0 DE)

School teams launch their mini satellites

For the final week of the CanSat competition, eight school teams from all over Germany will come together from March 13-17, 2023, to launch their handmade mini satellites with the size of a soda can.more

Ferrofluids in action. Copyright: ZARM / University of Bremen
Check out Thomas' Poster, showing possible applications of ferrofluids on a Mars mission. Copyright: ZARM / University of Bremen

Producing ferrofluids on Mars?

ZARM researcher Thomas Imhülse succeeded in creating a ferrofluid out of algae oil and magnetite, which could be extracted from Martian soil. Why? Ferrofluids have a very wide range of potential in... more

Rendering of a droplet breaking up in turbulence
ZARM scientist Alberto Vela-Martín

Infinite creaminess – the disintegration of drops has no limit

ZARM scientists have developed a computer code that enables accurate predictions of the disintegration of droplets in turbulent flows.more

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