​​Dr Rebecka Molitor, a biologist at Forschungszentrum Jülich and Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, has won the 2025 KlarText Prize for Science Communication, awarded by the Klaus Tschira Foundation, for her german article “In der Tiefsee liegt die Lösung.” The award honours young scientists who make complex research accessible to the public. Rebecka Molitor vividly explains how bacterial enzymes called polyesterases could help tackle global plastic pollution. She draws on her research trips to the North Atlantic, where she studied microorganisms on plastic waste in the deep sea. 

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With the plant chamber AgraSim, the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences – Agrosphere (IBG-3) at Forschungszentrum Jülich now has a globally unique infrastructure at its disposal, enabling researchers to investigate the effects of future climate and environmental conditions on agroecosystems and to derive measures for optimizing global ecosystem and climate models. Learn more about AgraSim.

Even during his bachelor's studies, Mohamed dreamed of generating electricity from sunlight. Today, he is conducting research at Forschungszentrum Jülich on a pioneering alternative to silver in solar cells.

In this video, he explains why copper plays such an important role, what excites him about his life as a doctoral researcher in Germany, and why Forschungszentrum Jülich is the ideal research location for him.

"Having direct and unlimited access to one of the top cryoEM facilities in the world was the main reason for me to join."  Dr. Irene Vercellino, junior professor and group leader at Forschungszentrum Jülich, shares her experience as a postdoc in structural biology. Watch the video here and find out more about advanced research opportunities in Jülich here.

For Kouroumlakiwé Yoma, doctoral researcher at Forschungszentrum Jülich, science is more than a career – it’s a mission. “I’m coming from a country where only 60% have access to electricity” – now he is doing a PhD in photovoltaics research to change that.

In this video interview, he talks about his journey and how he is experiencing the doctorate in Jülich.
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Quantum physics has changed our lives decisively in recent decades. One hundred years after the mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics, the United Nations has declared 2025 to be the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. In this interview, Quantum physicist Prof. Dr. Tommaso Calarco from Forschungszentrum Jülich talks about the developments over the past one hundred years as well as quantum technology research at Jülich and provides an outlook on the progress that can be expected in the coming years. Click here for more information.