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Panorama// The HZDR Research Magazine WWW.Hzdr.DE 46 47 Panorama – HZDR news Research for a future worth living A new traveling exhibit by the Helmholtz Association is concerned with asking questions about the future of our society and the answers scientists can provide. Among the issues that are being addressed is how we can stay healthy into old age, where tomorrow’s energy will be coming from, and how we might conserve resources in our economy. The "Ideas 2020 – A tour through the World of tomorrow" exhibit guides visitors along seven steles meant to represent seven topics of the future. The steles were designed and built by artists and designers. Each stele has multi-touch- screens where visitors are afforded insights into the work the scientists are doing as well as given information on specific research projects, including ones that are happening at the HZDR like learning about different ways in which Dresden Helmholtz researchers are continuing to develop and refine cancer radiation therapy, whether it be through new technology or new drugs. According to a statement released by the Helmholtz Association's head office, one of the exhibit's major goals is "to illustrate the importance of science to our lives during a time when research is viewed by many as ever more complex and perhaps ever more unintelligible." The exhibit is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and is aligned with the Federation’s emphases in research and innovation politics (high-tech strategy). It opened in Berlin in March and over the next two years will hit several German cities. www.ideen2020.de Unparalleled facilities, exciting new research findings, international teams of scientists – now, the HZDR offers glimpses into its laboratories and science projects on film, entitled "Fascinating Research." The audience embarks on a tour of discovery through Saxony’s largest research facility, is offered a peek behind doors and into highly complex facilities that are normally restricted areas only. "Our goal is to use the image film to show all who are interested that science is anything but dry and boring and that often our research findings are very practically-oriented," explains HZDR press spokeswoman Christine Bohnet. The HZDR image film is available with German and English language tracks. The HZDR also has a part in another image film called "Research State Saxony”, produced by the Saxon State Ministry for Higher Education, Research and the Arts (SMWK). The camera team follows staff at work at the Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory and the ELBE – Center for High- Power Radiation Sources. Impressive images document the great diversity and innovation of Saxony's research scene. The video will be available online on the SMWK's re-vamped website. Both films were produced in collaboration with the Dresden- based film production company, AVANGA. For additional films about the research that is currently happening at the HZDR, please visit the HZDR's YouTube channel at: www.youtube.com/user/FZDresden www.hzdr.de/image www.smwk.sachsen.de www.avanga.de The HZDR on the big screen IDEAS 2020: The Helmholtz Association's new traveling exhibit opened in Berlin on March 13th; over the next two years, many German cities will play host to the exhibit. Photo: BESL Eventagentur GmbH - David Goltz

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