Innovative Saxony

1
TO THE
RESCUE
Making mineral deposits
more accessible
Metals and industrial minerals are
often hidden in hard-to-reach places.
Dr. Richard Gloaguen, head of the
Exploration Division at Helmholtz-
Zentrum Dresden – Rossendorf, is using
drones to look for these important
resources. With the help of hyperspectral
cameras that can identify minerals
from a distance, he's exploring possible
repositories around the world – including
in Greenland, Finland, and South
Africa. www.hzdr.de
2
By Kathrin Hollmer Illustration Leander Aßmann
Artificial ears, green shipping, and Viagra
for plants: sustainable ideas from Saxony
that are making the world a better place
Making
radiation
gentler and
more effective
Scientists at the OncoRay Center set up
by TU Dresden's Medical Faculty are
working to optimize proton therapy for
the treatment of cancer. Proton therapy
is a new, high-precision radiation therapy
that effectively destroys diseased cells
while protecting healthy tissue. In order
to improve the therapy, physicist Theresa
Werner is currently working on a
real-time detector system to assess the
range of the proton beam in the patient's
body. www.oncoray.de
12 SAXONY