CERN Courier - Unity in diversity - DESY tu - IOP... -
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Published on: 8/6/2002
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Ute Erdsiek-Rave, Schleswig-Holstein Minister for Education, Science, Research and Culture, joked that "Hamburg for once needs Schleswig-Holstein!"Minister Bulmahn explained that TESLA would be undergoing detailed scrutiny in Germany this year, in comparison with parallel projects in the US and Japan.It is, she believes, the project of the future."I admire the foresight and courage of Bjorn Wiik in putting this project together," she said.Five young physicists, representative of the diversity of nationalities under DESY's roof, presented an overview of research at DESY, focusing on the unique HERA electron-proton collider and the Free Electron Laser (FEL).Then party guests were granted "ein Sneakpreview" of the DESY exhibition, Light for the New Millennium, before the public opening.The exhibition hall will eventually become an experimental area for the FEL project (p26).However, Albrecht Wagner is keen to find a permanent home for the exhibition, perhaps as a cornerstone of a new science museum in Hamburg.With the laboratory poised at another crossroads in its illustrious career, he looked forward to "another exciting chapter in the DESY history book".