From 2035, the Einstein Telescope will be able to study gravitational waves with unprecedented accuracy. For the telescope, researchers from Jena have manufactured highly sensitive sensors made entirely of glass for the first time.
Gravitational waves are distortions of space-time caused by extreme a…
Laser-driven fusion power plants are considered a key technology on the road to climate neutrality. Highly reflective and thermally stable mirror systems are crucial for these fusion power plants in order to transport the laser light from the beam source to the tiny capsule of fusion fuel. In the ne…
As part of the European program REXUS (Rocket Experiments for University Students), a high-altitude research rocket was launched on March 11, 2025, from the Esrange Space Center near the Swedish town of Kiruna. Included: an experiment from TU Berlin testing innovative, 3D-printed fuel tanks for spac…
The institute directors Prof. Dr. André Zimmermann and Dr. Karl-Peter Fritz welcome State Secretary Dr. Patrick Rapp from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism Baden-Württemberg. Dr. Rapp met with scientific staff and industry partners of the institute for an exchange on current chall…
The year 2025 begins promisingly – the new Fraunhofer Center of Excellence for Single-Cell Technologies LZ-EZT starts operations on January 1st. It aims to become a central contact point in the bio-med-tech Gravitational Center Rhein-Main/Rhein-Neckar, creating innovative, needs-based solutions in t…
Researchers at the Center for Life Sciences at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have for the first time identified structural changes in the botulinum neurotoxin, botox for short, that are believed to be crucial for its uptake into nerve cells. This could mean that the paralysing effect of this poten…
To promote the use of quantum sensors in industry, Fraunhofer IAF has developed a virtual application laboratory for quantum sensing. This innovative information platform provides comprehensive technical knowledge about quantum magnetometers, applications, and measurement scenarios. It also allows i…
Scientists from the H.E.S.S. collaboration including a consortium of German universities, the Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik and the CNRS in France have recently identified electrons and positrons with the highest energies ever recorded on Earth. They provide evidence of cosmic processes emittin…
Antibiotics are a double-edged sword – they should be as toxic as possible to pathogenic bacteria while being harmless to the cells of the human body. An international research team led by the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) has now developed drug candidates that achi…
Since its launch, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia space mission has provided detailed images of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. After more than a decade, its fuel tank is almost empty, and the mission is coming to an end. Jena technology also played a role: Researchers from the Fraunhofer Ins…
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