The Technical University of Kaiserslautern will conduct top-level research for four more years within the framework of the Transregio programs "The Green Hub" and "OSCAR". At the end of May, the approval committee of the German Research Foundation (DFG) announced that both special research areas wil…

The rapid cooling of magnon particles proves to be an surprisingly effective method to generate a elusive quantum state of matter, a so-called Bose-Einstein condensate. This insight can help advance quantum physics research and is also a step toward the long-term goal of room-temperature quantum com…

German researchers were able to identify the precise structural differences that determine whether a protein becomes an active enzyme or a scaffold for iron ions. This insight, reported in the scientific journal Nature Communications, provides a deeper understanding of fundamental cellular processes…

Researchers from the Technical University of Kaiserslautern (TUK) and the Fraunhofer ITWM demonstrate for the first time the measurement of layer thicknesses using terahertz quantum interference. The flagship project QUILT of the Fraunhofer Institutes deals, among other things, with the detection of…

Professor Dr. Artur Widera, who researches quantum systems at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern (TUK), has been honored by the American Physical Society (APS) as an Outstanding Referee. The award is given annually to a small number of the more than 74,000 referees worldwide of the APS. The…

Sensors detect specific parameters such as temperature and air pressure in their environment. Physicists from Kaiserslautern have, for the first time, succeeded with a colleague from Hanover in using a single cesium atom as a sensor for ultracold temperatures. To determine the measurement data, they…

Animal testing is often indispensable when it comes to medical research. If it were possible to cultivate fully functional organs in the laboratory, tests on living organisms could be significantly reduced or even completely avoided. This approach is pursued by the project "Tissue Engineering of Tis…

Terahertz waves are used in airport body scanners: They are electromagnetic waves in the spectrum between microwaves and infrared radiation. "They penetrate materials such as paper, wood, and ceramics and are non-ionizing and harmless to humans," says Jan Kappa from the working group for Metamateria…

Taking a good photo in the midday sun is a challenge even for experienced photographers. An electrically controllable filter, developed by physicists from Kaiserslautern with partners, can help here. The amount of light transmitted is adjusted by setting the color degree. The filter uses electrochro…

The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding the Transregio Special Research Area (SFB/TRR) "Spin+X – Spin in its collective environment" for another four years with ten million euros. It is coordinated by the Technical University of Kaiserslautern, in close collaboration with Johannes Gutenberg…