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…

A student team from the Technical University of Kaiserslautern (TUK) convinced the jury with their plastic-degrading green algae at an international competition in Boston, USA. At the iGEM competition (international Genetically Engineered Machine), they secured third place in the "Undergrad" categor…

When cells die, they initiate cell death. In higher organisms, it is ensured that the entire organism remains unharmed. But even in single-celled organisms, there is a mechanism. Why this was previously unclear. Researchers from Kaiserslautern have now found a solution. They discovered a protein in…

Retired physics professor Dr. Klaas Bergmann has been awarded the Davisson-Germer Prize 2020 for Atomic and Surface Physics by the American Physical Society (APS). This prize, awarded in even-numbered years for the field of atomic, molecular, and optical physics, is considered one of the highest hon…

Red blood cells can transport oxygen thanks to their iron atoms. The metal is also used in other parts of our cells, such as in various iron-sulfur compounds. These are important in enzymes and in the transport of electrons within cells. At the Technical University of Kaiserslautern (TUK), three res…

Researchers from the Transregio Collaborative Research Center "Cooperative Effects in Homo- and Heterometallic Complexes" (SFB/TRR 88 "3MET") succeeded in synthesizing a new complex compound made of silver and hydrogen (silver hydride), which exhibits interesting optical properties and reactivity to…