Physics professor Dr. Burkard Hillebrands has been elected as the new President of the European Magnetism Association (EMA). The association aims to promote research and development of magnetism and magnetic materials in Europe as a umbrella organization. At the Technical University of Kaiserslauter…

Building a bioreactor with only a 99 euro budget – that was the focus of the "99-euro Bioreactor Competition" at the Technical University (TU) Dresden. Such reactors are used in research to cultivate microorganisms. A student team from the Department of BioProcess Engineering at the Technical Univer…

At the Technical University of Kaiserslautern (TUK), practical content is given great importance in the Bachelor's degree program in Biology. A student team also benefits from this. They are currently developing a green algae that is supposed to break down plastic. The work is part of an internation…

Professor Dr. Dr. Wolfgang Junge is being awarded an honorary doctorate by the Department of Biology at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern. Junge was a Professor of Biophysics at the University of Osnabrück until 2007. He is considered one of the world's leading researchers in the field of p…

The Chinese Professor Dr. Xinyan Shi from Qingdao University of Science and Technology (QUST) is currently visiting the Technical University of Kaiserslautern (TUK). At the Chair of Composite Materials, the researcher is working on 3D printing of plastics. The special feature: renewable raw material…

The Kaiserslautern doctoral student Qi Wang has received the "2018 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad." The award is considered the highest honor awarded by the Chinese government to doctoral students studying abroad. Wang conducts research in the Magnetism Chair…

From Monday, March 25th, to Wednesday, March 27th, international scientists will gather on the campus of the Technical University of Kaiserslautern (TUK). The focus of the conference is the physics of so-called Rydberg atoms. These atoms can be larger than bacteria and interact strongly with their e…

Chloroplasts are the site of photosynthesis and belong to the plastids, of which there are many types with different functions. Plastids of one type can differentiate into other types. With Kaiserslautern biologist Dr. Raphael Trösch, researchers from Oxford have for the first time shown how membran…

Thanks to new technology, it is possible to retain individual atoms, move them in a targeted manner or change their condition. Kaiserslautern physicists also work with this system. In a recent study, they investigated the consequences of the collision of two atoms in a weak magnetic field at low tem…

Microorganisms play a key role in ecosystems: they quickly indicate when changes occur in their environment. However, because they are difficult to identify, they have so far played a subordinate role in environmental monitoring. Together with researchers from the University of Geneva, Kaiserslauter…