For AI data centres or quantum computers, nano-transistors need to become ever smaller, better suited to low temperatures and more efficient. In this interview, Professor Daniel Hiller explains how they can be manufactured in the future using nanowires and quantum physics. As a DFG-funded Heisenberg…

A central research facility of the Technical University of Berlin is being prepared for the coming decades: With support from the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the State of Berlin, the plasma etching system in the cleanroom of the Center for Nanophotonics is being extensively renovated with a…

– PSI physicist Giacomo Sala receives approximately CHF 2.2 million from the European Research Council (ERC).
– In the Q-GEOMSPIN project, he is bringing together two research areas that up to now have largely been studied separately.
– This fundamental research could lead to more energy-efficient dat…

Satellites rely on reliable energy storage: when they pass through Earth's shadow in their orbit, their solar cells cannot generate energy. Batteries bridge these phases and support operation even when onboard, temporarily, more power is needed than the solar cells can supply. In the research projec…

Thanks to AI, machine data becomes accessible to everyone: A research team at the Fraunhofer IPA is working on a generative artificial intelligence system that allows employees to query production and machine data via chat. It visualizes complex data and thus simplifies analysis in everyday work.

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Affordable medicine, rising energy costs, and dependence on strategic raw-material sources make new materials central to many questions. Traditional materials development is time-consuming and often takes years. Fraunhofer ISC is therefore pursuing accelerated development approaches - “Materials Acc…

– Researchers have developed a design principle enabling the creation of complex patterns on silicon chips by way of microfabrication.
– Thanks to these patterns, vibrations follow predetermined paths.
– A material structured in this manner could harvest energy from vibrations or process signals witho…

The space and technology group OHB is celebrating the first anniversary of its UK subsidiary OHB Space UK. Since expanding into the United Kingdom in spring 2025, the Bristol site has developed dynamically and has become an integral part of the Group’s international growth strategy.

“Space is booming…

Cleanroom Technology in the Field of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) is a highly debated topic. Regulated by the Medicines Act (AMG) and the Medicines and Active Substance Manufacturing Regulation (AMWHV), but not comparable to other tissues or even pharmaceutical manufacturing, the end user…

The Fraunhofer Institute for Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP has received regulatory approval to conduct activities at biosafety level 2. The laboratory complex thus opens up new research and testing opportunities for industry and project partners. This approval marks an important milestone…