Electronic cigarettes, or vapes, are commonly viewed as less harmful to people’s health than tobacco cigarettes. And yet, they are not without health drawbacks. For many ingredients, it is unknown how they will behave when heated. Since the temperatures inside e-cigarettes vary widely, different p…

The Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems ENAS in Chemnitz will receive 9.51 million euros from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the "Just Transition Fund" (JTF) for the establishment of a modern competence center for the testing and reliability evaluation of semiconducto…

Stammzelltherapien bieten ein enormes Potenzial für die individuelle Behandlung degenerativer und tumorbedingter Erkrankungen. Mit dem kürzlich gestarteten Forschungsprojekt »RauPE« (Robuste automatisierte Produktion von therapeutisch einsetzbaren extrazellulären Vesikeln) soll die Herstellung…

In order to make quantum computers usable, developing the control technology is at least as important for scaled systems, yet it is still in its infancy. Project ARCTIC brings together 36 international partners from industry, academia and leading RTOs to establish a complete and comprehensive Europe…

In the “Cluster4Future” QSens of the Universities of Stuttgart and Ulm, scientists, companies and start-ups are researching quantum sensors with a wide range of potential applications. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is funding QSens for a further three years as part of “Cluster…

Aktuelle Ansätze der Krebstherapie greifen auf die Modifikation von körpereigenen Zellen zurück, die nach Rückführung in den Patienten selektive Immunreaktionen gegen die Krebszellen auslösen. Wissenschaftler haben am Fraunhofer IPA ein steriles Verbindungselement entwickelt, das den Herstellu…

Alte Textilien in großem Maßstab in neue, hochwertige Materialien zu verwandeln – das ist Gegenstand eines neuen Innovationsprojekts von eeden, dem Center Textillogistik der Hochschule Niederrhein und dem Frauenhofer IML sowie der Hohenstein Innovations gGmbH (HI).

Das Projekt zielt darauf ab, die zirku…

Fraunhofer researchers have developed a method of creating biogenic construction materials based on cyanobacteria. The bacteria multiply in a nutrient solution, driven by photosynthesis. When aggregates and fillers such as sand, basalt, or renewable raw materials are added, rock-like solid structure…

Hydrogen generated with the power of the sun could largely replace fossil fuels in the future, helping to lower carbon emissions. In the Neo-PEC joint research project, Fraunhofer specialists have developed a tandem module that is self-sufficient and reliable at producing solar-generated green hydro…

The BIOSYNTH project is funded by the Fraunhofer Society and aims to develop a new microchip platform that enables efficient and digitally controllable cell-free biosynthesis. The Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS leads the consortium and collaborates with the Institute for Toxicol…