Archive: News of Technische Universität Darmstadt
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Mechanically imprinting atoms in ceramic
2021/05/28
“Science” publication by researchers under the leadership of the TU Darmstadt
Electroceramics such as capacitors are essential components in electronic devices. Intervening in their crystalline structure can change specific properties. Thus, for instance, chemical methods can be used to replace individual atoms in the crystal lattice with others. A stable shape can be created by replacing a whole series of atoms rather than just a single one. An international team of researchers under the leadership of the TU Darmstadt has, for the first time, succeeded in inserting a dislocation into a ferroelectric ceramic by mechanically imprinting the atoms in the material – a procedure that hitherto has only ever been used in metals. The findings have been published in “Science”, the renowned journal.
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Picture: Anna Fritschen/TU DarmstadtPicture: Anna Fritschen/TU Darmstadt
Collaboration with Merck and Tufts University on Bioreactor Designs
2021/05/27
Printing process for food production
Merck, a leading science and technology company, has announced three-year collaborations with theTechnical University of Darmstadt and Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA. The partners want to conduct fundamental research on next-generation, scalable bioreactor designs to support industrial-scale meat and seafood manufacture. Tufts University enables the production of whole muscle cultured meat with textile bioengineering, TU Darmstadt will apply industrial printing technology for the production of textured meat.
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Picture: L. Rezzolla, Goethe-Uni FrankfurtPicture: L. Rezzolla, Goethe-Uni Frankfurt
From heavy ion and neutron star collisions to the Big Bang
2021/05/25
Collaborative Research Centre Transregio 211 to be funded for another four years
The Collaborative Research Centre Transregio “Strongly Interacting Matter under Extreme Conditions”, a joint initiative of the Technical University of Darmstadt, Goethe University Frankfurt and Bielefeld University, has been investigating the most extreme states of matter found in the universe since July 2017. Now the German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding this Transregio (SFB-TRR) 211 for another four years with 8.9 million euros. The new spokesperson is Professor Guy Moore, nuclear physicist at TU Darmstadt. He takes over this function from Professor Dirk Rischke, who researches and teaches at Goethe University Frankfurt. The Transregio also strengthens the cooperation within the Strategic Alliance of Rhine-Main Universities (RMU), which Goethe University Frankfurt, TU Darmstadt, and Johann Gutenberg University Mainz formed in 2015.
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New therapeutic against arthritis and a new storage system for wind energy
2021/05/18
The Pioneer Fund supports promising projects at TU Darmstadt
Research projects at TU Darmstadt receive a total of 600,000 euros of funding each year from the joint “Pioneer Fund” programme from TU Darmstadt and the ENTEGA NATURpur Institute. Two future-oriented projects in the fields of medicine and energy technology are due to start soon.
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Interactive typeface for digital text
2021/05/12
Scientists at TU Darmstadt develop adaptive font that speeds up reading
A team of researchers at the Centre for Cognitive Science at TU Darmstadt has developed a computer font that adapts its appearance based on the user’s interaction with the text. “AdaptiFont” measures a user’s reading speed and interactively changes the font’s shape seamlessly and continuously to allow the user to read text more easily.
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Ensuring nobody else can read your messages
2021/04/30
“Athene Young Investigator” Christian Janson is carrying out research into the secure exchange of encrypted messages
Privacy and data protection are becoming more and more important in our increasingly digital everyday and working lives. The cryptographer Christian Janson is carrying out research into secure communication. The newly appointed “Athene Young Investigator” is working on, amongst other things, encryption methods that remain secure even against increasingly powerful attackers.
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Coronavirus: All TU employees are eligible for vaccination with immediate effect
2021/04/29
Recent decision by the Hessian State Government
All TU Darmstadt employees and staff members (including student assistants) are eligible for vaccination with immediate effect based on a decision by the Hessian State Government.
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Green energy production of the future
2021/04/28
Hydrogen is a key technology for the “Athene Young Investigator” Arne Scholtissek
Dr.-Ing. Arne Scholtissek is carrying out research into sustainable energy provision. The new “Athene Young Investigator” at TU Darmstadt aims to make a contribution to replacing fossil fuels with green hydrogen in the near future. The engineer is working on, among other things, simulation models to make the hydrogen combustion process safer and more controllable.
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Picture: Pingping Witt/ TU DarmstadtPicture: Pingping Witt/ TU Darmstadt
Swarming like bees
2021/04/26
“Athene Young Investigator” Lin Xiang is optimising the communication between drones
Dr. Lin Xiang, a new “Athene Young Investigator” at TU Darmstadt, is carrying out research into the next generation of drones. He wants to enable and improve communication, networking and the exchange of information between these unmanned flying objects so that they can fly further, for longer and more reliably in the future. And he is taking his inspiration from nature.
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Open for all questions
2021/04/23
In times of coronavirus, the International Counter is available online
Since most of the TU buildings are closed to the public due to the coronavirus pandemic, international students cannot simply drop by the International Counter in karo 5 if they have any questions. But of course they still receive support: The International Student Services team can be contacted online.
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Water – a resource essential for life
2021/04/23
“Athene Young Investigator” Stephan Schulz is working to develop ground water management concepts
Water is becoming increasingly scarce as a resource worldwide – a situation that is being exacerbated by climate change. How can the groundwater in arid areas of the world be used more efficiently and sustainably? The geoecologist Dr. Stephan Schulz, a new “Athene Young Investigator” at TU Darmstadt, not only wants to better understand hydrodynamic processes but is also carrying out research into new, intelligent concepts for optimising the management of groundwater.
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Exploring the Strong Interaction in the Universe
2021/04/22
European research award for nuclear physicist Achim Schwenk
Achim Schwenk, Professor of Physics at the Technical University (TU) Darmstadt and Max Planck Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, has been awarded a prestigious Advanced Grant by the European Research Council (ERC).
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Large Molecules Transported into Living Cells
2021/04/21
“Nature” publication with participation of TU Darmstadt
Scientists at TU Darmstadt and the Leibniz Research Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP) in Berlin have investigated how large functional biomolecules like proteins or antibodies can be brought into a living cell. Linking antibodies or proteins with cell-penetrating peptides is a promising approach—but it has not yet fully led to the anticipated results. If these peptides are also attached to the cell surface, then proteins or antibodies are transported much better into the cell interior. The groundbreaking results have just been published in the journal Nature Chemistry.
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Apple AirDrop shares more than files
2021/04/21
TU-Researchers discover significant privacy leak in Apple's file-sharing service
Apple users can share files with each other using AirDrop. But studies by TU researchers at the Department of Computer Science show that uninvited people can also tap into data. The research team developed a system that could replace the insecure AirDrop. Apple has not yet closed the discovered security gap – the users of more than 1.5 billion Apple devices are still vulnerable.
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Generating new resources from biowaste
2021/04/19
Vanessa Zeller is an expert in sustainability assessment – and an “Athene Young Investigator”
Dr. Vanessa Zeller is researching how bio-based and recycling-based material cycles can help protect the climate and conserve resources. The Head of the Sustainability Assessment Working Group in the Institute of Material Flow Management and Resource Economy has only been working at TU Darmstadt for a few months but has already successfully applied for funding as an “Athene Young Investigator”.