Liquid-crystal antenna allows stable satellite-broadcast reception in vehicles

Satellite-television reception and stable Internet links to earth satellites have thus far demanded employment of stationary antennae. However, a doctoral candidate at the Technische Universität Darmstadt has developed a space-saving, inexpensive, and extremely rapidly, electronically redirectable antenna that should allow automobiles, ships, and aircraft to maintain stable radiocommunications with earth satellites. go

TU-Darmstadt researchers develop revolutionary terahertz transmitter

A terahertz transmitter developed at the TU Darmstadt has generated the highest frequency ever attained by a microelectronic device. The innovative device is also minuscule and operates at room temperature, which could lead to it paving the way for new applications in, e.g., nondestructive testing or medical diagnostics. go

Nasal deposits indicate incipient Alzheimer’s disease years before the first symptoms appear

Chemists at the Technische Universität Darmstadt have developed a new method for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease. The method involves making protein deposits on mucous nasal membranes that are detectable years before the disease erupts visible. go

Scientists at the Technische Universität Darmstadt are utilizing a superfast computer system for simulating lightning strikes. Their objectives are arriving at better understandings of the effects of lightning strikes on humans and machinery and better predictions of those effects. go

Scientists at the Technische Universität Darmstadt have developed software, with which smartphones can automatically and autonomously organize an energy-efficient, ad-hoc network. Rapid organization of such a communications network can be vital in the event of disasters where normal communications infrastructures have been destroyed, since smartphones could then exchange, e.g., environmental-sensor data. go

Biologists at the Technische Universität Darmstadt have discovered means for speeding the transport of the active ingredients of drugs into live cells that might allow drastically reducing drug dosages in the future. go

Characteristic echo-profiles betray unauthorized data migrations

TU Darmstadt scientists have found a way to promptly detect hacker attacks on virtual machines. Companies and government agencies that employ virtual machines can thus protect data stored on them against theft. go

TU Darmstadt scientists enable inexpensive, reliable checks for explosives

Working in collaboration with the RhineMain Polytechnic, materials scientists at the TU Darmstadt have developed an extremely sensitive explosives sensor that is capable of detecting even slight traces of the high-explosive chemical compound pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN). Terrorists had employed PETN in several attacks on commercial aircraft. go

Scientists from Technische Universität Darmstadt receive Heisenberg and Horst Görtz Foundation Professorships

Two scientists at CASED, the research center for IT security in Darmstadt, were awarded highly coveted sponsorship for their outstanding accomplishments: Prof. Dr. Stefan Katzenbeisser assumed his Horst Görtz Foundation professorship on May 1, 2011. Dr. Marc Fischlin has held the Heisenberg professorship at the TU Darmstadt since June 2011. go

CASED scientists find sensitive data of Amazon Web Services users

Scientists from the Darmstadt Research Center for Advanced Security (CASED) have discovered major security vulnerabilities in numerous virtual machines published by customers of Amazon’s cloud. From 1100 public Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), that are used to provide cloud services, about 30 percent are vulnerable, allowing attackers to manipulate or compromise web services or virtual infrastructures. go

Researchers at the TU Darmstadt are Working on “Smart” Cities

Thanks to numerous sensors, Smartphones make it easy for their owners to organize certain parts of their lives. However, that is just the beginning. Darmstadt researchers envision entire “smart” cities, where all devices present within municipal areas are intelligently linked to one another. go

Darmstadt researchers plan to selectively control material properties utilizing thin plastic films

Darmstadt researchers plan to selectively control the properties of underlying materials utilizing thin, “smart,” plastic films. For example, paper might be induced to release printing inks, if necessary, chemical reactions might be started and interrupted as required, or medications might be tailored to affect only certain parts of the body. go

The State of Hessen continues to promote the concentration of the expertise in science and industry in Darmstadt, with the newly established “House of IT” (HIT), which is to be located on the Technische Universität Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt) campus. Darmstadt is located only 25 miles away from Frankfurt International Airport making it an ideal business location. No other European region combines more ICT competencies in the software and ICT sector. go

Continental and Technische Universität Darmstadt Join Forces for Research into Safe City Driving

The third stage of PRORETA has begun, with Continental and Technische Universität Darmstadt signing an agreement for joint research into an advanced driver assistance system for city driving. go

Newly appointed professor Jonathan Tucker is an internationally renowned expert on biological and chemical weapons and arms control.

The American peace researcher Jonathan B. Tucker holds the Georg Zundel endowed professorship “Science and Technology for Peace and Security” at the TU. A specialist on biological and chemical weapons, he seeks to build bridges between the natural and the social sciences. At the TU, he will contribute to the establishment of a new research focus in synthetic biology, teach in the master’s degree program in International Studies/Peace and Conflict Research, and cooperate closely with the IANUS group. go

Innovative methods for capturing CO2 use hardly any energy and add little to operating costs / TU Darmstadt dedicates a pilot plant

The Technische Universität Darmstadt dedicated a pilot plant for capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) contained in flue gases of power plants. Its Institute for Energy Systems and Technology plans to utilize the plant for investigating two innovative methods for CO2 capture that require less energy and lower operating costs than earlier approaches.

Launch scheduled for 29 August at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills, Mi

The TU Darmstadt and Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen’s "Synagogues in Germany - A Virtual Reconstruction" exhibition may be viewed in the USA commencing in late August. The first stop on the tour will be at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, where the exhibition will be opened on 29 August, 2010. The show will then remain in the possession of the Holocaust Museum, which plans to exhibit it in various museums in major American cities over the next three years.

The "Expo 2010", Shanghai: Civil engineers from the TU Darmstadt to exhibit new water-supply and sewage/refuse-disposal solutions

The Technische Universität (TU) Darmstadt will be exhibiting a new type of infrastructure system for supplying water and disposing of sewage and refuse that may be flexibly adapted to suit conditions at rapidly, and frequently wildly, growing cities and greater metropolitan areas in newly industrializing and developing countries at the “EXPO 2010,” Shanghai. The TU Darmstadt will be the only German university to have its own exhibit at the Shanghai World Fair.

Discovery of a new effect occuring in quantum-dot lasers has allowed generating customtailored, turnable wavelengths / Prospective applications are biomedicine and nanosurgery

Researchers at the Technische Universität Darmstadt have found a new method for generating tunable wavelengths, as well as more easily switching back and forth between two wavelengths, employing quantum-dot lasers. Prospective application fields are biomedicine and nanosurgery. go

Presidium launches appraisal of its role in the Nazi era

The Technische Universität Darmstadt intends to methodically and comprehensively appraise its role in the Nazi era. To that end, the university’s presidium has launched a research project aimed at assessing its predecessor’s (the TH Darmstadt’s) deeds during the Nazi era and dealings during the post WWII era and summarizing the results in a historical review. go

It’s not just a dream house, but a dream come true: the team working together with architecture Professor Manfred Hegger of TU Darmstadt has built a house that is so energy-efficient and attractive that TU Darmstadt came first in the international “Solar Decathlon 2009” contest in Washington, successfully defending its 2007 title. go

Scientists at the TU Darmstadt have developed a new type of fish-shaped, bionic robot as an alternative means of marine propulsion.

Scientists at the Technische Universität Darmstadt have developed a new type of fish-shaped, bionic robot as an alternative means of marine propulsion that might replace ships’ screws in sensitive waters. go

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rödel received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preis for his research on high-performance ceramics. With a grant of 2,5 m €, the award is the highest national price for scientific research. go