TU spin-off MagnoTherm Solutions wants to revolutionise the refrigeration industry

The product ideas have huge market potential, the technology behind them is disruptive: For its climate-friendly and sustainable cooling systems, MagnoTherm Solutions replaces harmful gases with a solid material whose cooling effect is controlled by magnetic fields. The commercial application of this long-researched material is a novelty in the refrigeration industry. The start-up wants to enter the fiercely competitive industry as quickly as possible with “plug-in refrigerated displays” for the retail trade.

Researchers at TU Darmstadt are evaluating core samples taken at a depth of five kilometres for a geothermal project

A drilling rig at the United Downs Deep Geothermal Project drilled a borehole to a depth of 4900 metres into the granite beneath Cornwall a few months ago. The 19 core samples that were extracted – the deepest that have ever been taken on the mainland in Great Britain – are now at TU Darmstadt. Researchers at the Institute of Applied Geosciences are investigating them to discover how sustainable and efficient geothermal energy can be produced in the project in Cornwall.

TU physicists detect atomic nuclei with unusual symmetry

Physicists headed by Professor Norbert Pietralla from the Institute of Nuclear Physics at the Technical University of Darmstadt have developed a method to very precisely differentiate between the states of atomic nuclei. This has led them to make a spectacular discovery.