Archive: News of Technical University of Darmstadt

German and Russian scientists join forces to improve performance tuning on supercomputers

To better understand the efficiency of programs on supercomputers, scientists rely on performance measurements. The performance of the actual algorithm is difficult to evaluate. In a German-Russian joint project partners from Darmstadt, Jülich and Moscow are working on less sensitive analysis methods.

“Science” publication with participation of TU Darmstadt

A team of international researchers, including Dr. Marius Eichler and Prof. Almudena Arcones from the TU Darmstadt and GSI, went back to the formation of our Solar System, 4.6 billion years ago, and gained new insights into the cosmic origin of the heaviest elements on the periodic table, as reported in a study published in Science.

Publication in „Nature“ under participation of TU Darmstadt

A team from the Institute for Nuclear Physics at the Technical University of Darmstadt has contributed to an international research collaboration aiming to clarify the way the angular momentum („spin“) of the two fragments, resulting from the splitting of an atomic nucleus, is generated.

TU Darmstadt occupies top positions in international ranking

TU Darmstadt has once again proven its internationally outstanding position in the field of computer science. Professor Oskar von Stryk is listed in 21st place in the ranking of the Top 25 Influential Computer Scientists Today. In addition, Professor Kristian Kersting recieved an "honorable mention“. In the ranking of the most influential universities in the field of computer science, the TU also reached an excellent result with 35th place as the only German university among the top 50. The ranking was compiled by the Academic Influence platform.

The TU spin-off etalytics utilizes an AI-based cloud platform

Efficient and sustainable? Conventional control processes for energy systems are extremely limited when it comes to these criteria. This is why etalytics GmbH has developed a data and AI-based energy management system that supports users with the optimisation of their energy systems. And their business model is as innovative as the technology: This spin-off from TU Darmstadt – which is being supported by the HIGHEST Startup and Innovation Center at TU Darmstadt and a broad network of contacts – plans to launch its product on the market this year and then distribute it as a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution.

TU9 celebrates its birthday with launch of new website

On January 26, 2006, an informal exchange between the heads of nine leading Technical Universities became the TU9 Alliance. For 15 years now, TU9 has embodied forward-looking, creative research in engineering and the natural sciences and has been acting as an advocacy group among partners from science, industry and politics.

The TU spin-off NanoWired is ready to make its breakthrough on the market

Products made by NanoWired GmbH – a recent “winner” at the Falling Walls conference – can be used in anything that requires connections from PCs, mobile devices, televisions or cars through to heart catheters and washing machines. For this purpose, the start-up – which was founded in 2017 – relies on conductive metal wires measuring just a few nanometres. Managing Director Olav Birlem explains why the company’s technology is so successful and how it will grow on the market. The electrical engineer and consultant is optimistic about the future despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Research team confirms a new nuclear property predicted by theory

Scientists are able to selectively knockout nucleons and preformed nuclear clusters from atomic nuclei using high-energy proton beams. In an experiment performed at the Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP) in Osaka in Japan, the existence of preformed helium nuclei at the surface of several tin isotopes could be identified in a reaction. The results confirm a theory, which predicts the formation of helium clusters in low-density nuclear matter and at the surface of heavy nuclei. A research team, lead by scientists from TU Darmstadt and the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy-Ion Research, and from the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, discuss the new findings in a contribution to the latest issue of the journal “Science”.

Scientists simulate large region of the chart of nuclides

Novel calculations have enabled the study of nearly 700 isotopes between helium and iron, showing which nuclei can exist and which cannot. In an article published in Physical Review Letters, scientists from TU Darmstadt, the University of Washington, the Canadian laboratory TRIUMF, and the University of Mainz report how they simulated for the first time using innovative theoretical methods a large region of the chart of nuclides based on the theory of the strong interaction.

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Research at Intelligent Autonomous Systems Group

Neural networks are good at solving specific tasks but unlike humans they struggle to transfer a strategy they have just learned to other tasks. Researchers at TU Darmstadt are making this possible.

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.

Robotics expert Georgia Chalvatzaki awarded an AI Grant

Georgia Chalvatzaki, a postdoctoral researcher at the Intelligent Autonomous Systems group (IAS) in the Department of Computer Science at TU Darmstadt, has been accepted into the renowned Emmy Noether Programme (ENP) of the German Research Foundation (DFG).