Quantum computers might be able to crack currently unsolvable tasks, but it is not easy to expand them to the necessary size. A new technique from a team of Darmstadt physicists could overcome this hurdle.

European Innovation Council funds Europe-wide project led by TU Darmstadt

Magnets are key materials for the energy transition. However, they often consist of critical raw materials. Scientists led by TU Darmstadt are now researching alternative magnetic materials as part of the “CoCoMag“ project. The European Innovation Council (EIC) is funding the project with three million euros.

Start in winter semester 2023/24 / Online application possible until 15.7.

The aim of synthetic biology is to construct new biomolecular systems with innovative properties. The English-language Master's program in Synthetic Biology teaches students about various methods and approaches in synthetic biology that enable biological systems to be equipped with novel molecular functionalities. What exactly awaits the students, what job opportunities do the graduates have? Prof. Torsten Waldminghaus from the Department of Biology gives answers about the new degree program.

New Research Training Group “Nuclear Photonics” at TU Darmstadt

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved the international research training group “Nuclear Photonics” of TU Darmstadt and Politehnica University Bucharest. The Research Training Group will be funded with approximately five million euros from 1 October 2023 to 30 September 2028. The spokesperson is TU Professor Norbert Pietralla.

TU Student Survey 2023

In the current summer semester, all students at TU Darmstadt are invited to take part in an online survey on topics related to their studies.

New international Master's degree program „Soft Matter and Materials“

The practice-oriented and research-focused cooperative degree programme “Soft Matter and Materials” of the Rhine-Main Universities Mainz and Darmstadt will start in the coming winter semester. The programme is one of the first of its kind worldwide. Applications are possible until 1 September 2023.

The Ira Rischowski Programme supports international female Master's students on their way into academia

The Ira Rischowski Programme at TU Darmstadt supports international female students on their way into science. In addition to their Master's degree in physics, they gain practical experience with a particle accelerator and the data obtained there at the Institute of Nuclear Physics.

Study of TU Darmstadt shows dramatic species decline

The number of insects has been declining for years. This has already been well documented for agricultural areas. Now, a research team led by the Technical University Darmstadt have studied the trends of very many insect species in German forests. The results showed: The majority of the studied species are declining.

Magnetocaloric effect for more efficient hydrogen liquefaction

In the Horizon Europe project HyLICAL with a budget of about some five million euros, a team including the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), TU Darmstadt and the start-up MAGNOTHERM wants to significantly improve the technologies for storing liquid hydrogen.

AI Innovation Lab of hessian.AI opened at GSI Helmholtzzentrum in Darmstadt

Hesse’s Minister for Digital Affairs, Professor Dr Kristina Sinemus, opened the AI Innovation Lab of the Hessian Centre for Artificial Intelligence (hessian.AI) at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt today (March 20). The project of the TU Darmstadt, which is funded with around 10 million euros, serves as a contact point for companies, start-ups, and science with the central aim of providing access to an AI supercomputer infrastructure. In the laboratory, AI systems and applications can be developed, trained, tested, and evaluated.

TU Darmstadt’s DAAD Prize 2022 goes to a master’s student of Architecture

The prize of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for outstanding achievements by international students at the TU Darmstadt goes to Omar Dwedary, a master’s student in the Department for Architecture. The award is endowed with 1000 euros.

Financial boost for innovative ideas from the teachers, researchers and students across the Unite! alliance

The Unite! Seed Fund aims to achieve the maximum potential of Unite! It is envisioned to provide financial support to innovative, co-creative and collaborative ideas from teachers, researchers and students across the Unite! alliance. The Seed Fund intends to support exploration and development of attractive and diverse activities and projects, to help secure either the additional funds for a project or to carry out cooperation on joint, ambitious and innovative ideas within the alliance.

Published in “Nature Machine Intelligence”

A team of researchers from TU Darmstadt, hessian.AI and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence has presented a method that greatly simplifies the provision of human feedback to learning software. The work is published in the current issue of “Nature Machine Intelligence”.

NHR4CES starts campaign “High-Speed 4 Science”.

With the campaign “High-Speed 4 Science”, NHR4CES – National High Performance Computing for Computational Engineering Science – is currently drawing nationwide attention to its freely accessible service offerings in high-performance computing. At TU Darmstadt, too, posters, flyers and info screens with the slogan can be found in many places.

Researchers of the LOEWE center emergenCITY investigate motivation for sharing

What about the willingness to share privately generated electricity during a prolonged power outage? Researchers from various departments at TU Darmstadt at the LOEWE center emergenCITY have investigated this. The recently published study yields surprising results.