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Picture: Constantin A. RothkopfPicture: Constantin A. Rothkopf
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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Picture: Katrin BinnerPicture: Katrin Binner
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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Picture: Ali Raza/pixabayPicture: Ali Raza/pixabay
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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Picture: Ilka Renz FotografiePicture: Ilka Renz Fotografie
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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Picture: Britta HüningPicture: Britta Hüning
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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Picture: Kathrin BinnerPicture: Kathrin Binner
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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Picture: Sandra JunkerPicture: Sandra Junker
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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Picture: Barth van RossumPicture: Barth van Rossum
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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Picture: Ulrike AlbrechtPicture: Ulrike Albrecht
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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Picture: Katrin BinnerPicture: Katrin Binner
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”.
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What grows where?
2021/04/19
Spin-off CORAmaps observe agricultural land with satellite radar
They use radar signals to observe agricultural land around the world, and want to score points on the market with AI-supported technology that is more precise, faster and more reliable than previous solutions. CORAmaps co-founder Markus Huhn on a business model that fits perfectly into the digital economy, and the tightrope walk that is currently being carried out by a TU Darmstadt start-up funded by an EXIST research transfer.
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Picture: Katrin BinnerPicture: Katrin Binner
Protein Binders with Drug-like Properties
2021/04/16
Chemistry team of the TU publishes new therapeutic approaches
The research team of Professor Felix Hausch, Department of Chemistry at TU Darmstadt, has shown in two publications how in real life molecular rings worked the magic to improve compounds that could allow a new approach to treat depression, obesity or chronic pain.
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Picture: Eva SpeithPicture: Eva Speith
TU Darmstadt and Merck extend Strategic Research Collaboration
2021/04/14
Focus on Sustainabilty
The TU Darmstadt and the science and technology company Merck are continuing their long-standing cooperation and establishing a joint research platform, a “Sustainability Hub”.
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Picture: C. ZielhoferPicture: C. Zielhofer
Historical Development of Floodplains
2021/03/30
DFG approves funding worth millions
Over the next six years, the German Research Foundation (DFG) will fund the Priority Programme (SPP) “On the Way to the Fluvial Anthroposphere”, where researchers will analyse the interactions between human societies and pre-industrial floodplains in Central Europe. The framework programme is a collaboration between Leipzig University, the Technical University of Darmstadt and the University of Tübingen and will receive around 5.5 million euros in funding during the first three-year period.