German-Swedish collaboration to research sustainable battery recycling processes. The requirements for energy sources with high specific voltages and charging cycles have strongly advanced the…
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Go Beyond 4.0 project to individualise mass production
Six Fraunhofer Institutes have demonstrated the individualisation of single products in mass production environments by the employment of digital printing and laser technologies. This…
EU to fund three innovative RWTH research ideas
Triple EU funding success for RWTH, AMO and the Aachen Graphene & 2D Materials Center. The FET Open funding line of the Future and…
Sustainable battery recycling
The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety supports the MERCATOR research project on battery recycling. A consortium of seven…
2 RWTH microelectronics projects are to be funded
Microelectronics is a major driving force for innovation and digitalization and a key technology to sustain the economic wellbeing of Germany and of Europe.…
Smart water meter for energy savings
EPFL-based startup Droople has developed a smart flow meter that can measure buildings’ water consumption and identify potential savings in energy. The Montreux Jazz…
Fraunhofer starts new research facility for battery cell production
Energy storage systems are of crucial importance to all sectors of industry involved in the energy and mobility transition. The idea behind Germany’s ‘Forschungsfertigung…
Quantum technology partnership for aerospace
A University of Strathclyde-led quantum technology partnership, which is aiming to develop some of the world’s most powerful computers, has secured funding worth a…
Smaller dimensions of the microworld with a laser
Using short-pulse laser technology, we are attempting to venture deeper and deeper into the microscopic world. As far back as the early 1990s, when…
THz band for 5G and beyond
The electromagnetic spectrum that carries mobile communication is becoming like an over-crowded highway. But there’s an under-used band of spectrum that could make a…