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Photonics 2025

Messe München
June 24 − 27,  2025  

 

12.3.2025

Together for strong EU investment in research and innovation

Under the heading "Securing Europe's Future by Investing in Tomorrow's Solutions", Fraunhofer is working closely with partners from research and industry to promote a strong European research framework program and generally higher investment in Research and Innovation (R&I).

Europe’s AI Booster / 12.3.2025

JUPITER AI Factory Brings Exascale Power to Business and Science

With the JUPITER AI Factory, a central pillar of Europe’s AI infrastructure is being established in Jülich. Start-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises, and industrial companies will have access to Europe’s first Exascale-class supercomputer JUPITER. The AI Factory is also open to research institutions and the public sector. Thanks to the computing power of JUPITER, which will go into operation at Forschungszentrum Jülich in the coming months, AI applications can be developed, tested, improved and scaled faster than ever before.

 

25.2.2025

Fraunhofer and DESY Launch Strategic Collaboration to Promote Innovation and Research

A delegation consisting of representatives from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and from Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) signed a strategic collaboration agreement in Munich.

 

European Chiplet Innovation

Statement by Prof. Holger Hanselka, President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, on the launch of the APECS pilot line under the EU Chips Act.

 

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Fraunhofer Match − a fast solution

Fraunhofer Match is the central platform for placing research requests with Fraunhofer. Our 75 Fraunhofer institutes cover all areas of applied research. You tell us about your challenge or project − and Fraunhofer Match will put you in touch with researchers who have the right expertise to help you work out solutions.

 

Fraunhofer magazine
1/2025

Cover story: We're on the Move − Fresh Strength for Industry | Small Quanta, Big Impact  | Interview with Daniel Günther, ministerpresident
of Schleswig-Holstein | and much more.

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4.6.2025

Medical Care — Health Platform for Pickup Trucks

Around the world, there is a lack of comprehensive medical care for people living in remote areas. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films IST and the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have devised a solution for this in the PreCare project: a flexible, modular health platform that can be installed on the bed of a pickup truck. It is already in use in South Africa and Namibia. The team was presented with the Innovations for a Better Future award from the Fraunhofer-Zukunftsstiftung (Fraunhofer Future Foundation) for this development.
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4.6.2025

Aluminum Production — Ultrasound Reliably Detects Inclusions

Thanks to its physical properties, aluminum plays a major role in the circular economy and achieving climate neutrality. High material quality is crucial during processing, as any contamination present in the aluminum during smelting diminishes the quality of finished components. Unlike existing methods of analysis, the ultrasound-based AloX measuring system from the Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing IZFP can detect existing inclusions not only reliably but also quickly and at low cost. The team of researchers was presented with the Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize for 2025 for developing this innovative tool.
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4.6.2025

JPEG XS — Forward-Looking Standard for Professional All-IP Video Production

Existing video codecs involve accepting longer lag times or quality losses during transmission of image data in production environments. They also require a relatively large amount of computing power to decode the data, which means expensive hardware must be used and more energy is consumed. A team of researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen has now developed JPEG XS, a state-of-the-art and forward-looking image compression format that transfers high-quality images with minimal latency, low resource use and almost lossless image quality. For this innovative project, the researchers were presented with the Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize for 2025 at the Fraunhofer annual assembly.
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4.6.2025

Energy Transition — Sustainable, Low-Cost Batteries for the Electric Vehicles of Tomorrow

Electric mobility is making great strides in Germany and across Europe. Building further momentum will require an extensive build-out of production capacity for battery cells in this country. Production methods will also have to use little energy and be much less expensive. A team of researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden has developed DRYtraec, a revolutionary method that permits cost-effective, eco-friendly manufacturing of battery electrodes. For this pioneering technology, the research scientists were presented with the Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize for 2025 at the Fraunhofer annual assembly.
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