Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
The New Lightness
Heavy objects are a burden on the environment. Making heavy things lighter saves energy, conserves resources, promotes sustainability while improving the function and safety of products at the same time. Fraunhofer is developing a variety of innovative approaches.
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PFAS: The poison of the century
Toxic PFAS are endangering our water. Now there are plans to ban them in Europe. This presents the industrial sector with major problems because these “forever chemicals” are essential to many products and processes.
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Sovereignty in space
The EU wants to establish its own satellite network by 2027, with the aim of increasing the resilience of the European communications infrastructure and gaining technological sovereignty in space. Achieving this will require novel solutions.
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Better with plastic
Plastic has gone from being a valuable material to a trash problem. But as we can’t go without it, researchers are pulling out all the stops to make this multi-purpose material more sustainable.
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Smart facades create comfortable temperatures
The potential of vertical facades: Facades protect buildings from the weather and are pleasing to the eye – but they can also offer a lot more. As temperatures rise across the globe, the outer walls of buildings have their work cut out for them.
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The industrial metaverse – fact or fiction?
From sending digital twins to meetings to virtual testing of production processes, the metaverse is revolutionizing our world of work.
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Savor in safety
Empty shelves, fragile supply chains: How can we make food production more resilient in times of crisis?
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What drives the car of tomorrow?
Fraunhofer researchers are working flat out to improve battery lifespans and increase their energy density – and it’s all to improve the range of electric vehicles.
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AI in medicine
Artificial intelligence can detect diseases at an earlier stage, improve treatments and reduce the strain on medical personnel. In spite of this, it is barely used in hospitals.
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Algae as food
Seaweed may not seem like much, but it has a lot to offer. It could play a vital role in providing food for the growing global population.
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Let there be… energy!
Power is expensive; more expensive than ever. Our efforts at accomplishing energy transition so far have been half-hearted at best – now we have to pick up the pace. But how?
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Security that reflects the times we live in
New developments to better protect civilians and emergency services in the event of a crisis.
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