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(19.12.2023)New Study Explores Long-Lasting Effects of the Pandemic on the Health of Adolescents

Physical and mental health of 4 to 17-year-olds in the focus of the three-year study

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(12.10.2023)Statement on the Situation in Israel

KIT shares the concern of the Alliance of Science Organizations for the people in the region and all those who are on the run. We hope that the fighting will end soon.

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(18.12.2023)Mobility: Reducing Noise Emissions in Road Traffic

KIT researchers develop calculation model for reduced tire-road noise emissions

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(14.12.2023)Climate Hack for the Steel Industry: New Process Makes Pig Iron Production More Sustainable

KIT researchers and partners demonstrate a process that significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions in conventional steel production

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(13.12.2023)Teacher Training: New Tools for Digital Learning in STEM Subjects

Four-year digiMINT project comes to an end - the use of digital tools is now part of the teacher training program at KIT

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(12.12.2023)Thomas Hirth Remains Deputy President of Eucor

President Andrea Schenker-Wicki also re-elected - second term of office heralds new Eucor strategy period 2024 to 2030

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(08.12.2023)Imaging: Gentle X-ray View into Tiny Living Samples

KIT researchers present new method with high dose efficiency and micrometer resolution for biology and biomedicine

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(07.12.2023)Energy Transition in Municipalities: Thinking Electricity, Heat and Transport Together

KIT researchers support cities and municipalities in advancing sector coupling

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(06.12.2023)Industry 4.0: New Horizons for the Qualification of Skilled Workers

Vocational education study opens up ways to improve the integration of in-company training into the learning factories of vocational schools

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(05.12.2023)Optics and Photonics: High-tech Center for KIT

The Karlsruhe Center for Optics and Photonics sets new standards and uses synergies - interdisciplinarity promotes exchange and innovation

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(01.12.2023)Innovative Materials: NEO2023 Goes to KIT Spin-off

Double success at the Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion Innovation Award: nanoshape GmbH receives the jury prize, the KIT Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering and Mechanics the audience award

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(01.12.2023)Costs of the Climate Crisis: A Rescue Fund for Threatened Nations

Public-private partnerships could help protect developing countries from the financial consequences of climate change

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(29.11.2023)High-resolution Precipitation Maps Using AI

For the first time, KIT researchers have used deep learning to simultaneously improve the spatial and temporal resolution of coarse precipitation maps

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(28.11.2023)Recovering Instead of Shredding: Recycling Batteries More Efficiently

KIT researchers and industry partners develop a more sustainable recycling process in order to recycle materials from lithium-ion batteries more effectively

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(24.11.2023)Vision of the Eternal Innovative Product: Circular Factory to Revolutionize Production

DFG Funds Cutting-Edge Research at KIT with Around 11 Million Euros - New Collaborative Research Center to Stop Serious Consumption of Resources

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(22.11.2023)KIT is Planning for Climate Research in Space

The CAIRT Satellite Mission Aims to Clarify How the Earth's Atmosphere Reacts to Climate Change

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Elia Fioravanti erhält Emmy Noether-Förderung

Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) hat im Zeitraum vom 1. Januar bis 31. März 2023 14 Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler neu in das Emmy Noether-Programm und 15 neu in das Heisenberg-Programm aufgenommen.

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(20.11.2023)First "International Excellence Award" for Chemist Thalappil Pradeep

The top Indian researcher receives the KIT prize, endowed with up to 50,000 euros for tangible means, for his work on nanomaterials

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(16.11.2023)AI for Perovskite Solar Cells: Key to Better Production

Artificial intelligence methods show researchers the way to improved manufacturing processes for high-efficiency solar cells - blueprint for other research fields

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(15.11.2023)Nanoparticles for Optimized Cancer Therapy

New treatment method for pancreatic cancer to treat the disease in a more targeted way and with fewer side effects in the future

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(10.11.2023)KIT Renames IT Center

KIT distances itself from Karl Steinbuch – "Scientific Computing Center" as new name

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(09.11.2023)Farewell Symposium for Professor Holger Hanselka

Together with guests from politics, business and science, KIT honors its former president as the architect of a united KIT

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(09.11.2023)InformatiKOM Inaugurated

Klaus Tschira Foundation hands over two institute buildings on KIT's Campus South – The new buildings combine informatics and science communication

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(07.11.2023)Quantum Materials: Superconductor Performs at its Best under Pressure

Publication in Science: Quantum mechanical excitations of electrons in strontium ruthanate increase superconductivity and facilitate deformation

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(02.11.2023)Energy Turnaround: Energy Self-sufficiency in Single-Family Homes

KIT researchers have found that more than half of European single-family homes could be completely self-sufficient in their energy supply

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(30.10.2023)The Foundations of the Science of Forecasting

Tilmann Gneiting receives prestigious award from the American Mathematical Society

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(26.10.2023)Quantum Technologies: A Deep Look into Dark Matter

Wolfgang Wernsdorfer receives ERC Synergy Grant – Six-year international project DarkQuantum uses quantum technologies to prove the existence of axions

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(25.10.2023)Studying for a Teaching Degree in Karlsruhe

Joint event of four universities in Karlsruhe informs about different teaching degree programs

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(23.10.2023)Autonomous Ridepooling to Support the Traffic Turnaround

Federal Government funds project in the model region of Hamburg – KIT researchers investigate the behavior of people using mobility services

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(20.10.2023)KIT Participates in European Quantum Center

With a cross-border professorship, Anja Metelmann conducts research on quantum computing in Karlsruhe and Strasbourg

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(19.10.2023)More than 5,000 First Semester Students Start at KIT

Welcome event in the Audimax and online – about 22,000 students in the winter semester

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(13.10.2023)Upper Rhine Universities and Cities Strengthen Cooperation

The second Eucor Cities Meeting focused on intensifying the cooperation of universities and cities in the Upper Rhine region

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(12.10.2023)Misuse-resistant Digital Surveillance

Security protocols to make lawful interception of digital communications more resistant to abuse and mass surveillance

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(11.10.2023)Producing More Food and Storing More Carbon

Research team demonstrates how land use change can simultaneously increase food production and store more carbon

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(05.10.2023)More Sustainable Agriculture through Redistribution of Nitrogen Fertiliser

Models show that an equal global distribution of nitrogen fertiliser could significantly reduce the worldwide environmental pollution

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(28.09.2023)New Ammonia Reaction Might Be Used As a Sustainable Source of Nitrogen

KIT researchers present new system for activation and catalytic transfer of ammonia - Catalysis is based on main group elements

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(28.09.2023)KIT Science Week: Actively Shaping Sustainability and Climate Protection

Have your say, participate, join research: Second KIT Science Week with event formats for all persons interested

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(26.09.2023)Diapers Reloaded: 200 Times Faster Recycling with Light

Water and UV radiation dissolve crosslinked polymers of diaper inserts quickly, energy-efficiently and without chemicals - Recycled plastic molecules can be used in many ways

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(22.09.2023)Successes on the Way to a Fully Automated Construction Site

KIT researchers have developed a platform that helps medium-sized companies to digitize and structure documents

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(21.09.2023)Joachim Nagel Receives Heinrich Hertz Guest Professorship 2023

The President of the Deutsche Bundesbank will give a public lecture on the role of the euro for citizens, politics and the central bank

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(19.09.2023)Making the Future Sustainable. Together

The second KIT Science Week will focus on sustainability and climate protection – this year again, the InnovationFestival@karlsruhe.digital will be part of the program.

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(15.09.2023)Germany’s Top Computer Science Talents Found

Germany`s young IT talents compete at the finals of the Federal Informatics Competition at KIT

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(14.09.2023)Research on Bioprocesses, Biosensors, and Refrigeration

Nadja Alina Henke, Gözde Kabay, and Jingyuan Xu receive funding from Carl Zeiss Foundation – CZS Nexus program supports early-stage researchers in STEM disciplines

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(11.09.2023)40 Years of Supercomputing in Karlsruhe

In 1983, the then University of Karlsruhe, the predecessor institution of KIT, purchased the first high-performance computer

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(06.09.2023)Start of Vocational Training at KIT

92 trainees and 21 students started the training year 2023 at KIT – Training in more than 25 trades and more than 12 study programs of the Cooperative State University

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(05.09.2023)Accessible Virtual Reality and Quantum Information Processing

Early-stage researchers Kathrin Gerling and Philip Willke from KIT receive Starting Grants from the European Research Council for their research projects

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(05.09.2023)Sustainable Lithium for Many Decades

KIT researchers see long-term prospects for lithium extraction with geothermal plants

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(31.08.2023)First Conference on Research Data Infrastructure at KIT

Conference on better use of research data takes place in Karlsruhe for the first time

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(30.08.2023)Soil Salinity: Wild Grapevine Defends Itself

KIT researchers study the salt tolerance of wild grapevine to make cultivated plants more resilient

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(23.08.2023)Top-level Research for a Sustainable Society

KIT annual report 2022 published with highlights from research, teaching, and innovation

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(22.08.2023)Smart Picking Robots Collaborate for Better Grasping

Machine Learning: Researchers develop secure training platform for intelligent industry robots

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(17.08.2023)Global Heat Wave 2023: July Brought Hottest Three Weeks Ever

KIT researchers publish report on this year's temperature records in the northern hemisphere - Italy was by far heat hotspot in Europe

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(16.08.2023)Strong Midgets: Transport System Carries 40 Tons

For the replacement of production equipment, KIT spin-off has developed a partially automated transport system that functions like a swarm

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(11.08.2023)Holger Hanselka Takes Office as President of Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Search Committee Established – During the Transition Period, Oliver Kraft Will Represent KIT Internally and Externally

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(04.08.2023)Land Surface Temperatures Follow Simple Physics

The underlying processes are complex, but follow simple and foreseeable patterns

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(03.08.2023)Nanorings: Novel Building Blocks for Chemistry

New compounds extend the spectrum of organometallic chemistry – Sandwich complexes in the form of rings are kept together by their own energy

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(01.08.2023)Climate Protection: Decline of Carbon Sink due to Changes in Land Use

Researchers recalculate carbon sinks in Eastern Europe using models, satellite data, and statistics

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(28.07.2023)Bettina Stark-Watzinger Visits KIT

Robotics, AI, sustainable production: During her summer tour, the Federal Minister of Education and Research informed herself about KIT's work on topics of the future

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(27.07.2023)Materials Research: Biocatalytic Foams with Huge Stability and Activity

KIT researchers develop new material class from enzymes for biocatalytic processes

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(25.07.2023)New Dome for the KIT Atmospheric Observatory on Zugspitze Mountain

Measurement station of KIT’s Campus Alpine continues research into aerosols, clouds, and reactive trace gases using latest technology

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(25.07.2023)Making Mendel's Dream Come True with Molecular Scissors

Opportunities for more sustainable agriculture: Holger Puchta is granted Reinhart Koselleck project for specific restructuring of plant genomes

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(21.07.2023)Knowledge Transfer: New Service Catalog on Cutting-edge AI Research

Smart Data Innovation Lab offers transfer services for companies – Application deadline for free trials is September 20, 2023

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(20.07.2023)Machine Learning: Artificial Neural Networks Localize Cardiac Extrasystoles

KIT researchers use deep learning to non-invasively localize ventricular extrasystoles

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(18.07.2023)Biochar-based Alternative to Phosphate Fertilizers

Fast growth or long-term cooperation – Depending on the Biochar fertilizer, plants in symbiosis with mycorrhizal fungi react molecularly quite differently

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(05.07.2023)“KIT Experts” Portal

Competent contact persons for current, socially relevant issues: Portraits of 80 researchers and their research subjects

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(27.06.2023)KIT at the City Hall: The Universe and Us

Scientists of the  KIT Elementary Particle and Astroparticle Physics Center present their current research to the public

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(26.06.2023)Eucor MobiLab Roadshow 2023 Starts in Freiburg

KIT's rolling participation lab on a three-country tour: Dialogue of science and society on a sustainable future in the upper rhine region

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(21.06.2023)Technology Assessment: KIT Will Advise the Bundestag for Another Five Years

KIT’s Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis will operate the Office of Technology Assessment with the German Bundestag for another five years

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(21.06.2023)Energy Transition with Hydrogen Generated on Rooftops

KIT researchers optimize artificial photosynthesis for mass application

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(20.06.2023)Tuberculosis Therapy: Smallest Particles Will Deliver Drug to the Lungs in Future

KIT and Research Center Borstel introduce nanoparticles with high antibiotic content for inhalation – Antibiotic nanocarriers can reduce resistances and enhance compatibility

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(17.06.2023)Successful KIT Open Day

Around 25,000 Visitors at Campus North - Science and more for the whole Family

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(13.06.2023)Dark Matter: French-German Laboratory established

KIT will explore the mysterious dark matter with international research partners to contribute to its detection.

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(07.06.2023)Nano materials: Printing 3D Glass

Process developed at KIT works with relatively low temperatures and enables high resolutions for applications in optics and semiconductor technology.

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(06.06.2023)Organic light-emitting diodes: How the blue shines brighter and longer

Two-channel intra-/intermolecular exciplex emission enables efficient deep blue electroluminescence - publication in Science Advances presents novel blue OLEDs

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(01.06.2023)Tracking Down Storms

Measurement campaign in the Black Forest investigates weather extremes to better understand and predict their causes and consequences

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(24.05.2023)Theater Meets Science: „Nerds Save the World"

Science performance – Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe and KIT with a joint event on Campus South

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(25.05.2023)Holger Hanselka Will Be New President of Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

The Senate of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft elected the current president of KIT at its meeting today

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(23.05.2023)Quickly Update Cars like a Smartphone

New Collaborative Research Center for software methods at KIT - DFG funds top-level research in Karlsruhe with about 11 Million euros 

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(23.05.2023)2023 Open Day at KIT

View into institutes, laboratories, and workshops at KIT Campus North on June 17 - Guided tours, lectures, exhibitions - Children's program - Show stage - EFFEKTE kickoff

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(22.05.2023)Renewable Fuels from Green Refineries

Alliance of science and industry designs processes and demand scenarios for mass production of synthetic fuels - Federal government provides funding of around 7 million euros

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(12.05.2023)New Vehicles for Future Mobility

Cars are far too low on flexibility in their current form, revolutionary concepts for passenger and freight traffic provide a solution

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(11.05.2023)Scientific Political Consulting for the European Parliament

KIT coordinates a group of international scientific institutions for technology assessment

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(04.05.2023)Filming of Pulsed Particle Beam Dynamics

KIT researchers have succeeded in imaging the behavior of microstructured electron bunches in a storage ring.

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(02.05.2023)Supercomputers Will Control Future Cars

The CeCaS research project will produce processes, interfaces, and system architectures for highly automated, networked vehicles

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(27.04.2023)Noémie Jaquier is One of the AI Newcomers of the Year

KIT computer scientist receives award for her research on robot learning skills

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(27.04.2023)Photovoltaics: Energy Supply with a View

KIT develops highly efficient, semi-transparent organic solar cells - usable photovoltaic areas could be significantly increased

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(21.04.2023)Thinking Biodiversity and Climate Crisis Together

New overview study provides solutions for mitigating climate change and species loss

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(19.04.2023)Energy Storage Materials: Lithium from Hot Deep Water

Researchers from KIT and EnBW show lithium-ion sieve for geothermal brines - Lithium recovery can supplement power generation and heat supply

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(14.04.2023)KIT Develops Coveted Undulators

Research institutions worldwide use synchrotron technologies developed by KIT with industrial partner Bilfinger Noell

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(13.04.2023)Art Meets Research: Joint Action for More Sustainability

KIT participates in "Keine Stille vor dem Sturm – Tage der Nachhaltigkeit", a series of events on sustainability for children and adults

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(12.04.2023)Building and Housing Trends in the Face of Climate Change

"Architecture & Building Technology" event with a wide range of information and hands-on opportunities for interested citizens

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(12.04.2023)Optical Filters and Mirrors from Inkjet Printer

KIT researchers will demonstrate at Hannover Messe 2023 how optical filters and dielectric mirrors can be manufactured in a customized, cost-effective, and energy-saving way

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(06.04.2023)Metamaterials: Time Crystal Gives Light a Boost

KIT researchers develop first two-dimensional photonic time crystal - application promises enhancements in wireless communication and laser technology

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(06.04.2023)Cutting-Edge Research on the Major Questions of the Universe

KIT's Annual Celebration focused on the Science Year 2023 - Our Universe and the further development of KIT

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(05.04.2023)Dual Careers for Talented Athletes – At KIT and in Europa

KIT is "Partner University of Top-class Sports" for 20 years - More than 80 top athletes supported - SAMEurope project establishes European networking

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(05.04.2023)Nationwide Project to Accelerate the Production of reFuels

Alliance of science, industry and politics links promising activities in research, development and application - federal government funds with 5 million euros

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(04.04.2023)Boost for More Flexible Bus Transport

Platooning flexibly adapts local transport with automated buses to demand – simplifying the switch to electric operation

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(03.04.2023)Digital Transformation of Science

Leibniz Senate approves funding of about 1.2 million Euros for the science campus "Digital Transformation in Research" of FIZ Karlsruhe and KIT

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(31.03.2023)‘Jugend forscht’ Competition at KIT Decided

The winners of the state competition final "Jugend forscht" Baden-Württemberg at KIT have been determined

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(30.03.2023)ERC Advanced Grant for KIT Scientist

Novel nano-inks for customized and low-cost thermoelectric generators: ERC funds Uli Lemmer's project with 2.4 million euros

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(29.03.2023)Girls‘ Day 2023: Information and Experience at KIT

Information day on April 27 for girls from class 5 with diverse program on studies and training – Registration open until April 20

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(28.03.2023)Battery Recycling: 70 Percent of Lithium Recovered

KIT researchers develop low-cost and environmentally friendly mechanochemical recycling process

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(27.03.2023)Hannover Messe 2023: Sustainable Solutions for Mobility, Energy, and Industry

From April 17 to 21, 2023, KIT presents innovative technologies at its two main stands at "Future Hub" and "Energy Solutions“

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(23.03.2023)QS Ranking: KIT again Is the Best German University in Chemical Engineering

In the “QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022,” KIT is among the 50 top universities in two subject areas and four individual subjects

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(20.03.2023)Living and Working Sustainably? Challenge Accepted!

Citizens are invited to develop ideas and solutions for sustainable living and working together with KIT researchers

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(16.03.2023)Materials Research: New High-performance Computer at KIT

The supercomputer will accelerate development of new materials for medical and energy research

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(16.03.2023)Final of the State Competition “Jugend forscht” at KIT

Competitors of the “Jugend forscht” final in Baden-Württemberg look into the future. Their projects will be presented to the public at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology on March 31, 2023

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(15.03.2023)Project Week on Sustainable Agriculture

Spring Academy on sustainability at KIT with public keynote speech, forum and panel discussion

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(07.03.2023)Batteries: Major Mystery of the Passivation Layer Solved

KIT researchers characterize the chemical processes at the electrodes of lithium-ion batteries by means of simulations

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(06.03.2023)Genome Research: Origin and Evolution of Vine

International project determines the origin of grapevine – KIT’s wild vine database helps unveil the genetic tree – Publication in Science

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(01.03.2023)New KIT Center of Health Technologies Starts Work

The KIT Center "Health Technologies" is to promote the digital transformation of medical technologies, personalized medicine and patient care

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(20.02.2023)More Autonomy for a Stronger KIT

Second KIT Further Development Act strengthens potentials in cutting-edge research, teaching, and transfer and removes administrative barriers

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(08.02.2023)Easier Access to Accessible Materials during Studies of Mathematics

"Math4VIP" project aims to create a central platform for German-speaking countries - KIT researchers contribute their expertise in digital accessibility and assistive technologies

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(03.02.2023)Winfried Kretschmann Visits the POLiS Cluster of Excellence

The Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg informed himself about the battery research activities of KIT and Ulm University

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(31.01.2023)ERC Consolidator Grants for Two KIT Scientists

Ulrich W. Paetzold and Frank Biedermann receive funding of about two millionen euros for research on photovoltaics and medical diagnostics

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(23.01.2023)KIT at the City Hall: In the Age of Data and Artificial Intelligence

The KIT Information - Systems - Technologies Center (KCIST) presents its current research to the public

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(20.01.2023 )Energy: New Materials for Extreme Conditions

EU project to accelerate development of robust materials for power plants

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