Researchers from Heidelberg and Karlsruhe use stalagmite for the reconstruction of regional and global climatic history. Tree-ring data, when integrated with information from stalagmites, has…
New Compounds for Organometallic Chemistry – Sandwich Complexes in the Form of Rings Are Kept Together by Their Own Energy Sandwich compounds are special chemical…
Artificial intelligence techniques assist scientists in enhancing manufacturing procedures for highly efficient solar cells, serving as a blueprint for various other research fields. Perovskite tandem…
Water and UV radiation effectively and swiftly break down the crosslinked polymers in diaper liners without the use of any chemicals. This process allows the…
Researchers at KIT have unveiled a novel system for the activation and catalytic transfer of ammonia – catalysis is based on main group elements. Ammonia…
Researchers from the universities of Göttingen and Karlsruhe have created an innovative treatment approach for pancreatic cancer. This new method aims to target the disease…
Researchers see long-term perspective for lithium extraction at geothermal plants. Geothermal wells existing in the Upper Rhine Valley would allow for the reliable extraction of…
The first three weeks of July 2023 have been the hottest global three-week period so far. In the summer months of 2023, twice as many…
Researchers at KIT have characterized the chemical processes occurring at the electrodes of lithium-ion batteries. Lithium-ion batteries have become a crucial part of our daily…
An international study has uncovered the origins of the grapevine using the Wild Vine Database at KIT. Grapevine has a long history as one of…
KIT Researchers demonstrate colored Perovskite Solar Modules for facades of houses. As of 2022, all new buildings in the state of Baden-Württemberg must be equipped…
New world record: Neutrinos are lighter than 0.8 electron volts. Neutrinos are arguably the most fascinating elementary particles in our universe. In cosmology they play…
Research initiative of the Helmholtz Association presents strategies, technologies, and open-source tools. To contribute to global climate protection, Germany has to rapidly and comprehensively minimize…
Lower-cost Production Thanks to Optimized Distribution of Atoms Billions of noble metal catalysts are used worldwide for the production of chemicals, energy generation, or cleaning…
New research focuses on the wings of the black butterfly (Pachliopta aristolochiae), which are covered by micro- and nanostructured scales that harvest sunlight over a…
Using metamaterials, researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology developed a mechanical invisibility cloak that hides objects from touch. In the past years, invisibility cloaks…
Physicists from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed a simple method for building and testing an invisibility cloak for diffusive light-scattering media. Real invisibility…
Researchers from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have made a big step towards a single-atom bit, showing that the magnetic moments of single holmium atoms on…