A T-shirt for four euros, pants for ten: The fast fashion trend continues unabated. No sooner worn than forsworn, these mostly low-quality items quickly end up in the trash. The textiles have been ...

Mit Wirkung zum 1. Oktober 2026 verstärkt Prof. Franziska Boenisch als Institutsleiterin die Doppelspitze des ...

Artificial intelligence can now generate images that are virtually indistinguishable from real ones. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation ...

Die diesjährigen Preise für die besten Doktorarbeiten in angewandter Forschung gehen an drei Nachwuchsforschende aus Jena und Freiburg. Mit dem Hugo-Geiger-Preis zeichnen das Bayerische ...

In the Clean Aviation project, Fraunhofer researchers teamed up with partners to develop a system that causes icy spots on aircraft wings to vibrate, removing the ice. This dramatically reduces the ...

Patients with severe respiratory or lung diseases require intensive treatment and their lung function needs to be monitored on a continuous basis. As part of the Pneumo.Vest project, Fraunhofer ...

Hydrogen is the beacon of hope for the energy transition, as it is set to sustainably shape both mobility and industrial processes. But at present, there is still limited availability, as transporting ...

Fraunhofer researchers have developed a method of creating biogenic construction materials based on cyanobacteria. The bacteria multiply in a nutrient solution, driven by photosynthesis. When ...

It still has a somewhat alarmingly wobbly gait at this point. But Optimus can take a raw egg out of a carton and place it in an egg cooker. There are high hopes for the broad-shouldered metal bot: ...

Paper reel downstream of the sealing module. The cutouts for the four-sided bags are clearly visible. Since plastic packaging accounts for a large fraction of plastic waste, the demand for ...

Currently, old wood treated with wood preservative has to be incinerated in authorized large power plants. In H2Wood, this wood is used to produce hydrogen, carotenoids and starch. The bacteria grow ...

Specific physical human-robot interactions are increasingly required in the manufacturing industry, the professional service sector, and healthcare. This necessitates improvements in comfort and ...