Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Fraunhofer Research Awards 2024
On the evening of June 12th, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft honored outstanding projects by its researchers at its annual meeting in Munich. Three Joseph von Fraunhofer Prizes were awarded as well as the Stifterverband Science Prize “Forschung im Verbund” (Joint Research).
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Wie heben wir die Wasserstoff-Wirtschaft auf ein neues Level? Für Dr.-Ing. Ulrike Beyer, Leiterin der Referenzfabrik.H2 am Fraunhofer IWU, ist das ein Herzensthema.
Expediting hydrogen
production
How do we take the hydrogen economy to the next level? The Referenzfabrik.H2 in Chemnitz is paving the way for industrial mass production of hydrogen systems.
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Carbon dioxide
Rehabilitating the prime suspect responsible for climate change: More and more technological innovations aim to harness CO2 as a sustainable source of carbon.
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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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