Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Let’s talk water

Sometimes there’s too much, sometimes too little: Water, the most important factor in our survival, doesn’t make it easy for us. How can we ensure an adequate water supply even amid climate challenges?

© Enver Hirsch

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).

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.

© Fraunhofer / Sven Döring

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.

© Fraunhofer / Bernd Hartung

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.

© Foto: Thomas Straub

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.

© Foto: Hilde Harshagen