March 12, 2024
With the Leopoldina Prize for young scientists 2023, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina honors Dr. Jingyuan Xu, who researches novel heating and cooling technologies for the energy transition at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Currently, the young engineer can boast two more significant awards: the Hector RCD Award as well as admission to the Global Young Academy, an exclusive association of international young scientists.
Press Release 021/2024March 3, 2024
Applying and developing new technologies for DNA synthesis to pave the way for producing entire artificial genomes – that is the goal of a new interdisciplinary center that is being established at Heidelberg University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). The aim of the Center for Synthetic Genomics is to spark new developments in synthetic genomics through basic research and technology development using methods of artificial intelligence. The Carl Zeiss Foundation (CZS) is financing the center’s establishment over a period of six years with a total amount of twelve million euros.
Press Release 016/2024The DFG has arwarded Sören Lehmkuhl with an Emmy Noether Independant Junior Research group. The central research goal will be to develop a new sensor based on the RASER (Radiofrequency Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) approach.
Read moreDecember 11, 2023
Die türkische Biomechatronik-Forscherin ist KIT Excellence Fellow und wird am Institut für Mikrostrukturtechnik arbeiten
Mithilfe des „Humboldt Research Fellowship“ wird die Forscherin der Sabanci-Universität Istanbul am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) Chips mit Mikrokanälen entwickeln, durch die Flüssigkeit fließen kann. Diese Chips sind mit der Kernspinresonanzspektroskopie kompatibel und messen die Antibiotika-Reaktion von Bakterien in Echtzeit. Meltem Elitaş leistet damit einen wichtigen Beitrag zu Entwicklung neuer Antibiotika. Sie wurde von Jan Korvink, Leiter des Instituts für Mikrostrukturtechnik des KIT, nominiert.
Die Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung verleiht jedes Jahr bis zu 100 Humboldt-Forschungspreise an international führende Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler aller Fachrichtungen für ihre bisherige Arbeit. Damit können sie selbst gewählte Forschungsvorhaben an einer wissenschaftlichen Einrichtung in Deutschland gemeinsam mit den dortigen Teams durchführen. Darüber hinaus erhalten sie ein Preisgeld von 60 000 Euro.
Read moreDecember 5, 2023
The Karlsruhe Center for Optics and Photonics (KCOP) is taking shape. At the new, highly modern technology center of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), research teams will work on applications of light or photons. These include highly efficient photovoltaics, 6G communication and glass fiber networks, novel quantum sensors, superconducting detectors, extremely fast 3D image acquisition, and high-resolution microscopy for life sciences. The 56 million Euro building is planned to be inaugurated in early 2026.
Press Release 102/2023November 20, 2023
Professor Thalappil Pradeep from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT) in Chennai is awarded the first “International Excellence Award of KIT” and the “Fellowship of SCHROFF Foundation”. With these awards, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) honors the renowned chemist and his fundamental research in the field of nanoscience and the application of novel nanomaterials for drinking water purification. The award also includes an invitation to stay at KIT.
Press Release 095/2023August 3, 2023
Sandwich compounds are special chemical compounds used as basic building blocks in organometallic chemistry. So far, their structure has always been linear. Recently, researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Marburg were the first to make stacked sandwich complexes form a nano-sized ring. Physical and other properties of these cyclocene structures will now be further investigated. The researchers report their findings in Nature (DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06192-4).
Press Release 057/2023July 27, 2023
Industrial biocatalysis with enzymes is deemed to be a “game changer” in the development of a sustainable chemical industry. Enzymes can be used to synthesize an impressive range of complex molecules, including pharmaceutical substances, under environmentally compatible conditions. Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have now developed a new class of materials by producing enzyme foams of tremendous stability and activity. They report in Advanced Materials. The researchers have already filed a patent application on the process to produce enzyme foams. (DOI:10.1002/adma.202303952)
Press Release 054/2023June 7, 2023
A new process developed at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) enables printing of nanometer-scale quartz glass structures directly onto semiconductor chips. A hybrid organic-inorganic polymer resin is used as feedstock material for 3D printing of silicon dioxide. Since the process works without sintering, the required temperatures are significantly lower. Simultaneously, increased resolution enables visible-light nanophotonics. The researchers report in Science. (DOI: 10.1126/science.abq3037)
Press Release 041/2023June 6, 2023
Organic light-emitting diodes, OLEDs for short, are energy-efficient and flexible. However, it is still difficult to produce blue OLEDs. They have lacked luminance and stability so far. Researchers from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Shanghai University have now developed a new strategy for the production of efficient deep-blue OLEDs: Electronic excitation of a specially developed new molecule results in a dual-channel intra-/intermolecular exciplex emission and, hence, deep-blue electroluminescence. The researchers report in Science Advances. (DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adf4060)
Press Release 040/2023April 6, 2023
Photonic time crystals, whose properties change periodically, promise significant enhancements in microwave engineering, optics, and photonics. Researchers from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and partners from Aalto University and Stanford University have unveiled a groundbreaking 2D photonic time crystal and demonstrated important applications. Their approach simplifies the realisation of photonic time crystals and may improve the efficiency of future communication systems. The results of this study have been reported in Science Advances. (DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg7541)
Press Release 024/2023