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A Circular Economy for More Sustainable Product Development – Project “ZirkuPro”

Manufacturing mechatronic products is associated with high energy demand, critical raw materials, and complex manufacturing conditions. One way to solve this problem is through a circular economy, which makes it possible to conserve resources and ensure sustainable development. Researchers from Paderborn University and the Fraunhofer Institutes IEM (Paderborn) and IZM (Berlin) are currently working to extend this principle to an integrated circular product development process for intelligent technical systems.

Prof. de Meaux and Prof. von Korff Schmising

University of Cologne Wins Funding for a New Collaborative Research Centre in Plant Sciences

Around 10 million euros over four years for research into the genetic foundations and key mechanisms with which plants adapt to changes in their environment.

Research at UA Ruhr

Magnetic and Optical Properties of a Two-dimensional Crystal Now under Control

Scientists are working to control materials precisely and down to the atomic level and to combine them with each other. The objective is to produce new hybrid structures that are multifunctional and suitable for use in both optoelectronics and magnetism, for example. An international team of researchers from Sheffield, Clermont-Ferrand, Tokyo and Dortmund has now succeeded in creating such a system, which opens up completely new possibilities, above all for optically controlled magnetism. Their findings were published recently in the renowned journal Nature Photonics.

News from Fraunhofer USA

Brain Health and Research using Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes

At Fraunhofer USA, we’re conducting brain research into the use of Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes targeting biotechnology, environment and health applications.

News from the Hasso-Plattner-Institute (HPI)

Design Thinking Impact

Europe’s biggest Design Thinking Hub “HPI School of Design Thinking” is celebrating its 15th anniversary.

Connecting researchers at German universities of applied sciences with researchers from Canada and the US

Matchmaking Event: German and North American researchers

Read on to find out more about an exciting matchmaking event on October 18, 2022. The DFG invites researchers of German universities of applied sciences (UAS) and researchers from Canada and the US to meet up virtually for a matchmaking event.

Research at Campus OWL

Understanding Artificial Intelligence

Whether it is a digital assistant on a smartphone or tablet, or smart speakers, just what goes on behind the scenes of AI-controlled systems usually remains hidden from their users. The concept of co-construction promises to change this: in the interchange of questions and answers, humans and intelligent systems are meant to arrive at joint explanations for the knowledge contained in these machines. Since 2021, this topic has been a major topic of research at the Transregional Collaborative Research Centre TRR 318 ‘Constructing Explainability’, a joint endeavor of Bielefeld University and Paderborn University.