AACHEN, Germany, April 19, 2024 — The PriFUSIO research project, led by the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT (Fraunhofer ILT), aims to develop key technologies for climate-neutral fusion power plants. The initiative, now underway, brings together fusion startups, medium sized companies, large corporations, as well as Laser Zentrum Hannover and the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF (Fraunhofer IOF). The project will focus on principles for targeted component development and...

HAMAMATSU, Japan, March 8, 2024 — The Photonics Challenge, an annual competition sponsored by the Graduate University School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, has concluded with the selection of four out of nine finalist companies from Japan to win its top prizes based...

ALBANY, N.Y., Feb. 9, 2024 — Representatives from the New York Center for Research, Economic Advancement, Technology, Engineering, and Science (NY CREATES) visited the Fraunhofer Institute in Dresden, Germany to set concrete dates for a joint exchange in 2024. This comes after...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 11, 2023 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has unveiled a $42 million initiative to establish three research hubs — at the University of Rochester (UR), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and Colorado State University (CSU) — to...

DRESDEN, Germany, Sept. 11, 2023 — The need for modern technologies to dismantle existing underwater infrastructure is growing due to increasing demand for renewable energy sources. For example, to bring a wind power plant in the sea up to higher powers, the existing old steel...

DRESDEN, Germany, July 21, 2023 — Applied Materials and the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (Fraunhofer IPMS) collaborated to create what will be Europe’s largest technology hub for semiconductor metrology and process analysis. The hub will be located at the...

DRESDEN, Germany, June 6, 2023 — Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS have developed SURFinpro, a solution that uses artificial intelligence and optical measurement technology to detect, classify and visualize defects in real time, and report...

JENA, Germany, May 1, 2023 — Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF (Fraunhofer IOF) have developed a portable sensor-scanner for building comprehensive 3D models of complex structures such as aircraft engines. The Fraunhofer...

ETTINGEN, Germany, April 25, 2023 — One of the most important goals of the aviation industry is to make aircraft more fuel efficient. To this end, the Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies, and Image Exploitation (Fraunhofer IOSB) is working with Lufthansa Technik to...

DRESDEN, Germany, April 14, 2023 — Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS (Fraunhofer IWS) have developed an approach to apply modern lightweight construction design principles beyond the automotive and aerospace industries where they have...

JENA, Germany, April 12, 2023 — Traditionally, high-precision components — for example, mirror optics — are mass-produced in a time-intensive and manufactory-like process and then individually characterized using complex measurement technology. As the demand for such...

JENA, Germany, April 11, 2023 — The European Space Agency (ESA) is set to launch its Jupiter Icy Moons Explore (JUICE) mission this week, which aims to explore Jupiter and its moons. On board the spacecraft will be the GALA measuring instrument, which will use laser pulses to...

DRESDEN, Germany, March 31, 2023 — Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS (Fraunhofer IWS) have established a spinoff company to commercialize a measuring system developed at the institute. Funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic...

JENA, Germany, March 20, 2023 — Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF (Fraunhofer IOF) and Friedrich Schiller University Jena developed an optical coating system that combines antifogging (AF) and antireflective (AR) properties....

DRESDEN, Germany, March 10, 2023 — Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS (Fraunhofer IWS) have developed a measuring technique for reliably determining the permeation rate of films. The method, which the researchers developed as part of the...

DRESDEN, Germany, Jan. 30, 2023 — Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam, and Plasma Technology FEP (Fraunhofer FEP) produced hydrophobic, or water-repelling, surfaces that become superhydrophilic, or superwetting, under ultraviolet (UV)...

MUNICH, Jan. 12, 2023 — A method of simulation of the additive manufacturing process could enable better yields and higher-quality results. Researchers from Fraunhofer member institutions combined different methods to develop a simulation of the 3D-printing process itself,...

DRESDEN, Germany, Nov. 23, 2022 — Use of a modular system, enabling individual components to be replaced and thereby extending service life — can make satellite systems more sustainable. To ensure a problem-free interface between components, a team from the Fraunhofer...

AACHEN, Germany, Nov. 21, 2022 — Following completion of a multiyear project, collaborators on an initiative of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) have reported their demonstration of a production approach they believe will enable large corporations, as...

GRAEFELFING, Germany, Nov. 1, 2022 — Under the umbrella of the DigiQuant project funded by the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, TOPTICA, ams OSRAM, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS (Fraunhofer IIS) will develop diode-based laser technology to advance the...

AACHEN, Germany, Oct. 6, 2022 — Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (Fraunhofer ILT), in collaboration with colleagues from Fraunhofer ISIT and IST, developed a CMOS-compatible deposition and laser crystallization process for the production of...

DRESDEN, Germany, Sept. 30, 2022 — In the past, sandblasting has been a necessary part of production in a number of industrial processes. Now, the process may be replaced with a faster, cleaner, and more environmentally friendly process. A team from the Fraunhofer Institute for...

AACHEN, Germany, Sept. 8, 2022 — Together with Hamamatsu, the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (Fraunhofer ILT) launched an application lab for advanced laser material processing with ultrashort pulsed (USP) laser radiation, located in Aachen, Germany. The partners jointly...

WEßLING, Germany, Aug. 18, 2022 — A consortium led by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration (Fraunhofer IZM) is using hollow-core optical fibers to develop a reliable method to transmit light to make gyroscopes less susceptible to interference...

JENA, Germany, Aug. 3, 2022 — Two Fraunhofer institutes have delivered the core optical innovation supporting a recently launched space-based environmental mapping and analysis initiative. The components and devices supplied by the Fraunhofer Institute for Microengineering and...