“We are experiencing profound political, economic, and technological upheaval. Now more than ever, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is called upon to strengthen both our economy and society, enhancing ...

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft will expand its activities in Heilbronn significantly with funding from the Dieter Schwarz Foundation. From 2025, a total of eight research and innovation centers will ...

Storms, hail, rising floodwaters — extreme weather events have caused billions of euros in damage in recent years. In the ResCentric project, researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed ...

Currently, old wood treated with wood preservative has to be incinerated in authorized large power plants. In H2Wood, this wood is used to produce hydrogen, carotenoids and starch. The bacteria grow ...

Yeasts on agar plates. The gene that encodes the sweet-tasting protein is implanted into yeast cells. The cells are then multiplied inside a bioreactor under controlled conditions in such a way as to ...

Culinary foam made from the whites of chicken eggs makes baked goods light and airy. In the LeguFoam project, Fraunhofer researchers are working on a plant-based alternative made from legumes.

Zur Bundestagswahl 2025 nimmt die Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft unter dem Motto Wettbewerbsfaktor zu den wichtigsten technologiepolitischen Themen Stellung. In unseren Positionspapieren skizzieren wir ...

Cyberattacks have become a major risk for companies and other organizations. To prevent data theft, sabotage and extortion, many companies and government agencies are turning in response to Security ...

In Germany, around 40 percent of all CO 2 emissions stem from the construction and operation of buildings. In fact, new buildings hardly pose any obstacle to achieving the German federal government’s ...

Peatlands cover only three percent of the surface of the earth, but they store about twice as much carbon as the entire biomass of all of the world’s forests. VALPEATS links data spaces to evaluate ...

Die WHO empfiehlt, die Tagesdosis von 25 Gramm Haushaltszucker pro Kopf und Tag nicht zu überschreiten – das entspricht etwa fünf bis zehn Teelöffeln. Diese Obergrenzen einzuhalten, ist nicht leicht, ...

Früher kämpfte Prof. Till Schäberle im Kader der deutschen Nationalmannschaft gegen die internationale Karate-Elite. Heute sind seine Gegner wesentlich kleiner, aber mindestens genauso ...