Textiles with built-in infection protection
10.10.2025
Hospital germs are a growing problem. Find out how innovative textiles with AGXX can actively prevent infections in the future.
Fraunhofer IAP / Till Budde
Environmentally friendly PFAS-free polymer membranes
28.08.2024
PFAS-free polymer membrane is an environmentally friendly alternative to the PFAS-containing membranes previously used in the semiconductor industry.
Envato/Tatiana_Mara
3D: Laser Powder Bed Fusion
08.05.2024
New 3D printing technology: highly complex components made of metallic materials with Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF).
Ottobock
Ottobock presents GreenLine: Sustainable materials
08.05.2024
Ottobock’s new GreenLine merges sustainability with function: eco-friendly prosthetics and orthotics for modern medical technology.
feelSpace
Production of e-textiles: Vibrations lead the way
13.12.2023
Researchers developed a new contacting process that enables more cost-effective and user-friendly production of e-textiles and orientation aids.
bellaSeno
3D printing: composite material for bone healing
28.11.2023
After a bone fracture, some patients experience healing disorders. To enable effective treatment in these cases, the Fraunhofer Institute IFAM (Germany) is researching a new composite material for use in the operating theater as part of the SCABAEGO joint project.
RUB, Marquard
Measuring instruments detect new materials
31.10.2023
New algorithm speeds up material analysis, integrating with existing tools to cut days-long processes to minutes.
Willfried Kunz and Patrick Altschuh
KIT’s high-performance computer optimizes materials for medical technology
17.08.2023
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has unveiled a cutting-edge €1.2 million computer dedicated to materials research. This powerful tool can predict material properties even before they are produced, significantly enhancing the potential for optimization, including in the realm of COVID rapid tests.
UBT / Chr. Wißler
Digital AI system for tailoring polymers
25.07.2023
Prof. Kuenneth’s team builds digital system to rapidly identify ideal polymers from 100M+ options - boosting tech, eco, and economic gains.
TU Bergakademie Freiberg / D. Müller
Iron oxide nanoparticles for medical applications
04.05.2023
How to further improve the special magnetic properties of nanoparticles by microstructure design has been investigated by a team at TU Bergakademie Freiberg using analytical high-resolution transmission electron microscopy.
Gerd Altmann / Pixabay
Using AI to design innovative materials
11.04.2023
Advanced materials become increasingly complex due to the high requirements they have to fulfill regarding sustainability and applicability. Dierk Raabe and colleagues reviewed the use of artificial intelligence in materials science and the untapped spaces it opens if combined with physics-based simulations.
Fraunhofer ISC
Bioresorbable membrane for healing internal and external wounds
08.02.2023
Fraunhofer researchers have succeeded in using the bioresorbable silica gel Renacer® to produce an electrospun membrane that is neither cytotoxic to cells nor genotoxic. This model mimics fibrous structures found in connective tissue and is therefore particularly suitable for regenerative applications, such as for improved wound healing.
Fraunhofer IMWS
Tropoelastin: The quest for innovative materials for wound care treatment and management
06.02.2023
In a joint research project that ended at the end of 2021, the Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems, the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, and Skinomics GmbH examined whether a structural protein is suitable as a wound dressing material.