Fraunhofer IAP
Biodegradable stent improves vessel healing
06.11.2025
A new coated stent from Fraunhofer IAP aims to lower thrombosis risk and support natural blood vessel repair.
Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen, Germany
Faster laser structuring with optical stamping
07.10.2025
Fraunhofer ILT and RWTH Aachen have developed optical stamping, a laser-based method for ultra-fast, precise microstructuring in a single pulse.
University of Stuttgart
Stuttgart group studies soft robotics materials
06.10.2025
At the University of Stuttgart, researchers explore viscoelastic polymers for soft robots, with future use in medicine, industry, and safety equipment.
Fraunhofer IWU
Hand exoskeletons aid stroke and injury recovery
05.09.2025
Fraunhofer develops custom 3D-printed hand exoskeletons to support patient rehabilitation and relieve therapists in daily clinical care.
Additive manufacturing trends
10.02.2025
Additive manufacturing enables the precise production of highly complex and customized products and offers valuable advantages.
Biocompatible materials
20.01.2025
The use of biocompatible materials prevents problems wherever the surface of devices comes into contact with the body.
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).
Washington State University
Conductive, cotton-based fiber for smart textiles
12.12.2023
WSU develops cotton-like fiber with polyaniline conductivity: flexible, conductive, and promising for wearable e-textiles.
TU Bergakademie Freiberg / Andreas Hiekel
Basis for innovative PFAS filter made of clay
06.12.2023
PFAS filters use costly activated carbon - researchers seek cheaper alternatives to tackle these persistent "eternal toxins."
coffeekai
Recycling model for the plastics industry
30.11.2023
Profs Kümmerer and Endres aim to create a sustainable recycling model for the plastics industry at Leuphana and Leibniz Universities.
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.
envato/svitlanah
PFAS: risk or no risk?
31.10.2023
Many companies in the medical technology sector fear that they will no longer be able to manufacture products as before.
Nick Fewings / Unsplash
Plastic production via advanced recycling lowers GHG emissions
17.10.2023
Advanced recycling of post-use plastic cuts GHG emissions and boosts U.S. recycling, says DOE Argonne Lab study.
Fraunhofer FEP
Roll-to-roll: system traverse for 2D inline process monitoring
05.10.2023
KODOS project: Fraunhofer FEP and SURAGUS GmbH developed a solution for in-line process monitoring and parameter mapping in production.
Rimidolove
Sustainable materials and recycling
19.09.2023
Where are the difficulties and how can the the industry become more sustainable, despite strict safety regulations?
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.
University of Stuttgart, FSM-Labor
Intelligent rubber materials
20.07.2023
Stuttgart and Tübingen researchers develop autonomously switchable polymers for advanced material applications.
Fraunhofer IWU
2.5D printing: "It only takes about five minutes to print an orthosis"
15.05.2023
Customized finger orthoses that can be printed quickly: Lukas Boxberger from the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU in Dresden focuses his research on this subject. In the future, the WEAM orthosis will support the customization of standard orthoses. In this interview, he explains the processes and materials that will turn this concept into a reality.
Lunghammer - TU Graz
Smart artificial skin in application check stage
09.05.2023
The smart skin developed by Anna Maria Coclite has many potential applications – from robotics and cosmetic surgery to prosthetics. With an ERC Proof of Concept Grant, the researcher is now exploring its possible practical applications.
Fraunhofer IAP
Smart materials for aligner therapy
25.04.2023
Clinically effective, custom-made, discreet and comfortable - the demands on aligners for the therapy of malocclusions are high. This also applies to the material of these orthodontic splints. A team has now developed a highly innovative material that enables completely new treatment concepts and reduces costs. The scientists focused on polymers with shape memory properties.
MPI-IS
Sustainability for biodegradable artificial muscles
28.03.2023
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, at Johannes Kepler University and at University of Colorado Boulder developed fully biodegradable, high-performance artificial muscles. Their research project marks another step towards green technology becoming a lasting trend in the field of soft robotics.
DITF
Carbon fibers based on wood
14.03.2023
The DITF have developed a sustainable and cost-saving process to produce carbon fibers from lignin. This is an inexpensive raw material that is available in large quantities and is a waste product in paper production. The process offers high energy-saving potential and is particularly environmentally friendly. It uses natural, renewable raw materials and does not require solvents.
Laura Schirrmeister
Degradation of plastic waste using newly developed biocatalysts
14.02.2023
The plastic materials polyurethane and polyvinyl alcohol can now be degraded under mild conditions with the help of enzymes as biocatalysts. Scientists from the University of Greifswald have developed corresponding methods together with the German company Covestro and teams from Leipzig and Dublin, as recently published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., in two separate articles.