Sagar Wadhwa, KIT

September 3, 2024

[DE] Forschende des Karlsruher Instituts für Technologie (KIT) und der Voxalytic GmbH haben eine neue Methode entwickelt, mit der sich erstmals die chirale Struktur eines Moleküls – die exakte räumliche Anordnung der Atome – direkt durch Kernspinspektroskopie aufklären lässt. Dieser wichtige Schritt für die Entwicklung neuer Medikamente war bisher ein zeitaufwändiges Verfahren. Nun könnte die neue Methode ein Standardwerkzeug für die chemische und pharmazeutische Industrie werden. Die Ergebnisse wurden in der Fachzeitschrift Advanced Materials veröffentlicht. (DOI: 10.1002/adma.202408547).

Markus Breig, KIT

March 12, 2024

With the Leopoldina Prize for young scientists 2023, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina honors Dr. Jingyuan Xu, who researches novel heating and cooling technologies for the energy transition at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Currently, the young engineer can boast two more significant awards: the Hector RCD Award as well as admission to the Global Young Academy, an exclusive association of international young scientists.

Uwe Anspach, Heidelberg University – Communications and Marketing

March 3, 2024

Applying and developing new technologies for DNA synthesis to pave the way for producing entire artificial genomes – that is the goal of a new interdisciplinary center that is being established at Heidelberg University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). The aim of the Center for Synthetic Genomics is to spark new developments in synthetic genomics through basic research and technology development using methods of artificial intelligence. The Carl Zeiss Foundation (CZS) is financing the center’s establishment over a period of six years with a total amount of twelve million euros.

KIT/IMT

The DFG has arwarded Sören Lehmkuhl with an Emmy Noether Independant Junior Research group. The central research goal will be to develop a new sensor based on the RASER (Radiofrequency Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) approach.

Sandra Göttisheim, KIT

December 5, 2023

The Karlsruhe Center for Optics and Photonics (KCOP) is taking shape. At the new, highly modern technology center of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), research teams will work on applications of light or photons. These include highly efficient photovoltaics, 6G communication and glass fiber networks, novel quantum sensors, superconducting detectors, extremely fast 3D image acquisition, and high-resolution microscopy for life sciences. The 56 million Euro building is planned to be inaugurated in early 2026.

Thalappil, IIT

November 20, 2023

Professor Thalappil Pradeep from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT) in Chennai is awarded the first “International Excellence Award of KIT” and the “Fellowship of SCHROFF Foundation”. With these awards, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) honors the renowned chemist and his fundamental research in the field of nanoscience and the application of novel nanomaterials for drinking water purification. The award also includes an invitation to stay at KIT.