Press Releases

KIT Coordinates MeKIDI Project on Digitization of Processes in the Energy Sector

KIT Researchers Develop Biodegradable Printed Display – Publication in the Journal of Materials Chemistry

Research Project on the Use of Deep Geothermal Energy to Extract the Raw Material – Funding Is Granted by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

Experiencing Artificial Intelligence through Humanoid Robots: Focus on Exchange between Society and Research

HZI bioinformaticians bring to light a natural CRISPR system of the human microbiome. Essentially, we are never alone – because they are always with us: billions of microorganisms – such as bacteria, viruses or fungi – inhabit our bodies. They live on our skin, in our mouths, noses or intestines – depending on the preferences of our tiny cohabitants and the demands they make of their environment. "For the most part, the microbiota consists of bacteria that are ...

The development of new strategies for processing and analysing life science data, the further development of scientific imaging, the search for new active substances for drugs: These are the tasks that the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) want to tackle together in the future. The two research institutions, which are among the international leaders in their fields, have now signed a joint Memorandum of Understanding to intensify their cooperation.

Theoretical physicists from Berlin teamed up with experimental physicists from Munich to determine the precise mechanics involved in cell motility. The findings were published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

For one year now, researchers from CASUS, the Center for Advanced Systems Understanding at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), have supported the work on the world's largest planned exascale computer Frontier. The collaboration with the University of Delaware is now yielding its first results: the researchers successfully tested their PIConGPU simulation software on one of the world's fastest graphics cards for high-performance computers – the recently released MI100 from AMD.

A specific variant of the surface protein VSG of African trypanosomes, the causative agents of sleeping sickness, is associated with resistance to the important drug Suramin. Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center have now been able to find a possible explanation for the formation of resistance based on the crystal structure of this protein variant.

KIT Senate Confirms Election for Second Term of Office – Optimum Framework Conditions for Excellent Research and Early-stage Researchers Will Be Central Foci