Press Releases

“sensIC” joint project combines materials science and cybersecurity – PUFs serve as electronic identification features

Research alliance starts measurement campaign on hydro-meteorological extremes in the Swabian Alb highland region

KIT scientists benefit from a new set of maps created from high-resolution satellite data and statistics to prove that land-use changes are four times more extensive than previously expected

How do tumor cells manage to spread through the body via the blood and lymph vessels? Mahak Singhal made outstanding discoveries on this topic in his doctoral thesis at the German Cancer Research Center. The aim of his work was to identify new ways of reducing tumor metastasis. In recognition of this excellent achievement, the Helmholtz Association has awarded him the Doctoral Prize 2020 in the field of health.

Researchers from the ECRC in Berlin, together with scientists from the United States and Canada, have discovered a sugar molecule whose levels are reduced in the blood of patients with particularly severe multiple sclerosis. Their discovery could pave the way for a new therapeutic approach, the team reports in medical journal JAMA Neurology.

Among other things, dams serve as reservoirs for drinking water, agricultural irrigation, or the operation of hydropower plants. Until now, it had been assumed that dams act as net carbon stores. Researchers from the Helmholtz Centre of Environmental Research (UFZ) together with Spanish scientists from the Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA) in Girona and the University of Barcelona showed that dams release twice as much carbon as they store. The study has been published in Nature Geosciences.

KIT and the University of Hohenheim are conducting research in a joint pilot plant aimed at refining residual biomass to obtain new materials and energy carriers – a concept that closes cycles locally

One hundred after the discovery of insulin turned diabetes from a deadly disease into a manageable illness, the 8th Helmholtz Diabetes Conference is hosting world-leading researchers to share their latest findings. This year, Anja Karliczek, Germany’s Federal Minister of Education and Research, opened the Conference.

Researchers at KIT combine laser-based series interconnection with vacuum processing of all solar cell layers – upscaling paves the way from lab to industry

The Colloquium Fundamentale at KIT dedicates live stream lectures to the Age of Human Life on Earth