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Microgrids: Resilient City for Everyone

Local decentralized energy systems, known as microgrids, can make urban infrastructures more resilient and reduce risks for the population, for example, in large-scale power outages due to natural hazards or cyberattacks.
26-Jul-2024 6:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Climate Change: Rising Temperatures May Impact Groundwater Quality

As the world’s largest unfrozen freshwater resource, groundwater is crucial for life on Earth. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have investigated how global warming is affecting groundwater temperatures and what that...
5-Jul-2024 5:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Eyesight from a 3D Printer

Printing a new cornea during an operation to restore a patient’s eyesight: This groundbreaking step in the fight against corneal disorders is set to become reality with a laser based process using personalized bioink. The method was developed by...
5-Jul-2024 4:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

AI Recognizes Athletes’ Emotions

Using computer-assisted neural networks, Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Duisburg-Essen have been able to accurately identify affective states from the body language of tennis players during games....
17-Jun-2024 11:15 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Innovative Material for Sustainable Building

Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) introduce a polymer-based material with unique properties in the latest issue of the journal Nature Communications. This material allows sunlight to enter, maintains a more comfortable...
24-May-2024 6:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Batteries: Modeling Tomorrow’s Materials Today

Which factors determine how quickly a battery can be charged? This and other questions are studied by researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) with the help of computer-based simulations.
21-May-2024 4:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Better Understanding of Earthquake Risks

When one tectonic plate slides underneath another tectonic plate, strong earthquakes result rather frequently. The severe earthquake off the coast of Taiwan in early April 2024 also took place at such a subduction interface.
18-Apr-2024 3:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Cell Biology: Molecular Code Stimulates Pioneer Cells to Build Blood Vessels in the Body

Cardiovascular diseases, including stroke and myocardial infarction, are the world's leading causes of mortality, accounting for over 18 million deaths a year. A team of KIT researchers has now identified a new cell type in blood vessels...
17-Apr-2024 7:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites


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