Blind spots in the monitoring of plastic waste

Whether in drinking water, food or even in the air: plastic is a global problem - and the full extent of this pollution may go beyond of what we know yet. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), together with partners from the...
9-Nov-2022 5:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Leadership Online: Charisma Matters Most in Video Communication

Managers need to make a consistent impression in order to motivate and inspire people, and that applies even more to video communication than to other digital channels. That is the result of a study by researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of...
6-Nov-2022 3:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Blind Spots in the Monitoring of Plastic Waste

Whether in drinking water, food or even in the air: plastic is a global problem - and the full extent of this pollution may go beyond of what we know yet. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), together with partners from the...
3-Nov-2022 6:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Solar Park 2.0: Higher Yield on the Same Area

Shade, dirt, or aging considerably reduce the yield of large photovoltaic facilities. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and partners from science and industry have now launched the Solar Park 2.0 project to reduce these losses.
27-Oct-2022 5:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Limits of Lithium Extraction from Thermal Water

Pumping up thermal water, separating lithium, and using it to produce batteries for electric mobility – the idea of lithium as an environmentally compatible and regionally available by-product of geothermal energy plants appears highly promising....
26-Oct-2022 11:35 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Karlsruher Forschungsfabrik: Using AI to Optimize Industrial Production

Ever shorter product life cycles and volatile markets force companies to produce high-quality products quickly with new, immature processes.
26-Oct-2022 11:15 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Joining Forces: Fast-as-lightning 3D Microprinting with Two Lasers

Printing objects from plastic precisely, quickly, and inexpensively is the goal of many 3D printing processes. However, speed and high resolution remain a technological challenge. A research team from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT),...
17-Oct-2022 4:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Power Supply: Understanding Unstable Grids

A sustainable energy supply requires the expansion of power grids. However, new transmission lines can also lead to grids becoming more unstable rather than more stable, as would be expected. This phenomenon is referred to as the Braess paradox. For...
6-Oct-2022 8:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites