4/27/12
Radio signals reach pilots on board an aircraft through the “radar dome“, the rounded nose of the aircraft. But if errors occur during the production of this “nose“, – tiny foreign particles, drops of water or air bubbles – this can impede radio traffic. In the future, a non-destructive testing ...
4/27/12
For submarine earthquakes that can generate tsunamis, the warning time for nearby coastal areas is very short. Using high-precision analysis of GPS data from the Fukushima earthquake of 11 March 2011, scientists at the German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ showed that, in principle, the ...
4/20/12
Germany Trade & Invest showcases the latest business opportunities at Hannover Messe 2012, the world’s leading industrial technology trade fair Berlin/Hanover – Solar electricity generation in Germany increased by 40 percent in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the previous year, according ...
4/17/12
Is it drugs, medicines or explosives? At the Analytica trade fair, Fraunhofer researchers, joined by the Hübner Company, are presenting a terahertz spectrometer that provides reliable, contact-free identification of substances. December 2011: Security forces intercept a letter bomb addressed to ...
3/27/12
Under the brand “Research in Germany - Land of Ideas”, the BMBF, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, is hosting issue- and country-specific campaigns abroad to promote innovation and research in Germany. Now also in Russia, under the slogan “Russia and Germany - Partnerships ...
3/2/12
Predicting how large numbers of visitors to major events will behave is difficult, even using evidence based on past experience. To prevent disasters, however, the police, rescue services and event organizers have to be able to identify dangerous bottlenecks, hidden obstacles and unexpected ...
2/29/12
How safe do people feel when living behind the dykes? Since 2008, the Institute of Coastal Research at the Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht has been conducting annual surveys of the population of Hamburg on the topic of climate change and its potential impact. One result: only every second person ...
2/24/12
“Urban living” is the slogan of Fraunhofer’s appearance at this year’s CeBIT. Fraunhofer City at CeBIT offers visitors more than 40 points of interest.Press Releases CeBIT 2012 CeBIT 2012: A robot sketches portraits An industrial robot as artist? From March 6-10, 2012, researchers will be ...
2/13/12
People can now mark their possessions with artificial DNA, thus making it more likely for thieves and people who fence stolen goods to be caught red-handed. Each marker is as unique as a genetic fingerprint and can be easily visualized using UV light. The artificial DNA can also be used to prove ...
2/6/12
International cooperation under the leadership of DLR It is not entirely clear when exactly the last major asteroid impact on Earth occurred. But there are plenty of examples of impact craters, such as the Nördlinger Ries in Bavaria. That there will be other collisions in the future is something ...
