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Erbium Dopants Stimulated to Emit Single Photons

Erbium Dopants Stimulated to Emit Single Photons

February 7, 2025 • 12:00 AM

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have made significant progress in the path towards a quantum network by stimulating erbium atoms in crystalline silicon to emit single photons. This breakthrough could pave the way for extended networks linking quantum systems, potentially leading to a future quantum internet. Such a network would enable secure information exchange through fiber-optic connections, providing provable...

Europe's largest aerospace campus set for Munich

Europe's largest aerospace campus set for Munich

February 7, 2025 • 12:00 AM

The largest aerospace campus in Europe will be established in Taufkirchen and Ottobrunn, located in the southern part of Munich, Germany. This mega-project is a collaborative effort between the Free State of Bavaria and the involved municipalities. In late June, they signed a Joint Declaration to pave the way for the development of this new campus, which will be centered around the Department of Aerospace and Geodesy of the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Bavarian Minister of Science, Mr....

New method improves measurement of brain activity

New method improves measurement of brain activity

February 7, 2025 • 12:00 AM

Measuring the activity of the human brain on a cell-by-cell basis was previously only possible to a very limited extent. Researchers at Klinikum Rechts der Isar at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed an approach that makes this much easier. They rely on microelectrodes and the support of brain tumor patients: During waking surgeries, they take part in studies. The team was thus able to show how our brain processes numbers. We think about numbers every day. On the one hand,...

Online trials - when the avatar negotiates

Online trials - when the avatar negotiates

February 7, 2025 • 12:00 AM

Online court hearings are becoming increasingly important. Since the Corona crisis, courts have been increasingly working on the introduction of digital court processes. The advantages: Court proceedings can be carried out more quickly and the parties involved no longer have to travel long distances. In addition to the smoother and more efficient court operations, cost and time savings speak in favor of the virtual processes. Critics, on the other hand, point to the necessary technology that is...

Aerospace start-up wins award

Aerospace start-up wins award

February 7, 2025 • 12:00 AM

A rocket for a new generation of satellites, remote-controlled trucks and software to calculate CO2 emissions: these are successful products created by the start-ups Isar Aerospace, Fernride and Tanso Technologies. At the TUM Entrepreneurship Day, all three were nominated for the Presidential Entrepreneurship Award. The winner was the aerospace start-up. The 10th Entrepreneurship Day at the Technical University of Munich again brought together entrepreneurs, students, researchers, investors and...

Technological innovations propel sustainable energy solutions

Technological innovations propel sustainable energy solutions

February 7, 2025 • 12:00 AM

In the pursuit of a greener and more sustainable future, technological innovations are playing a pivotal role in revolutionizing the energy sector in Munich. With the city's commitment to environmental conservation and the urgent need to mitigate climate change, companies and researchers in Munich are leveraging cutting-edge technologies to develop and deploy sustainable energy solutions, setting an example for other cities across the globe. One groundbreaking innovation making waves in...

Solar energy expansion for Munich

Solar energy expansion for Munich

February 7, 2025 • 12:00 AM

The City Council's Committee for Climate and Environmental Protection today approved the Munich's solar strategy, which considers the inner-city solar energy expansion schemein a comprehensive way. The strategy aims for extensive photovoltaic (PV) expansion so that around 25 percent of the city's electricity consumption can be covered by inner-city solar systems in the long term. To this end, in a transformation phase up to 2030, PV expansion is to be increased at a growth rate of 40 percent to...

From IceCube to Milky Way

From IceCube to Milky Way

February 7, 2025 • 12:00 AM

For the first time, the scientists of the international IceCube Collaboration have succeeded in detecting neutrinos from the Milky Way. The analysis of ten years of observation data using machine learning methods led to the success for which ORIGINS scientist Elisa Resconi's group at the Technical University of Munich provided important preliminary work. In the next step, the researchers strive to understand from which celestial objects the observed high-energy neutrinos come. The IceCube...

TUM again ranked first in Germany

TUM again ranked first in Germany

February 7, 2025 • 12:00 AM

For the ninth time in a row, TUM is ranked first in Germany in the prestigious QS World University Rankings. It is ranked second in the European Union and 37 overall. International research networks and sustainability standards are now included for the first time in the QS rankings. Surveys of academics and employers are used to compile the university quality rankings produced by the British university service provider QS Quacquarelli Symonds. Additionally, it evaluates the number of times...

Bavarian companies embracing quantum science

Bavarian companies embracing quantum science

February 7, 2025 • 12:00 AM

In order to fully realize the potential of QST, Bavarian businesses are already working with research institutions. Bavaria is fully committed to becoming a major global hub for quantum science and technology. Here are some illustrations of important projects and ongoing corporate initiatives as detailed by Invest in Bavaria.   Facilitating the Mittelstand's (mid-sized companies') access to quantum computing. Many of the large corporations in Bavaria have established their own QST research...

Cure for age-related blindness on horizon

Cure for age-related blindness on horizon

February 7, 2025 • 12:00 AM

Life Biosciences, a biotechnology company developing innovative cellular rejuvenation techniques to reverse aging and injury-related diseases and ultimately restore health to patients, today announced preclinical data in non-human primates (NHP) for its new gene therapy candidate that uses partial epigenetic reprogramming to restore visual function. This approach has been shown to reverse aging in mice, improving vision and extending lifespan, but it was not known whether epigenetic...

Italy bans laboratory meat

Italy bans laboratory meat

February 7, 2025 • 12:00 AM

Italians have an intimate relationship with their agriculture, which is known to produce many good foods. Farm animals are also part of this relationship, albeit a complex one. In the Alpine province of Belluno, for example, citizens can adopt a cow from a cooperative, from which they then receive cheese and butter. On the other hand, as elsewhere, people prefer not to know too much about the specific stages of the food chain, such as what happens in the slaughterhouse or when calves are...

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