His work helps to pave the way to major contributions to improvements to the facility, and to data analysis and interpretation by means of theory or modelling. Three excellent posters were also honoured. “Patrick Heighway deserves the prestigious prize for his pivotal role in measuring X-ray diffraction at extreme pressures and temperatures at the HED-HiBEF Instrument”, says Emma McBride from Queen’s University, Belfast and chairperson of the User Organization Executive Committee (UOEC). His work combines experimental data with molecular dynamics…

On September 10 and 11, 2024, the 5th Laser Colloquium Hydrogen 2024 – LKH2 brought together around 60 renowned experts from industry, science and research. The now well-established conference is the ideal platform for discussing the latest developments and applications of laser technology for fuel cell and hydrogen production. At the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen, the two-day event focused on the continuous production of metallic bipolar plates, process monitoring and the functionalization of surfaces. “With laser…

Invitation to the journalists’ seminar “On the hunt for new antibiotics and active substances from bacteria” at the DSMZ in Braunschweig, Germany, on the 14th of November 2024. A growing and worrying antibiotics crisis is threatening people worldwide. Antibiotic resistance is on the rise globally and costing millions of human lives. Research groups around the world are searching for new antibiotics. Some such research is being carried out by the Department of Bioresources for Bioeconomy and Health Research headed by…

The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT is supplementing its established Aachen “6th Conference on Laser Polishing LaP” on October 15 to 16, 2024 for the first time with a new conference that addresses the growing global interest in photonic process chains for the optics industry. The “1st Conference on Laser-based Optics Manufacturing LOM” focuses on laser-based manufacturing of complex optics and aims to boost the transfer of knowledge from research to industry. Laser-based optics manufacturing promises competitive advantages because…