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15.10.2025

New director at Fraunhofer IMTE

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft appoints Thorsten M. Buzug as executive director of Fraunhofer IMTE in Lübeck.

EARTO Innovation Award | Brussels / 14.10.2025

Next-generation sequencing: New diagnostics for identifying sepsis pathogens

A method developed at the Fraunhofer IGB enables bacterial, viral, fungal, or parasitic pathogens in sepsis patients to be identified much faster than before and with the highest precision. The approach is based on high-throughput sequencing of cell-free DNA circulating in the blood and was honored with the EARTO Innovation Award in the "Impact Delivered" category on October 14, 2025, in Brussels. 

 

Strengthening the European Research Landscape / 10.10.2025

German-Spanish Alliance for Biomedical Innovation

A partnership for the future of medicine: Representatives from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, the Spanish government, the regional government of Catalonia and the city council of Barcelona signed a joint declaration of intent in Barcelona.

 

Draft of the German federal government's Fusion Action Plan / 1.10.2025

Fusion Research as a Key to the Future of Energy Supply

The German federal government approved its draft Fusion Action Plan, which is going allocate two billion euros for fusion research by 2029. This plan is expected to pave the way for a sustainable and zero-emission energy supply through targeted investment and collaboration while securing innovative strength and competitiveness. 

Fraunhofer IPK | Fraunhofer ISI / 19.9.2025

Macroeconomic impact study on the SENAI research network

What is the economic value of innovation? A recent study by the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology IPK and the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI examines the impact on Brazil's gross domestic product.

 

3.9.2025

Fraunhofer IIS receives EMMY® Award

The Fraunhofer-Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS is excited to announce that its moving picture technol-ogy experts receive the world-famous Emmy® Award for engineering, science and technology for its JPEG XS video codec.

 

14.7.2025

30 Years of .mp3

The technology behind these three letters has become an inseparable part of our daily lives: in 2025, the file extension “.mp3” celebrates its 30th anniversary.

This audio format laid the foundation for many more groundbreaking audio codecs made in Erlangen. An innovation that began at Fraunhofer IIS and continues to resonate globally.

 

 

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15.10.2025

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Appoints Thorsten M. Buzug as Executive Director of Fraunhofer IMTE in Lübeck

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft has appointed Thorsten M. Buzug executive director of the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Individualized and Cell-Based Medical Engineering IMTE in Lübeck. Buzug, who has been heading Fraunhofer IMTE on an interim basis since 2020, is now assuming permanent responsibility for the scientific, structural and strategic development of the research unit.
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10.10.2025

German-Spanish Alliance for Biomedical Innovation

A partnership for the future of medicine: Representatives from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, the Spanish government, the regional government of Catalonia and the city council of Barcelona signed a joint declaration of intent in Barcelona today. With this step, the Spanish funding partners have laid the groundwork for pioneering theranostics research in Spain.
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1.10.2025

Better, Faster, Bio-Based: Functional New Plastic Alternatives

How can new bio-based and biohybrid materials with improved features be developed faster? Six Fraunhofer institutes are jointly exploring this question in the SUBI²MA flagship project, using an innovative bio-based polyamide developed by Fraunhofer researchers as a model. Its specific properties make it a promising alternative to fossil-based plastics.
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1.10.2025

New Stent With The Potential To Lower Thrombosis Risk

Stents are used to remove narrowings (stenosis) in blood vessels, stabilize the vessels and thus prevent heart attacks or strokes. However, the implantation process damages the inner wall of blood vessel, and in addition a foreign body material is inserted into the blood vessel wall. Both factors can contribute to restenosis of the affected vessel. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP at Potsdam Science Park aim to address these issues with specially coated, biocompatible, degradable stents. The team won recognition for developing a prototype as part of the senetics Innovation Award 2025.
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