The Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) is building a new pilot plant for the production of cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries over the next twelve months. The large-scale project is called Powder-Up! and is being built in the Ulm Science Park. The state of Baden-Württemberg is funding the construction work with …
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With the commissioning of the high-speed line, Stuttgart and Ulm are moving closer together. The Ulm-Plochingen section of the line will be officially opened on 9 and 10 December – a special date for Ulm and the region, which have campaigned for decades for the construction of the new line. To kick things off, a …
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The social transformation process associated with the energy transition was the focus of this year’s network meeting of the BayWISS Group College Life Sciences and Green Technologies, which took place in Illertissen on 4 November. At the invitation of Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences (HNU), around 40 participants from all over Bavaria discussed challenges surrounding …
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In the coming years, service robots/assistant robots will increasingly be able to take over tasks such as cleaning and transport in public spaces, e.g. in pedestrian zones, public squares, railway stations and parking garages. This means they will not only become part of the cityscape, but work processes will change. The encounters of uninvolved persons …
At the invitation of the Danube Swabian Central Museum (DZM), representatives of museums from Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Germany met in Ulm from October 16 to 18 for a professional exchange. The final protocol gives an outlook on future cooperations. Most of the invited museums are institutions with which the DZM has longstanding partnership agreements. …
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Pig urine bladder instead of animal experiment: Dr. Michael Melzer, physician and scientist at Ulm University Hospital, has been honored with the Ursula M. Händel Animal Welfare Award. With this award, the German Research Foundation (DFG) honors scientists who improve animal welfare. How does pancreatic cancer develop? Dr. Michael Melzer conducts research on stem cell-based …
Ammonia from green hydrogen is an energy carrier with high economic potential that can be used as a chemical feedstock, marine fuel or for stationary power generation. In the future, it will be imported on a large scale from regions with high solar and wind resources. In the project “PICASO” (Process Intensification & Advanced Catalysis …
The Gesellschaft für Qualitätsprüfung (Society for Quality Testing) conducts the only bank test nationwide that is consistently based on DIN standards. The best quality of advice as well as an excellent digital offering: with an overall grade of 1.35 and thus the only “very good” rating, Sparkasse Ulm has come out on top as the …
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s disease. It develops when dopamine-secreting neurons in the brain die. It is still unclear why and what causes these neurons to die. An international research team consisting of five working groups now wants to find out what role neuronal calcium metabolism plays in this …
Gunter Czisch and Ralph Seiffert as representatives of Ulm/Neu-Ulm at the city summit in Prague: In an emotional speech, Vitali Klitschko repeatedly emphasises that Ukraine is part of Europe and pleads for its rapid admission to the EU. Putin is attacking everyone in Europe with his war. For the cities and municipalities in the border …
