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Dr. Serena Gambarelli from the Materials Testing Institute at the University of Stuttgart wants to understand and model the hygro-thermo-mechanical properties of wood, and has been included in the Baden-Württemberg Foundation's Elite Program for postdocs.

Three early career researchers from the University of Stuttgart, Dr. Nina Engelhardt (English Literatures and Cultures), Dr. Serena Gambarelli (Building Materials Science, Building Chem

The High-Performance Computing Center of the University of Stuttgart (HLRS) will add NVIDIA graphic processing units (GPUs) to its world-class supercomputer, Hawk.

The BK117 had its first service flight in April 1989. Since then, the brightly painted helicopter at Airbus Helicopters has served as a test vehicle for research and development.

On November 26, 2020, the German Research Foundation (DFG) granted an extension to the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 1244 "Adaptive Skins and Structures for the Built Environment of Tomorrow" of the University of Stuttgart.

Automated and autonomous vehicles are predicted to be the future of transportation, but their core element of artificial intelligence (AI) has previously struggled to master changing traffic situations.

Martians have kept scientists busy since the 19th century. How people can actually survive in space is being investigated by the team of experts at "SONet" (Sustainable Offworld Network), including Dr. Gisela Detrell from the Institute of Space Systems of the University of Stuttgart.

In the busy streets of Stuttgart, drivers often park in loading zones reserved for delivery vehicles.

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The Center for Interdisciplinary Risk and Innovation Studies (ZIRIUS) at the University of Stuttgart presents its annual report 2019-2020 How can a sustainable turnaround be achieved in major infrastructure systems, especially in the areas of energy supply and mobility?

Greenspaces in our cities are increasingly left as meadows in order to enhance biodiversity. But time and again, residents complain that near-natural urban greenspaces appear "untidy" and limit leisure activities, or they fear ticks or allergies.

Relax, work, watch movies: once cars can drive by themselves, drivers can put their commute into work to good use.

For some people it promises the ability to cure or even prevent serious diseases, for others it is an ethically unjustifiable experiment to carry out on a human being.

Chitin is the main component of the exoskeletons of insects, spiders, and crustaceans and ensures, for example, that an insect exoskeleton is both robust and flexible.

The new science exhibition "PRETTY POROUS - ALLES PORÖS" uses examples from biology, technology, and the environment to provide insight into the world of porous media and shows how current research makes the invisible visible.

Heat stress in summer as well as more frequent extreme rain events are already a reality in the Stuttgart region, and will occur more often in the future as a result of climate change.

The University of Stuttgart is a research and development partner in the new plastic-free building cooperation network "Gebäude O.K.

Simulations using supercomputers or construction data from CAD systems are normally visualized and analyzed in a Cave 3D facility.

Earth observation satellites for very low altitudes, smaller, lighter, and cheaper than conventional models: These are the goals of the EU project "DISCOVERER", in which nine partners from Europe and the US are involved. For the first time, the new inductive plasma thruster (IPT) was ignited at the Institute of Space Systems (IRS) of the University of Stuttgart.

Texoversum, an education, research and innovation centre for the cross-cutting technology of textiles, is being established on the campus of Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences.

Researchers of the Universities of Stuttgart and Adelaide in cooperation with medical research centers in Australia developed a special microoptical tool with a thickness of only 125 microns.