Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Research Facility 2.0 (RF 2.0) is an EU-funded research project aimed at making the operation of particle accelerators and other large-scale facilities more resource-efficient. Since the beginning of the year, ten European project partners…

Automatic speech recognition and translation systems such as the Lecture Translator of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) can convert the spoken word in lectures into a text in several languages in real time. Such systems improve…

From smartphones to computers to cars: almost all modern technologies are based on high-performance microchips. Demand far exceeds production in Germany. Leading semiconductor manufacturers come primarily from Asia and North America and…

How did the universe come into existence? Why do the fundamental building blocks of matter behave the way they do? What does dark matter, which makes up the majority of the mass in the universe, consist of? Using the large CMS particle…

The massive contact restrictions in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic have also presented real-world laboratories with difficult situations. In the DuPa project, launched in 2020, researchers from the Karlsruhe Transformation Centre for…

Information systems such as learning platforms, chat programs or video tools are playing an increasingly important role in everyday digital school life. However, there are often concerns about their security in terms of data protection.…

For the study “Detection of emotional states from the expressive behavior of tennis players using convolutional neural networks,” researchers from sports science, software development and computer science at KIT and the University of…

Emissions in the construction sector are increasing and so are the costs of raw materials. Circular economy and more sustainable architecture will require innovative approaches. Architects of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) combine…

Research into new battery materials is not only aimed at optimizing performance and service life and reducing costs. Rather, it is also about reducing rare elements such as lithium and cobalt as well as toxic components. Sodium-ion…

For over 20 years, the Motor Skills Module Study (MoMo) has provided representative data about how fit and active children and young people in Germany are. With the current tests in Karlsruhe (April 28 and 29, 2024), the fourth wave of…