The Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (ZIM) is the program of choice for manageable technical innovations from SMEs that are to be developed and brought to market in 1-2 years. Not well suited for software projects. Maximum grant per company: 168,000 – 336,000 EUR Flat rate: Up to + 100% of personnel [...]
NanoWorldMaps has started the concept phase in 2023. Concepts for the establishment of the nodes and their instrumentation are being developed. Furthermore, processes for access are being defined in order to provide researchers from academia and industry with tailored services. NanoWorldMaps will become a distributed research infrastructure with internationally distributed imaging nodes, each equipped with [...]
OrganoPor is a research project. The second round has just begun: Together with leading companies in the building materials industry, the Fraunhofer LBF is developing the technology to market maturity. Sustainable and cost-effective thermal building insulation from natural materials About OrganoPor OrganoPor is a research project for developing [...]
Carbosands has developed a very simple technology for Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) from brines in the geothermal and oil and gas industries. The CARBOSANDS DLE concept: A granular sorbent is used for lithium adsorption. Desorption is achieved simply by using fresh water. The extraction units require very little infrastructure at the borehole. In the [...]
Two recent papers (June 2021) by groups in the USA have shown how a multi-beam electron microscope such as the MultiSEM from Zeiss, when combined with the automated ultramicrotome preparation of serial sections and powerful image segmentation algorithms can provide unprecedented data about how neurons in the brain connect to provide function – examples of [...]
