On September 10 and 11, 2024, the 5th Laser Colloquium Hydrogen 2024 – LKH2 brought together around 60 renowned experts from industry, science and research. The now well-established conference is the ideal platform for discussing the latest developments and applications of laser technology for fuel cell and hydrogen production. At the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen, the two-day event focused on the continuous production of metallic bipolar plates, process monitoring and the functionalization of surfaces. “With laser…

Invitation to the journalists’ seminar “On the hunt for new antibiotics and active substances from bacteria” at the DSMZ in Braunschweig, Germany, on the 14th of November 2024. A growing and worrying antibiotics crisis is threatening people worldwide. Antibiotic resistance is on the rise globally and costing millions of human lives. Research groups around the world are searching for new antibiotics. Some such research is being carried out by the Department of Bioresources for Bioeconomy and Health Research headed by…

The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT is supplementing its established Aachen “6th Conference on Laser Polishing LaP” on October 15 to 16, 2024 for the first time with a new conference that addresses the growing global interest in photonic process chains for the optics industry. The “1st Conference on Laser-based Optics Manufacturing LOM” focuses on laser-based manufacturing of complex optics and aims to boost the transfer of knowledge from research to industry. Laser-based optics manufacturing promises competitive advantages because…

Why this field is captivating academics and big pharma. The World Mitochondria Society (WMS) and the International Society of Microbiota (ISM) are proud to announce the First World Conference on Targeting Extracellular Vesicles (EVs), scheduled for October 17-18, 2024, at the Corinthia Palace, Malta. This event will explore the latest advancements in extracellular vesicle research and their transformative applications in health and therapeutics, with a special focus on the interactions between EVs, mitochondria, and microbiota. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small,…