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Date: March 5, 2020, No.

Cyclopropenium cations are aromatic three-membered rings and belong to Hückel type aromatic systems. Thus, they are the smaller brothers of the well-known benzene. In contrast to benzene cyclopropenium cations were considered for a long time as curiosities without any practical relevance. However, in recent years their potential as organocatalysts has been recognized.

Helping where help is needed The students have been tackling a variety of tasks, from working at university facilities, to supporting the German Red Cross and the Stuttgarter Tafel food bank.

Reading or even sleeping while driving a car but still being ready to take over behind the wheel in an emergency - once highly automated vehicles first appear on the road, the opportunities and requirements for drivers and passengers will change.

The "Research Network for Advancing Architecture, Engineering and Construction" (AdvanceAEC) brings together international researchers who strive to advance architecture, engineering and construction through digital technologies and an interdisciplinary approach.

As part of a cooperation project with Nokia and Fraunhofer IPA, the University of Stuttgart and its research campus ARENA2036 are setting new quality standards for research infrastructure with the 5G wireless standard.

Date: March 4, 2020, No. Quantum physicists from the University of Stuttgart are successful in the European funding initiative "QuantERA" Modern materials are based on the highly complex interplay of many particles that follow the laws of quantum physics.

The Cluster of Excellence "Data-integrated Simulation Science (SimTech)" released movies.

Whether credit reports, car insurance, or medical tests: Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently being used for decisions that have major consequences for individuals and society as a whole.

Whether companies, municipalities or universities, almost every big organization in Germany has its own data center .

The European Research Council (ERC) awarded Dr. Tim Langen from the Institute of Physics (5) and Dr. Marcel Pfeiffer from the Institute of Space Systems (IRS) at the University of Stuttgart one of the coveted ERC starting grants.

From electricity supply and industry to the Paris Climate Targets, from individual sectors to the big picture: With the Ariadne project, a network of leading research institutions is now starting an unprecedentedly comprehensive research process to shape the energy turnaround.

To support hospitals and medical practices that are in direct contact with Covid19 patients, researchers at the University of Stuttgart are making use of existing production capacities to manufacture new face shields using 3D printers.

Offshore wind is taking the next step: floating foundations for deeper waters are becoming a tested and proven technology.

Date: December 2, 2020, No.

As part of a press conference and an event held at the "Topography of Terror" documentation center, historians from the Ludwigsburg Research Center at the University of Stuttgart and the Bildungswerk

Date: January 23, 2020, No.

Safe and sustainable mobility is one of the big issues of society, ranging from urban commutes to merchant shipping on oceans.

The partners in the "Rob-aKademI" research project, including Fraunhofer IPA and the Institute for Industrial Manufacturing and Factory Operation IFF at the University of Stuttgart, are developing technologies to simplify robot programming and make assembly tasks easier to automate.

As part of its large-equipment initiative, the German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding new measuring systems for ultra-high data rates for future communication technologies.

Aircraft should become more energy efficient and at the same time fly stable and quietly. To achieve this, it is necessary to gain a better understanding and prognosis of the flow-physics up to the borders of the flight envelope.

A volocopter is to fly over a European city center for the first time.