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The pricing of carbon dioxide (CO2), which is now being hotly debated as an accompanying measure to phasing out coal and also as part of the climate protection law being planned, is ecologically and economically efficient and so makes sense.

By 2050, the chemical industry should operate in a climate neutral fashion, which means phasing-out fossil oil, gas and coal.

The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts (MWK) is funding 15 innovative projects in Baden-Württemberg as part of the "BW-BigDIWA - Wissenschaftliche Bibliotheken gestalten den digitalen Wandel" (BW-BigDIWA - Scientific Libraries Shaping the Digital Revolution) program.

In its latest Research Training Group (GRK) funding round, the German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved a further Research Training Group at the University of Stuttgart.

The Flying Laptop project from the University of Stuttgart: the small satellite that has been a big success.

Award for visual analysis of structure formation in cosmic evolution [Picture: VISUS] Karsten Schatz, Christoph Müller, Patrick Gralka, Moritz Heinemann, Alexander Straub, Christoph Schulz, Matthias

Sustainable construction in high-growth metropolitan areas is currently a major challenge for the booming countries of Southeast Asia.

Rethinking architecture - this principle can be drawn from the two fascinating pavilions of the University of Stuttgart, which are unique in the world and can be seen on the summer island of the Bundesgartenschau (BUGA, Federal Horticulture Show).

The project "PlanQK: Platform and Ecosystem for Quantum-Enhanced Artificial Intelligence" combines artificial intelligence and quantum computing.

A new tardigrade species was discovered by Dr. Ralph Schill from the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomolecular Systems (IBBS) at the University of Stuttgart. The species is now known as Milnesium inceptum, derived from the Latin term for pioneer or initiator. At the same time, Schill, together with colleagues from England, Poland and Japan, classified another tardigrade species as a neotype: Milnesium alpigenum, which had already been described in the middle of the 19th century but was no longer present as a preserved specimen.

The Institute of Flight Mechanics and Control (IFR) at the University of Stuttgart is leading a project to establish test fields for energy-efficient, electric and autonomous flying.

In the future, electric wing end propulsion systems can simplify the control of aircraft. This is the conclusion after the first manned test flights of the solar aircraft "icaré wtp", which is equipped with two electric wingtip propellers (wtp).

The Institute for Manufacturing Technologies of Ceramic Components and Composites (IFKB) at the University of Stuttgart has developed a new high-performance brake disc concept.