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Date: May 28, 2019, No. New DFG Priority Program "Nano Security" at the University of Stuttgart Whether it's cars, industrial plants or the government network, spectacular cyber attacks over the past few months have shown how vulnerable modern electronic systems are.

With three new testing facilities, the Forschungsinstitut für Kraftfahrwesen und Fahrzeugmotoren Stuttgart (Research Institute of Automotive Engineering and Vehicle Engines Stuttgart, or FKFS) and the Institute for Internal Combustion Engines and Automotive Engineering (IVK) at the University of Stuttgart are systematically focusing on technologies for the cars of the future.

"A paradigm shift in timber construction", is how experts describe the roughly 14-meter high Urbach Tower, which was built by the Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) and the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) at the University of Stuttgart.

From the city to the airport by air taxi: Since the airport operator Fraport and the startup Volocopter from Bruchsal have been investigating the integration of autonomous air taxis into the operations at Frankfurt Airport, this is no longer fiction.

At the world's most important industrial trade fair, the University of Stuttgart will present its cutting-edge research from the two Clusters of Excellence "Data-Integrated Simulation Science" and "Integrative Computational Design and Construction for Architecture".

Lovers of astronomy will have an opportunity to visit the flying infrared observatory SOFIA at Stuttgart Airport from September 15-20.

In order to mark the official start of the Cluster of Excellence, a kick-off had taken place on Thursday, 11th July 2019.

Date: February 18, 2019, No.

Lobbying is generally suspected of exerting an unfair influence on political decisions for the benefit of certain people in privileged positions - mostly from the business world.