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Parker Hannifin and the Fraunhofer Institute for Microengineering and Microsystems (IMM) today announced the renewal of their partnership to further develop air adsorption technology for fuel cell humidification applications. Gregory Brickett, General Manager, Engine Mobile Filtration Europe (EMFE) Division, said: “This collaboration builds on the successful partnership which started in October 2022, and which led to significant advancements in fuel cell technology, including the development of a specialized test rig.”

We congratulate Eva Deitmann on the successful defense of her Doctoral thesis. Deitmann's thesis deals with the continuous, scalable formation of Grignard reagents.

Transport and trade on the ocean blue must be made much greener. This is the goal of the new €17 million European GAMMA project, where companies and researchers from Europe will develop and convert a bulk carrier to sail on climate-neutral fuels and green power.

mRNA-based vaccines and gene/cell therapeutics open up new possibilities for medical practitioners in the fight against cancer and infectious or hereditary diseases. However, manufacturing these innovative pharmaceuticals is an expensive and time-consuming process. The Fraunhofer RNAuto lighthouse project is aiming to use automated production technologies to facilitate cost-effective, high-volume production of mRNA-based drugs and medicines for personalized therapies which can then be made available at an affordable price. From November 13 to 16, researchers from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft will, for the first time, present a screening system demonstrator for the automated encapsulation of mRNA in nanotransporters at COMPAMED in Düsseldorf (Hall 8a, Booth G10).

Electrochemical processes like water electrolysis will become increasingly important in the future in light of climate change and the resultant need for an energy and raw materials transition. The Fraunhofer Institute for Microengineering and Microsystems IMM is collaborating with hte GmbH to develop modular electrochemical cells. These flow cells are used in screening tasks, thereby helping optimize electrochemical production processes, such as water electrolysis.

In his thesis in the field of electrochemistry, Nils Baumgarten describes an electrochemical microreactor for carrying out electrochemical syntheses in continuous operation and studies the influence of operating conditions on selectivity and energy efficiency.

In the future, ammonia could play a decisive role in the transition from fossil fuels to climate-friendly alternatives — as long as it is produced from green hydrogen, for example, using renewable energy sources. Ammonia is easy to store and transport. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Microengineering and Microsystems IMM are developing ammonia-based systems for a mobile, decentralized energy supply in the infrastructure, transportation and industry sectors. The various research projects will be presented for the first time at the Hannover Messe Preview on February 15, 2023.

In his thesis, Janis Stiefel deals with the detection of tumor features from liquid biopsies. His work thus contributes significantly to the establishment of a platform technology of Fraunhofer IMM in applied research of liquid biopsy.