Scientists call on German politicians to act in an open letter

Researchers at Paderborn University develop a new technology for manipulating light

The use of polymers in general, and in particular in modern metal-plastic hybrid components, fibre composites and lightweight design has become increasing established due to the high degree of flexibility and lower cost of these materials.

Parking assistant, distance control, fatigue detector – the complexity of automated driving functions is constantly increasing. This also increases the requirements for testing and development methods.

“Finding something so novel that it might be included in textbooks as fundamental knowledge is every scientist’s dream,” says Prof. Dr. Jan Paradies, a professor at Paderborn University. Paradies, a chemist, recently discovered a previously unprecedented reaction in which an entire molecular fragment migrates to another location in the particle.

A team led by Paderborn scientists Professor Thomas D. Kühne and Professor Christian Plessl has succeeded in becoming the first group in the world to break the major “exaflop” barrier – more than a trillion floating-point operations per second – for a computational science application. With this accomplishment, they have set a new world record.

From 30 May to 2 June, under the umbrella of Paderborn University, researchers from the Direct Manufacturing Research Center (DMRC), Institute for Lightweight Design with Hybrid Systems (ILH), Competence Centre for Sustainable Energy Technology (KET) and SICP - Software Innovation Campus Paderborn will be showcasing innovative technologies and concepts for a sustainable future at Hannover Messe.