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Electric motors contain valuable rare earths. Freiberg researchers are developing processes to recover these raw materials. Stefan Mundus-Weichert

Old e-car engines become new raw materials

What happens to disused electric motors from electric cars? A new large-scale project aims to automatically recover valuable raw materials such as rare earths. TU Bergakademie Freiberg is developing new recycling processes for magnets. Robots are learning to dismantle drives. 25 partners are working on the circular economy for electromobility.

Together at work: in future, robots will be able to recognize where people are looking and adapt their behaviour accordingly. ® pixabay/wal_172619

When robots understand where we are looking

In factories, humans and robots often work side by side. But the machines do not know where their human colleague is looking. A new research group at Chemnitz University of Technology wants to change this. In future, robots will use eye-tracking technology to recognize where humans are focusing their attention. This could make collaboration safer and more efficient.

Conventional wound dressings like these cannot stop excessive inflammation. The new edition from Dresden aims to change that. © AI-generated with ChatGPT

Dresden wound dressing to stop chronic inflammation

Chronic wounds often do not heal because excessive inflammation blocks the healing process. The Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden has now spun off its tenth company. ResCure GmbH plans to launch an innovative wound dressing on the market in 2027 that neutralizes inflammatory messengers. In laboratory tests, wound healing was accelerated by up to 50 percent. A clinical trial is already underway.

The FC St. Pauli stadium in the snow. (Archive photo) / Photo: Christian Charisius/dpa

Despite snowfall: St. Pauli game to take place

The Bundesliga match between FC St. Pauli and RB Leipzig on January 9 had to be canceled due to snow and ice. Despite the renewed onset of winter, the match is still scheduled to be played on Tuesday.