News and Events
Welcome to our News and Events section. The subcategories provide latest news, an overview of upcoming and past events and conferences, and articles published in the press about the Materials Chain network.
Latest News
Customized Plasmas for Next Generation Microelectronics
INTERNATIONALIZATION
Ruhr University Bochum, alongside leading institutions from Japan, Europe and the U.S., is pioneering atomic-scale semiconductor technology for chip manufacturing. At the 1st German-Japanese Plasma Processing Workshop a key initiative was launched to support the European and Japanese Chips Act. A 17-member Japanese delegation explored Bochum’s plasma research expertise, reinforcing global partnerships. Two-dimensional... read more
Research Project on Next-Generation Superconductors Starts
MATERIALS SCIENCE
The Kavli Foundation, the Klaus Tschira Foundation and philanthropist Kevin Wells have launched a multi-million-dollar initiative to develop next-generation superconducting materials. An international team of scientists, including Prof. Dr. Miquel Marques from Ruhr University Bochum, will use AI to predict and refine materials with revolutionary superconducting properties based on quantum geometry.... read more
Turning Waste into Opportunity: The Genesis Project
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
A dedicated team, including researchers Felix Grosswendt, Michelle Treppmann and Sebastian Weber from Ruhr University Bochum, in collaboration with Monika Kessler from Forschungszentrum Jülich, is leading the charge to recycle grinding waste and transform it into high-performance tools. Supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection and in partnership with the University... read more
Upcoming Events
- 22Sep
2025 7th Materials Chain International Conference: Future Energy Materials and Systems
Ruhr-Universität Bochum Convention Centre (VZ) - more