Styrofoam is used for packaging or in insulating materials. The starting product for this is styrene. This in turn is volatile, toxic and difficult to detect. Researchers at TU Bergakademie Freiberg are now developing a biosensor that makes the pollutant visible by changing color - cheaply, quickly and precisely. | more
Old Saxon healing clay under a powerful X-ray beam and students from Freiberg are right in the middle of it. Master's students at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg are conducting research together with scientists at the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) in Hamburg. They want to find out what is in pressed clay plates from the 18th century - without damaging them. | more
Unternehmerinnen und Unternehmer in Sachsen stehen oft allein da, wenn es um die wirklich schwierigen Fragen geht. Entscheidungen, die niemand im Team mittragen kann. Zweifel, die man ungern im eigenen Netzwerk ausspricht. Und Momente, in denen man merkt: Austausch auf Augenhöhe ist selten – und doch entscheidend für gute Führung. | more
Brown bottles protect beer and medicines from light, but their production has a negative impact on the climate. A team from TU Bergakademie Freiberg has proven in the laboratory that amber glass can also be produced using electricity instead of natural gas. 86 percent less CO₂ would be possible. How this works and what the trick is with the "cold lid" on the red-hot melt. | more
A metal that is lighter than aluminum and yet is hardly used - this is now set to change. Researchers at TU Bergakademie Freiberg have spent three years working on making magnesium fit for industry. With hydrogen, clever processes and a new alloy, they have succeeded. The first prototypes prove it: This material has a future. | more
Like an elevator to the top: Researchers at TU Bergakademie Freiberg have used computer models to show how the Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria were formed. Sunken rocks from the African plate rose again from a depth of 100 kilometers. The result: the mountain range is 40 million years old and therefore significantly younger than previously assumed. | more
In Dresden-Pieschen fertigt Andrea Rehn im Zentralwerk personalisierte Geschenke für frischgebackene Eltern und deren Familien. Besonders gefragt sind bestickte Windeln mit Geburtsdaten sowie kreative Windeltorten – und das nicht nur online, sondern auch deutschlandweit über DM-Märkte. Jetzt gibt es 10 Prozent Rabatt im Shop. | more
The Mineralogical Collections of the Freiberg Mining Academy are a feast for the eyes. They have now been honored at an international congress. | more
