Fittingly, Halloween weekend marked the start of the eagerly awaited 26th United Nations Climate Summit. Instead of spooking themselves with horror movies, representatives of the member states traveled to Glasgow, Scotland, to discuss the next steps in the fight against a real scare that threatens to come out on top.

The corporate mindset has shifted. Sustainability has often been only part of the corporate social responsibility and not necessarily anchored across the different business functions and the value proposition of the firm. This has changed tremendously in recent years. According to the World Economic Forum, climate action failure is one of the top global risks.

Biogas is an important factor in the implementation of the energy transition. But there is room for improvement in the efficiency of these facilities. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a plant concept that combines greater power output with a smaller carbon footprint.

Within the framework of EuroTeQ Universities, the Professorship of Regenerative Energy Systems (RES) together with Tallinn University of Technology (Department of Energy Technology) and Czech University of Technology in Prague (Department of Nuclear Reactors) is offering a practical course this winter semester, which will be completely online.

Our colleague Daniel Klüh (RES) is currently on a 2-month research stay at the Lappeenranta University of Technology.

On September 28th and 29th, the first STiBNite Summer Scholl will be held with the following program.

Reflecting the wealth and diversity of climate action in Europe, the Commission is inviting to organize Climate Pact satellite events. For this reason, Prof. Costa is organizing an event called „ Protein-based materials: A sustainable solution for our technological world?“ on 1st October 2021. International experts will provide a critical vision about the current actions towards developing a future of sustainable society.

An international research team with participants from several universities including the TUM Campus Straubing has proposed a standardized registry for artificial intelligence (AI) work in biomedicine to improve the reproducibility of results and create trust in the use of AI algorithms in biomedical research and, in the future, in everyday clinical practice. The scientists presented their proposal in the scientific journal “Nature Methods”.

Students and staff at the TUM Straubing campus can now get vaccinated at the Impfzentrum am Hagen in Straubing.

Lingga Aksara Putra (Professorship of Regenerative Energy Systems – RES) presents the challenge of the team “DATA Solutions” and wins the second place for his team.