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TradeThe European Union's new draft trade deal with the United States is an unmitigated disaster, because it confirms that Europe is ultimately driven by the fear of losing US protection. The implication is that any form of continued transatlantic alignment, no matter how humiliating, is preferable to an uncertain independence.See the Story
The Trumping of Europe
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Schkopau · Schkopau"Plasts and elasts from Schkopau – this slogan shaped generations in the GDR. Plastics was more than just a material there: it was a substitute material, a source of hope and a symbol of technical self-sufficiency. In Saxony, for example, it became an automobile trademark – at the Trabant, whose body was not made of sheet metal but of duroplast, a composite of cotton fibres and phenolic resin. Thus, the myth of "Rennpappe", which once tuckered t…Read Article
From the "Rennpappe" to the High-Tech Shell: How Plastic Types Changed in East and West
Dresden, Sachsen · DresdenFraunhofer Dresden wants to help victims of accidents and stroke patients on their way to recovery with tailor-made exoskeletons Dresden, August 7, 2025. Adaptronics researcher Alina Carabello develops innovative exoskeletons from the 3D printer at the Fraunhofer-Maschineninstitut IWU in Dresden and the University of Chemnitz, which can be precisely tailored to every human hand. In future, these skeletons will be able to roam patients over the d…Read Article
