Between weightlessness and reality
Engineering
Between weightlessness and reality
Airbus instead of orbit: During near-Earth parabolic flights, scientists can conduct far-reaching experiments in weightlessness. Here’s what’s behind it.
The surprise bag of new materials
Think Green
The surprise bag of new materials
What if materials were no longer passive? Shape-memory alloys, shear-thickening fluids, or self-healing synthetic polymers – an increasingly growing research field is forming in laboratories and development centers.
From suppliers to enablers
Future Life
From suppliers to enablers
Employers of the future: Why AI, Gen Z, and new life realities require a reinvention of the employer’s role.
What gamers are better at
Digital
What gamers are better at
Properly used, gaming can turn from a time drain into a training space for life – especially for professional life, according to Professor Ingo Froböse, a renowned sports scientist. Learn more about the underrated skills of gamers.
Electrically into the future
In Motion
Electrically into the future
Electric vehicles are on the rise. Hybrids are here to stay. Mobility is evolving in complex ways—shaped by regional differences and new demands. Schaeffler is ready: with a broad product portfolio in the field of automotive drivetrains.
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Straights are for fast cars, turns are for fast drivers.

Colin McRae, World Rally Champion
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Laser shows – the future of the sky on New Year’s Eve?
Think Green
Laser shows – the future of the sky on New Year’s Eve?
The tradition of ushering in the new year with a dazzling fireworks display is increasingly coming under criticism. An alternative has been capturing more and more hearts and heavens: laser shows.
Welcome aboard Robo
Engineering
Welcome aboard Robo
Flexibility – humanoid robots are going to perform more and more tasks at work, operating with advanced AI and sensitive sensors. Schaeffler experts have shared with us in what direction robotics is headed.
AI in the cockpit
In Motion
AI in the cockpit
Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving into all areas of life – including aircraft cockpits. The objective is to use digital assistants to make flying smarter and safer and to replace co-pilots in the medium run.
Spun into space
In Motion
Spun into space
Instead of burning thousands of tons of fuel the technology start-up SpinLaunch is planning to hurl rockets into orbit using centrifugal force. This is how the launcher centrifuge is said to work ...
Transparent data for eternity
Digital
Transparent data for eternity
Researchers have developed a new high-speed method of storing huge information volumes on crystal 5D discs for billions of years.
Goodbye hydraulics!
Engineering
Goodbye hydraulics!
Humanoid robots are becoming more powerful, nimble, and agile. Electric motors instead of the previous hydraulic units increasingly operate in their arms and legs. That’s a clearly discernible trend in other industrial applications as well.
Let there be heat where heat should be
In Motion
Let there be heat where heat should be
Less energy consumption, longer range – how Schaeffler enhances the efficiency of e-cars with smart thermal management.
The Line
Future Life
The Line
Some consider the linear city ‘The Line’ to be a visionary millennial project, others an example of absurdity. Here’s a current-state assessment in the spring of 2023 of how a city is supposed to grow 170 kilometers (106 miles) into the desert.