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Research and technology at ZEISS
Research and development in figures
Today's challenges – tomorrow's solutions
What determines the world – and how ZEISS responds to it

Challenges shaping our era
It is not only digitalization that is causing the world to change rapidly. Sustainability and health are also shaping our age. ZEISS is proactively addressing these global developments.

Future technologies and applications
Behind every challenge is a path – and a solution. With innovative developments in research fields such as artificial intelligence, advanced materials, automation or optics and photonics, ZEISS empowers people to make the seemingly impossible possible.
Exploring the living cell
The ZEISS Lattice Lightsheet 7 microscopy solution makes it possible for the first time to observe living cells live and in 3D for hours and even days. This opens up new possibilities, for example for cancer research. In 2022, the developers were awarded the Deutscher Zukunftspreis(German Future Prize).
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