Building automation has become an independent section of VPIN's Engineering and Systems department at the beginning of 2024. This change reflects the growing importance of this area in the context of digitalisation and provides a solid foundation for future developments.

An international team of researchers combine orbital imagery with seismological data from NASA’s Mars InSight lander to derive a new impact rate for meteorite strikes on Mars. Seismology also offers a new tool for determining the density of Mars’ craters and the age of different regions of a planet.