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Stefan Hecht elected as a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences
The internationally renowned and award-winning scientist receives renewed recognition:
The European Academy of Sciences (EURASC) has elected Prof. Stefan Hecht, Ph.D., Director of the DWI - Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials, Guestprofessor at the Department of Chemistry of HU Berlin and…
Excellent work life balance: Third audit berufundfamilie certificate in a row for the IKZ
The seal of quality is awarded for a strategically designed family- and life-phase-conscious personnel policy:
For the third time in a row Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ) has been awarded with the audit berufundfamilie certificate on September 30, 2021. The certificate is awarded by the Board of Trustees of…
PV and Wind Area Calculator shows potential for expanding renewable energies in Germany
New online tool developed by Reiner Lemoine Institute on behalf of Agora Energiewende was published:
To achieve its climate targets, Germany must use two percent of its surface for wind energy. But conflicts over site selection for new wind turbines and species protection are currently hampering expansion. The think…
Advances in organic semiconductor research improve performance of light-emitting diodes (OLED)
Team of researchers investigated the synthesis, structure, optical properties of poly(triazine imide):
A team of researchers from King’s College London, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), headed by Prof. Michael J. Bojdys, who is a member of…
The laser community met at ISLC2021
Ferdinand-Braun-Institut organised this year’s International Semiconductor Laser Conference, one of the most renowned conferences in the field of semiconductor lasers:
More than 100 international scientists joined the five-day International Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC) in Potsdam. Roughly the same number of participants tuned in online on a daily basis. The conference…
Ultrafast and coupled – atomic vibrations in the quantum material boron nitride
An international collaboration of scientists presents detailed experimental and theoretical results on ultrafast dynamics of coupled phonons:
Materials consisting of a few atomic layers display properties determined by quantum physics. In a stack of such layers, vibrations of the atoms can be triggered by infrared light. New experimental and theoretical…
Tobias Henschel wins the HZB Technology Transfer Award 2021
Digital bracelet with integrated transparent photovoltaics convinced the jury:
At first glance, it looks like an ordinary wristwatch. But its glass taps the energy of the sun. A research group at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin has made this possible. Their transparent photovoltaics have now even made…
LUM GmbH nominated for the Berlin Brandenburg Innovation Prize 2021
The Innovation Award 2021 is endowed with 10,000 euros per award winner:
The company LUM GmbH submitted the innovation LUMiSpoc® as part of this year's competition from the states of Berlin and Brandenburg and was nominated as one of ten companies for the innovation award. The LUMiSpoc®…
Beam diagnostics for future laser wakefield accelerators
Applications of “tabletop particle accelerators” for medicine and research brought closer by a new method which was developed by a team from HZB and PTB:
For decades, particle accelerators have been getting bigger and bigger. In the meantime, ring accelerators with circumferences of many kilometres have reached a practical limit. Linear accelerators in the GHz range…
FBH presents new diode laser and UV LED developments at the Photonics Days Berlin Brandenburg
From October 4 - 7, 2021, the conference will be held in hybrid format / Exhibition on October 6-7 in Berlin-Adlershof:
The four-day conference brings together experts from photonics, optics, microsystems technology, and quantum technology. Scientists from the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut will present the latest results on high-power diode…
Tracking down antiferromagnets
Researchers at the Max Born Institute have succeeded in studying an antiferromagnetic sample at a laser-driven laboratory source:
Antiferromagnets are magnetically ordered, but their magnetization exactly cancels out. That is why even their discoverer, Nobel laureate Louis Néel, could not imagine any application for this class of materials.…
You're doing really great: How a digital voice helps me on my way
Essay by Dilek Güngör, journalist, and writer from Berlin:
You can do this. It’s easy. Take your time. Haven’t you noticed how your stamina has improved? You could climb mountains. For four months now, I've been taking the stairs in our house as often as I could. On the…
The minus sign represents something positive
In conversation with Beate Mekiffer, who coordinates innovation projects at WISTA Management GmbH:
To Beate Mekiffer, the minus sign represents something positive. For eleven years now, WISTA Management GmbH’s energy expert has been working on making the high-tech site Adlershof more energy efficient. She does so…
The mobility thinker
Meike Jipp develops concepts for the traffic of the future in Adlershof:
The bus is right on time. Passengers embark. The bus gets them to their desired destination. Or at least to the nearest point of transfer. It goes without saying that green electricity powers the vehicle. It is also…
Smart on the road
The Technology Park manages its sustainable growth with a mobility concept:
The technology campus is growing steadily. But so are the problems with traffic. Using a smart mobility concept, WISTA now plans to turn the wheel to help the site to grow sustainably for the benefit of its staff,…
How can Berlin become climate neutral?
In a new study, Reiner Lemoine Institut and partners recommend more than 50 climate protection measures and call for more binding commitments:
Since 2015, the Paris Climate Agreement has set the marching orders for climate protection. In order to achieve the 1.5° target if possible and at least the 2° target, not only the federal government but also all…
River water and deep storage
BTB is making energy supply greener:
As long as it works, we don't even notice it. The infrastructure of our cities is just there, under our feet and above our heads. Most of us simply take it for granted. Until it blacks out—then we notice. To prevent…
Digital processes
A WISTA facilities manager shows us what the new world of work looks like:
WISTA.Service GmbH looks after around 100 buildings with a combined floor space of several 100,000 square metres, including the most cutting-edge science institutes and technology centres that feature sophisticated…
Digital support for caregivers
Psychologists are working on developing a care robot:
Jotting down tasks, weekly games night reminders, or switching on the lights when necessary: Robots could soon start to make the lives of nursing staff easier. But how would they have to be designed to be accepted?…
Designing trams and subways
What will the next generation look like?:
Whenever new tram or U-Bahn vehicles roll on the tracks, it is likely that IFS Design UG from Adlershof were involved in producing them. The same goes for J/JK, a new U-Bahn model series that will go into series…