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How to Flow Ultrathin Water Layers
A Liquid Flatjet for X-Ray Spectroscopy at BESSY II:
A major advance in solution phase soft-x-ray spectroscopy has been achieved utilizing a new liquid flatjet system, paving the way for novel steady-state and time-resolved experiments. …

Frank Siewert wins Giovanni Sostero Award
Adlershof scientist honored for achievements in optics metrology:
Frank Siewert was honored in particular for his contributions on the development of latest metrology for Synchrotron Optics. He has “pushed the limits of X-ray optics metrology to an unprecedented level and gave a …

A new approach towards solving mysteries of the interstellar medium
MBI researchers observe charge migration in hydrocarbons for the first time:
It is one of the most intriguing questions in astrochemistry: the mystery of the diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs), a collection of about 400 absorption bands that show up in spectra of light that reaches the earth…
Winds of change at lesswire
Adlershof-based IT company with strategic realignment:
The year 2015 is proving to be a time of change and transformation for the Berlin-based company lesswire GmbH. After the successful sale of its wireless module division at the start of the year and its change of legal…

Helmholtz to invest 46 million EUR in new shared laboratory infrastructure
Shared infrastructure for developing novel energy materials – also available to external users:
The Helmholtz Senate has approved setting up a major infrastructure to synthesise and develop novel systems of materials for energy conversion and storage. Total funding will be 46 million EUR (2016-2020). The…

Funding for leading-edge research
European researchers light the way towards top-level laser science and innovations:
LASERLAB-EUROPE, the consortium of major European laser research organisations, enters a new phase of collaboration from 2015 until 2019. In a very competitive call the consortium has been successful in securing EC…

Changes at the top at lesswire GmbH
Rocco Mertsching was appointed to the management board along with Rolf Prettl:
“According to current studies, the Internet of Things is set to involve some 50 billion items by the year 2020. This development supposes enormous potential for our company”, says Mr Mertsching, alluding to the…
Japanese electronics group chooses energy supply solution from Heliocentris
Roll-out underway for largest mobile network provider in Myanmar:
Heliocentris Energy Solutions AG (ISIN DE000A1MMHE3), which is listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, has again received a major order in Asia and is announcing the roll-out to supply and…
Steady growth of international service network of LUM GmbH
Authorized service partners appointed for India and Italy:
The annual international service training took place at German LUM headquarters in Berlin from 6 – 10 July. In parallel to the permanent qualification of the distributors in applications and sales, this training forms…

Depletion and enrichment of chlorine in perovskites observed
HZB researchers identify starting points to enhance the efficiency of solar cells:
X-ray spectroscopy at BESSY II reveals inhomogenous distribution of chlorine in a special class of perovskite materials. The discovery could help to enhance efficiencies of perovskite thin film solar cells by…

BESSY-Scientists visualize magnetic structures
New technique enables magnetic patterns to be mapped in 3D:
An international collaboration has succeeded in using synchrotron light to detect and record the complex 3D magnetisation in wound magnetic layers. This technique could be important in the development of devices that…

Flexible molecular wires
Berlin-Graz team of scientists developed molecular wires with high conductivity and flexibility:
In a long-standing collaboration with the Grill group we used our on-surface polymerization route to prepare alternating donor-acceptor polymers, which exhibit excellent single molecule conductance in combination with…

Younicos provides storage expertise for clean energy lighthouse project
enera consortium delivers blueprint for Energiewende:
We’re contributing our commercial energy storage expertise and experience to the 75-member “enera” consortium, which aims to produce the blueprint for the next phase in Germany’s Energiewende (Energy Transition).…

From Excited Atoms to Functionality
ERC Advanced Grant Awarded to Alexander Föhlisch:
Under the EU Horizon 2020 Programme for Research and Innovation, Alexander Föhlisch has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. The physicists is holding a joint appointment at the Institute for Physics and Astronomy…

Green solutions with diamond materials
Horizon 2020 invests 3.9 million Euro in research project to convert CO2 into fuels using sunlight and diamond materials:
A great new idea is now being investigated by scientists of Germany, France, England, and Sweden, among them HZB’s Prof. Emad Aziz. They propose exploring diamond materials for photocatalytic conversion of carbon…
SCIENION: Paradigm shift in Transmission Electron Microscopy
sciTEM for high-throughput and innovative SEM/TEM:
Based on SCIENION's core competencies and years of experience in ultra-low volume liquid dispensing, assay miniaturization, and microarray manufacturing, the sciTEM was specifically developed to deposit multiple…

“Just the place for bright ideas”
The Technology Park Berlin Adlershof showcases at “LASER World of PHOTONICS” (22.-25.06.2015, Messe München):
Berlin Adlershof, Germany's largest Science and Technology Park, will showcase itself as a successful and continuously expanding location for photonics, optics, and microsystems technology "LASER World of Photonics…
FBH at “Laser World of Photonics” and “CLEO Europe”
The FBH presents its advanced diode lasers and UV light-emitting diodes:
The Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) exhibits a selection of current improvements and new developments regarding diode lasers and UV light-emitting diodes (LEDs) at the international trade fair „Laser World of…

Are rogue waves predictable?
MBI researchers compare optical waves with ocean waves:
A comparative analysis of rogue waves in different physical systems comes to the surprising conclusion that these rare events are not completely unpredictable. Metereological events often prove to be rather…

Technology Park Adlershof at the BIO International Convention
June 15-18th, 2015, Philadelphia, USA:
The WISTA-MANAGEMENT GMBH will represent the Technology Park Adlershof in the German Pavilion at the most important biotech trade show worldwide, the BIO International Convention 2015 in Philadelphia, USA…