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Lesswire presents Car2X transceiver module
Wireless module improves safety and efficiency on the roads:
Lesswire, a leading supplier of wireless connectivity solutions for OEMs, appliance manufacturers and system integrators, presents the first wireless module for Car2X applications. The module, called WiBear ITS, makes…
Next generation technology of thin film silicon on glass
Demonstration of a world record value for the open-circuit voltage of 582 mV for c-Si on glass by HZB researchers:
MASDAR PV and HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM Berlin have strengthened their R&D partnership, focusing resources on development of next generation thin film Si technology. After successful cooperation in the development of Masdar…
PicoQuant is partner of the European BabyLux project for premature babies
Nine organizations from Italy, Spain, Germany and Denmark have launched an innovative technique that accurately detects oxygen in the brain:
Nine European partners have started the initiative “BabyLux”, a partially funded project by the European Commission that aims to reduce the risk of brain damage of babies born prematurely. The group of researchers,…
Dr. Martin Hempel receives the Adlershof Dissertation Prize 2013
On February 13, the Adlershof Dissertation Award was granted to Dr. Martin Hempel of the Max-Born-Institute (MBI). In competition with two other nominees and according to the jury's unanimous opinion, he presented…
Light-induced degradation in amorphous silicon thin film solar cells
New insight into microscopic mechanism:
Researchers at the Helmholtz Center Berlin (HZB) have taken a leap forward towards a deeper understanding of an undesired effect in thin film solar cells based on amorphous silicon – one that has puzzled the…
Glaciers and mountains in 3D
DLR special camera flies over Himalayas for first time:
Time and again, Himalayan landslides and flash floods cost the lives of dozens of people in Nepal, sweeping away entire villages and infrastructure like bridges and roads. Until now, the images of this remote region…
Magnetic switch gets closer to application
Scientists from Paris, Newcastle and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin have been able to switch on and off robust ferromagnetism close to room temperature by using low electric fields. Their results are inspiring for future…
Award Winning Ostendum Lab-on-a-Chip Nanodevices are produced with SCIENION’s sciFLEXARRAYER SX
SCIENION AG today announced that Ostendum R&D B.V., a Dutch company focused on the development and production of fast, highly sensitive, portable, easy-to-use and cost-effective biosensors, is using SCIENION’s…
From a carpet of nanorods to a thin film solar cell absorber within a few seconds
Research teams at the HZB and at the University of Limerick, Ireland, have discovered a novel solid state reaction which lets kesterite grains grow within a few seconds and at relatively low temperatures. For this…
Adlershof Special 33
IT for efficiency and quality of life:
Smart plugs // Wirelessly secure // Future mobility
Adlershof Special 32: Future Energy – Energy Future
The energy efficient city of tomorrow // Economical and reliable supply // New recipes from the silicon kitchen
If Not Us, Who?
Editorial by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Felix Ziegler, Department of Energy Management, Technische Universität Berlin :
Looking at the development of energy industry over the past centuries, an interesting time constant becomes apparent. Up until now, it took about 50 years i.e., two generations, for energy sources (coal, oil, gas) and…
The energy efficient city of tomorrow
Interview with the managers of the project “HighTech – LowEx”:
The project “HighTech – LowEx: Energy efficient Berlin-Adlershof 2020” is the first comprehensive energy concept to be drawn up for a complex urban area used jointly by scientists, researchers, businesses, and…
BESSY II: Snap-shots of dynamic processes at highest spatial resolution
New holographic process uses image-stabilised X-ray camera:
A team headed by Stefan Eisebitt has developed a new X-ray holography method that will enable snap-shots of dynamic processes at highest spatial resolution. The efficiency of the new method is based on a X-ray…
Economical and reliable supply
Adlershof’s energy concept 2020+ is targeting the 30% reduction of primary energy consumption:
Adlershof is growing – and growing at the same time are the energy supply requirements for the Technology Park. “It was forecast a few years ago that the networks in future could be beset with supply problems, so…
How Adlershof can utilise energy more efficiently
The potential of brine systems:
Adlershof as a green paradise. This is one possible future scenario – if you want to use energy particularly efficiently, for instance heating, drying, and air conditioning by means of hygroscopic salt solutions.…
New recipes from the silicon kitchen
Research projects of Helmholtz Institute Silicon Photovoltaics:
No superlative seems to be too small for the miracle material graphene. Its discovery has even reaped a Nobel Prize, the European Union has ploughed billions of euros into its research, and this ultra thin and robust…
Individual connections to cosy wood heat
Plans for an innovative local piped heat system in the project “Wohnen am Campus”:
The project “Wohnen am Campus” (“Living on the Campus”) is giving rise to a residential district at the heart of the Science Location Adlershof. True to this location’s philosophy, this is marked by a high level of…
Adlershof Scientists in the Top 10 of Physics 2013
MBI achieves breakthrough with observation of hydrogen atoms:
The top 10 breakthroughs in physics in 2013 have been announced today. Director Marc Vrakking of the Max Born Institute, Phd-student Aneta Stodolna from FOM Institute AMOLF in the Netherlands, and colleagues from…
BESSY II Research: Charge Order competes with superconductivity
Results of guest researchers from Princeton and Vancouver in Science Express:
Charge carriers in cuprate high-Tc superconductors form nanostripes that suppress superconductivity, as shown by guest researchers from Princeton and Vancouver using synchrotron radiation at BESSY II. Superconductors…