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AC/DC for terahertz waves
Researchers at MBI discover an ultrafast rectifier for terahertz radiation:
In the unit cells of a lithium niobate crystal alternating currents (AC) with a frequency 1000 times higher than that of modern computer systems are transformed into a direct current (DC), thereby generating…
Younicos Completes Strategic Acquisition of Xtreme Power Assets
Cross Atlantic acquisition elevates Younicos to global leadership position for large scale energy storage solutions:
Younicos Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Younicos AG, a Berlin-based company, acquired Xtreme Power’s assets with a winning bid in a chapter 11 auction supervised by the US District Bankruptcy Court of West…
Berlin Adlershof: Facts and Figures
April 2014:
Berlin Adlershof is one of the most successful high-tech locations in Germany Berlin's biggest media location. On an area of 4.2 km2 1.003 companies and research institutes (status as of March 2014) have settled, all…
Mobile Network for Myanmar
Heliocentris receives major order to deliver hybrid power solutions:
Heliocentris has received its largest single purchase order since the company’s foundation in 1995. The order comprises the delivery and installation of hybrid power solutions for the build-out of 150 mobile base…
Industrial exhibition EOSAM 2014 in Berlin Adlershof
September 16th to 19th:
European Optical Society proudly welcomes optics and photonics professionals to its bi-annual conference, the EOSAM 2014 in Berlin. The four-day conference, industrial exhibition (and much more) is expected to gather…
FBH diode lasers successfully launched into space
Laser diode benches allow communication with Sentinel-1A:
On April 3, 2014 shortly after 11 p.m., the earth resources technology satellite Sentinel-1A successfully left for his mission in space - also aboard are space-qualified laser diode benches from the…
Adlershof Brains: Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla
The professor of materials science is one of today’s 25 most influential engineers in Germany and is also the scientific director at the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB):
What are you currently working on? The HZB operates the synchrotron source BESSY II and the neutron source BER II, on which 3,000 scientists work annually. Two new major projects are currently in the works at…
INKA Award for „The Vacuum Technology Book“
Pfeiffer Vacuum receives award for best industry catalog:
Pfeiffer Vacuum is the winner of the "INKA" 2013 Award for the best catalog in the Print category. The Pfeiffer Vacuum catalog called "The Vacuum Technology Book" won first prize in the "machinery/equipment" sector,…
Let there be light: GoPhoton! is ready for launch
Ferdinand-Braun-Institut is German partner of EU initiative:
GoPhoton!, a Pan European outreach project that aims to promote and raise awareness about the ubiquity and industrial and societal importance of the technologies enabled by Photonics. Every time we use the internet,…
Adlershof Special 34
A prime location for analytics:
Excellence straight from a brown bag // The Photon Counter // Buried layers, hidden treasures
Manifold expertise
Editorial by Prof. Dr. Ulrich Panne, President of BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing:
Almost invisible, but indispensable! Although analytics are seldom the center of attention, as an interdisciplinary science they are of vital importance for the innovation fields of the future. In many cases,…
A Prime Location for Analytics
New competence-cluster in Adlershof:
The initiative committee “Analytic City Adlershof” wants to connect on-site partners, science and business in the field of analytics and develop an internationally visible competence-cluster. First steps have already…
In-line, on-line, at-line
Chemical Process Analysis at the BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing:
Now and again, Michael Maiwald slips into his lab coat and lends a hand in the laboratory, for example, to use the Online Electron Spin Resonance Spectrometre. Its precision and ability to measure the concentration of…
Excellence straight from a brown bag
At the “School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof”, PhD students learn to think across disciplines:
Ines Gerling is one of around 30 so-called ”fellows“ who are currently obtaining their PhD on a scholarship at the ”School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof“ (SALSA). She earned her master's degree in the didactics of…
Buried layers, hidden treasures
Adlershof’s ingenious strategies of analysis for solar cells and mine deposits:
The inside of a solar cell contains areas in which the desired charge transport might be blocked. Prof. Klaus Lips from the Helmholtz-Centre Berlin (HZB), who teaches ”Analytics for Photovoltaics“ at the FU Berlin,…
The Photon Counter
PicoQuant is focusing on the single molecule:
Picoseconds and single photons are the measure of all things for PicoQuant. The Adlershof based company has committed itself to building exceptionally sensitive instruments. They are used to observe processes that…
Why do Li-ion batteries age?
HZB scientists research electrochemical processes in Li-rich cathode materials:
Even the best Li-ion batteries degrade with time. A reason for this was now identified by researchers at HZB. They could directly observe at BESSY II and DORIS atomic rearrangements occurring in the cathode material…
Adlershof Great Minds
What they research. What they are working on. Why they feel at home in Adlershof:
They invent new materials and technologies, discover smart measuring devices and ensure continued progress in the turnaround of energy policy. their ideas are changing the world and their enthusiasm and courage have…
„IT – Made in Berlin“
Editorial by René Ebert, Managing Director of the ICT Industry Association in the Capital Region, SIBB e.v.:
When, in 1941, the first functioning computer Z3 was showcased by Konrad Zuse, probably almost no one could have anticipated which dynamic and significance IT businesses would have for the German capital on an…
Wirelessly secure
GFaI and lesswire develop energy self-sufficient components for technical building systems:
Primarily for elderly people and those in need of care, the technological solutions offered by Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) can provide support and safety. Companies from Adlershof take on a leading role in…