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PicoQuant nominated for innovation award
For the development of the MicroTime 200 STED PicoQuant is nominated for the "Innovationspreis Berlin Brandenburg":
Out of 122 applications, PicoQuant is nominated for the innovation award Berlin Brandenburg 2014 (Innovationspreis Berlin Brandenburg) for the development of the MicroTime 200 STED. This year's ten nominees were…
Warping in topological insulators
HZB physicists investigated the direction of motion of electrons and their impact on lossless electricity and information transport:
Topological insulators are promising to develop into a material for lossless electricity and information transport. Now, Jaime Sánchez-Barriga and colleagues from HZB investigated for the first time whether the…
The longer the better
Optical long-wavelength pulses generate brilliant ultrashort hard x-ray flashes:
Researchers from the Max-Born-Institut and the Technical University of Vienna present a novel table-top source of ultrashort hard x-ray pulses with an unprecedented photon flux. X-rays are a key tool for…
New electrochemical flow cell for soft x-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy at BESSY II
In situ cell for investigating solid- and liquid-state samples and their interfaces under electrical voltage:
A team headed by Dr. Kathrin Aziz-Lange has developed a new in-situ cell for X-ray spectroscopy of fluid samples and their interfaces to solid bodies. What is special is the cell contains electrodes that can expose…
Breaking ground for energy independence on Graciosa
Azorean island installs new energy system developed by the Adlershof-based company Younicos:
With a groundbreaking ceremony, construction of a highly efficient megawatt-scale clean energy system has begun on the Azorean island of Graciosa. The system being installed will enable up to 100 percent wind and…
Root canal treatment procedures investigated at BESSY II
Scientists examined whether mechanical procedures during dental root treatment contribute to micro fractures:
Root canal treatment is sometimes necessary to resolve severe infection, and often saves teeth from being extracted. The procedure involves drilling an opening through the crown in order to reach the inflamed pulp…
Collaboration between SCIENION and GENOMICA is bearing fruit
Launch of a novel multiplex based detection kit for 18 microorganism causing Sexual Transmitted Infections:
SCIENION AG and GENOMICA S.A.U announced today the launch of multiplex CE-IVD tests for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), CLART® STI A&B. According to recent estimates, the global incidence rate for curable STI…
HZB Freigeist Fellow Dr. Annika Bande
The theoretical chemist explores interatomic Coulombic decay:
As of early October, the HZB is home to one of the Volkswagen Foundation's Freigeist Fellows: Dr. Annika Bande recently joined Prof. Dr. Emad Aziz' institute “Methods for Material Development”. There she will build up…
BESSY in pictures
A Photographer`s Views of Research Facilities:
For his final exam, photography student Kevin Fuchs has taken pictures of the reseach facilities BESSY II and BER II and the scientists working there. Swiss born Fuchs now invides for a preview of his pictures and…
New light on the “Split Peak” in x-ray (RIXS) spectra of Alcohols
HZB researchers find conclusive explanation for the phenomenon:
New study from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin in the journal “Structural Dynamics” makes sense of mysterious spectra, paving way for RIXS spectroscopy probe dynamic electronic structure of complex liquids and…
Adlershof Equipment for Nobel Prize Winners
Congratulations to Stefan W. Hell, W.E. Moerner, and Eric Betzig:
PicoQuant congratulates Stefan W. Hell, W.E. Moerner, and Eric Betzig, who have been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of "super-resolved fluorescence microscopy". We are proud to…
Leafy Adlershof living with “Charlotte”
“Charlottenburger Baugenossenschaft” building cooperative creates 121 apartments:
The buildings are going to be luminous, with lots of windows looking out on the leafy surroundings. “Charlotte”, as the “Charlottenburger Baugenossenschaft” building cooperative is commonly called throughout its…
Portable tools for Monitoring of Marine Toxins and ensure consumer safety without animal-testing
Project of Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS), MBio Diagnostics and SCIENION create :
The Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) at Queen’s University Belfast and MBio Diagnostics today announced that IGFS is using SCIENION technology for the manufacturing of portable immunoassay cartridges.…
Adlershof Special 36: Real Estate
Scoring with diversity:
A residential area summa cum laude // Living and breathing urbanity
Focus on diversity
Editorial by Michael Müller, Senator for Urban Development and the Environment:
Berlin is growing. To maintain growth, a steady supply of building land is essential. By developing the residential quarter "Wohnen am Campus" at the heart of the science city of Adlershof, the state of Berlin is…
Living and breathing urbanity
Adlershof is constantly growing:
Today, a growing majority of the global population lives in cities. City life has become an ideal, offering an urban atmosphere which not only permits, but actually enhances the diversity of different structures,…
A local supply and office centre for Adlershof
Interview with Rolf Mensing, Managing Director CLS Management GmbH:
Back in 2006, many still felt that Adlershof was "way in the back of beyond". Why did CLS opt for Adlershof at that time? Rolf Mensing: From early on, CLS believed in a continuous positive development of the location…
New office complex right at Adlershof S-Bahn station
Latest construction project of PROJECT PGG Gewerbeimmobilien GmbH:
For their latest construction project, property developers, PROJECT have secured themselves one of the most treasured properties the science and technology park has to offer: a representative plot already well visible…
A new center of attraction
Interview with Jörg Overbeck, board of directors EUROPA-CENTER AG :
EUROPA-CENTER real estate group has been part of Adlershof for many years. What are the projects you are currently pursuing at the science location? Jörg Overbeck: Having initiated the third construction phase of the…
A small industrial park with great synergy effects
The former people-owned enterprise VEB Medizinische Geräte Berlin on Segelfliegerdamm:
Small business enterprises form part of a vibrant quarter. In the future, the premises of the former people-owned enterprise VEB Medizinische Geräte Berlin on Segelfliegerdamm will offer custom-fit areas for just such…