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Measuring chemistry
Local fingerprint of hydrogen bonding captured in experiments:
A team from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin has been able for the first time to measure how new bonds influence molecules: they have reconstructed the “energy landscape” of acetone molecules using measurement data from the…
Recharge invests in Graciosa Project
Green investor takes majority stake in the 24 million Euro Younicos system:
The game-changing approach we are pioneering on the island of Graciosa has convinced Recharge A/S, a Danish financial investor focused on sustainable and green energy systems with strong impact potential, to take a…
Thomas Elsaesser is the 2016 recipient of the Ellis R. Lippincott Award
Director at the Max-Born-Institute is honored for his seminal research contributions:
Thomas Elsaesser, Director at the Max-Born-Institute and Professor for Experimental Physics at Humboldt University, Berlin, receives the Ellis R. Lippincott Award for his “seminal contributions to the understanding…
Berlin Adlershof: Facts and Figures
The Berlin Adlershof Science City is one of the most successful high-technology sites in Germany and Berlin’s largest media site. It is home to 1,013 companies and scientific institutions (Jan 2016) on an area of 4.2…
Adlershof Journal March/April 2016
Catwalk of Things: the Fascination of Form and Function:
Industrial Design That Will Outlive Our Grandchildren: Trends in Product Design // A Moveable Office: Experts for interior design set up shop // The Perfect Illusion: The camera robot Milo Long Arm steals the show…
Couches and Chameleons
Design is ingrained in our everyday life:
Essay by Norman Kietzmann, a freelance journalist for architecture, design, and fashion. He lives and works in Milan. There’s no way around it. Regardless of where we travel, how we live, how we dress, or what we do…
Digital Design
Stephanie Kannegießer develops video games in Adlershof:
Becoming a make-up artist was also an option for Stephanie Kannegießer. “I always enjoyed being creative,” she says. After finishing school in Freiburg, she moved into a shared flat and met a nice young man who…
Design Is a Must
Adlershof companies are balancing form and function:
Good industrial design bridges the gap between fine form and first-class function. Well-designed devices are user-friendly and enjoyable. Not every designer succeeds in accomplishing this. However, many companies on…
Industrial Design That Will Outlive Our Grandchildren
Product design should be robust and timeless so that products last for several life cycles:
A small number of industrial countries are using up the earth’s raw material deposits. According to Professor Sebastian Feucht from the University of Applied Sciences Berlin, this is partly caused by deficient product…
WISTA-MANAGEMENT GMBH will focus more on service
In conversation with CEO Roland Sillmann:
Roland Sillmann became managing director of WISTA-MANAGEMENT GMBH on January 1st. He got on board as co-managing director last summer alongside Hardy Schmitz, who has since gone into retirement. However, Sillmann is…
Using the power of emotions
The Adlershof company Emolyzr measures emotions for other companies. They can be pivotal to the success of advertising and products.:
The curve on the emotional barometer at the bottom of the picture rises steeply while a commercial shows a curly blond saying about his dad: “It’s a pity he can’t play football.” In the film, the little kid ineptly…
A Moveable Office
Experts for interior design set up shop:
The interior design experts of Legler Objekt und Konzept GmbH (OK) took off in January with new offices at the Europa-Center Adlershof. 270 square metres of ample space for inviting and advising people, for browsing…
The Perfect Illusion
The camera robot Milo Long Arm steals the show with its special effects:
Actors appearing multiple times in one frame, dwarves fighting giants, superheroes flying through a metropolis, or battling masses made up of thousands of warriors – hardly any blockbuster production is complete…
The New Guys at IGAFA
The metrologist Gerhard Ulm and the materials scientist Matthias Bickermann bring fresh blood to the team:
The IGAFA network was founded in Adlershof in 1992. It is the scientific association representing the Technology Park’s non-university research institutes. In January 2016 a metrologist and a materials scientist were…
A Throbbing Thoroughfare
Latest Developments at the Rudower Chaussee:
The closing of several remarkable deals along Rudower Chaussee thoroughfare in late 2015 has continued the location‘s success story. Supplement for Adlershof Special 42. Landeslabor Berlin-Brandenburg (LLBB) With…
Pfeiffer Vacuum has set standards in leak detection for 50 years
Global range of leak detector solutions since 1966:
From miniature electronic units to large tanks, from escaping fluids and gases to gas ingress in vacuum systems – the requirements that leak detectors are expected to meet are every bit as varied as the spectrum of…
Amplification of Sound Waves at Extreme Frequencies
MBI Researchers generate 400 GHz Sound Waves / New Perspectives for high-resolution Ultrasound:
An electric current through a semiconductor nanostructure amplifies sound waves at ultrahigh frequency. This method allows for novel, highly compact sources of ultrasound, which can serve as diagnostic tool for…
Partners in the fight against cancer
Ipsen enters into a licensing agreement with 3B Pharmaceuticals to develop novel radiopharmaceuticals in oncology:
Ipsen, a global specialty-driven biotechnological group, and 3B Pharmaceuticals GmbH (3B Pharmaceuticals), a German private life sciences company focusing on targeted radiopharmaceutical drugs and diagnostics for…
OPTIMUS™ TKD detector head complements unique 5-on-1 range of instruments for SEM
Bruker’s high performance e-Flash EBSD detector series can now be configured with the OPTIMUS™ TKD detector head which was specifically designed for best sample-detector geometry for Transmission Kikuchi Diffraction…
Adlershof Special 44: Adlershof – mekka for events
A perfect location for a conference // Science needs culture // The women who make things possible //