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More energy from the sun
Researchers road-test powerful method for studying singlet fission:
Singlet fission could have a central role in the future development of solar cells Physicists from HZB, Freie Universität Berlin and University of Cambrigde have successfully employed a powerful technique for…
SENperc PV nominated for the “Innovation Award 2016”
SENTECH is very proud to announce that the new SENperc PV has been nominated for the Innovation Award 2016 Berlin Brandenburg. The innovative tool features quality control for PERC cell back side manufacturing in the…
Vaxxilon named “Science Start-Up of the Year 2016”
Award in the “Falling Walls Venture” Science Competition:
Under the motto “Building bridges, transcending borders”, 23 start-up companies presented their research projects at the Falling Walls Venture science competition on 8 November in Berlin. The company nominated by Max…
Chorafas Prize awarded to Neysha Lobo Ploch
Dr. Neysha Lobo Ploch has been awarded with the renowned Dimitri N. Chorafas Prize for her thesis entitled "chip designs for high efficiency III-nitride based ultraviolet light emitting diodes with enhanced light…
Liberta Partners acquires skytron® energy
Liberta Partners, a Munich-based Multi-Family Office, has acquired the leading provider of monitoring, control and supervision systems, skytron energy. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. “skytron energy’s…
FBH develops red-emitting laser module
Miniaturized laser module with polarization maintaining single-mode fiber output allows user-friendly out-of-the-lab usage:
Applications such as holography or interferometry are dependent on coherent laser beams at wavelengths visible to the human eye. So far, gas lasers like HeNe lasers are utilized for such purposes, but they suffer from…
Speeding up CIGS solar cell manufacture
Project speedCIGS is to be funded with 4.7 million euros by the Federal Ministry of Economics:
A project consortium from research and industry involving the Competence Centre for Photovoltaics Berlin (PVcomB) of Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin has been granted a major third-party-funded project by the Federal Ministry…
Understanding the stability, behaviour and surface properties of nanoparticles and quantum dots using Hansen Solubility Parameters
LUM’s CEO Dietmar Lerche combines STEP-Technology® with multi-sample analytical photocentrifugation:
Devices based on quantum dots and smart nanoparticles are currently getting a lot of attention. For instance, the colours, contrast and brightness of displays based on quantum dots provide benefits for users of TVs…
SCIENION's sciREADER FL2 fluorescent detection of multiplex assays
Best quality equipment for total multiplexing solutions:
The sciREADER FL2 distinguishes itself with a high resolution imaging technology and easy data analysis inherited from our sciREADER CL2. Equipped with up to 3 fluorescent channels it can be applied for all common…
Australian and German Researchers awarded Young Scientist 2016
For the first time two awardees honoured for outstanding scientific results in Dispersion Analysis & Materials Testing:
One session of this year‘s International Workshop Dispersion Analysis and Materials Testing in Berlin was again dedicated to the Young Scientist Award (YSA) 2016. LUM GmbH traditionally awards this prize for…
Adlershof Journal November/December 2016
Start-Ups and Starters: Adlershof is expanding its culinary opportunities:
Substitute for the elktest: Inertial measuring by Resonic // Large lecture hall: Plans for HU’s natural science campus // Lessons from the Monks: The Cafeteria through the Ages //
Research into new energy materials
EMIL, a 2000-square-metre laboratory complex, has opened in Adlershof:
After three years of construction, the Energy Materials In-Situ Laboratory (EMIL) is now open. The new laboratory complex for researching energy materials, annexed to BESSY II in Berlin-Adlershof, was ceremonially…
Lessons from the Monks: The Cafeteria through the Ages
Essay by Malte Welding, writer, columnist and blogger:
Upon seeing the food that Roman legions were eating – black soup, if I recall correctly - Asterix, the indulgent Gaul, pointed out that an army’s moral is inversely proportional to the quality of its catering.…
In conversation with Michael Engelmann, Owner of the bakery Konditorei Engelmann
His sugary endeavour began in a disused circus truck:
Imagination is a constant of Michael Engelmann’s life. Born and bred in Wolfsburg, he joined a circus after completing an apprenticeship as a confectioner. He started out as a clown – classmates and teachers had…
The Go-Between
The everyday work life of Chung-Young Kim between Adlershof and Korea:
On the night of the fall of the Berlin Wall, he was out and about with his brother. “We saw it happen on TV, walked to Brandenburg Gate and climbed the wall. It wasn’t easy seeing as I was only twelve.” His parents…
Eat your way through Adlershof
Adlershof is expanding its culinary opportunities and tending changing demands:
Whether you’re looking for bagels, wraps, salads, curry and rice, or Königsberger Klopse, a German favourite: Adlershof is expanding its culinary opportunities and tending to changing demands. Food in the Science City…
A temporary home
Angelina Fischer benefits from all the new services provided in the Science City:
Looking out of the window, one can see trees, lawn, a small road, the landmarked façade of a classic modern building. “I like that it is so quiet. It’s not as busy as Berlin-Mitte,” says Angelina Fischer. “I prefer it…
The Blue Rabbit’s Best Friend
Christian Bahrmann, host on the children’s television channel KiKA, is promoting a healthy diet with the catering company Optimahl:
Christian Bahrmann originally wanted to become a teacher. English and geography. His career as a musician in the band “Die Durchlauferhitzers”, who played cover songs from The Rolling Stones and The Police, never…
Swift inertial measuring
The company Resonic’s high-precision procedure determines the mass properties of engines, satellites and cars:
Resonic, a young company from Adlershof, has developed a unique high-precision procedure to simply determine the mass properties of engines, satellites, cars and many other things. We visited their workshop. A car…
Adlershof has come a long way
In conversation with Sabine Kunst, president of Humboldt-Universität, about the university’s natural science campus:
Sabine Kunst became the president of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) in May this year. A conversation about the challenges faced by the long-standing university, the role of the HU’s campus in Adlershof, the…