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DGKK Young Scientist Award for Dr. Moritz Badtke

The researcher made a significant contribution to the further development of laser crystals:

The 2026 DGKK Young Scientist Award is awarded to Dr. Moritz Badtke for his outstanding dissertation in the field of novel laser crystals. With this award, the German society for crystal growth (DGKK) honors…

Why Berlin’s street fountains are still important today

Humboldt University introduces Timothy Moss, senior researcher at IRI THESys:

World Water Day on 22 March serves as a reminder of just how precious – and yet how limited – clean water is. This issue is also a focus of Timothy Moss, a senior researcher at IRI THESys at Humboldt University. For…

Digitization of semiconductor epitaxy for power electronics

Joint project “Epi-Techno-Digital” launched with the participation of IKZ, FBH and HU Berlin:

The BMFTR joint project “Digitization for semiconductor epitaxy layers with large band gaps for power electronics” was officially launched with a kick-off meeting hosted by the project coordinator AIXTRON SE in…

Despite the 2025 arson attack: Technology Park Adlershof continues to grow and remains confident and optimistic

Germany’s largest science and technology park continues to grow amidst an ongoing economic crisis / companies recognise responsibility for Germany’s technological independence:

The Science and Technology Park Berlin Adlershof continued its positive development in 2025. Revenues and budget funds rose by around 5% to over 4.2 bn. euros (2025: 4.0 bn. euros). The number of employees also…

Berlin Adlershof: Facts and figures

Berlin Adlershof is Germany’s largest and most successful Science and Technology Park as well as Berlin’s largest media location—embedded in an overall urban development concept. Spanning an area of 4.6 km², the park…

Berlin Battery Lab officially inaugurated

BAM, HZB and HU are conducting joint research on sodium batteries:

The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) officially inaugurated the Berlin Battery Lab (BBL) on 19 March. At this new…

Humboldt Fellows at HZB Institute for Solar Fuels

Grants for two researchers are funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation:

Alexander R. Uhl, UBC Okanagan School of Engineering in Kelowna, Canada, aims to develop with Roel van de Krol from the HZB Institute for Solar Fuels an efficient and inexpensive photoelectrolyser for producing…

Ultrafast laser pulses bring diamond-based quantum internet closer to reality

Researchers from Berlin have demonstrated a new method for generating single photons in a diamond-based quantum system:

The controlled generation of single photons is an essential element of numerous quantum technology applications, such as quantum networks and quantum computing. A research team from the Integrated Quantum Photonics…

Girls’ Day 2026 at Humboldt-Universität

On 23 April 2026, the institutes at HU in Adlershof are opening their laboratories for school pupils:

At the Adlershof Science and Technology Park, school pupils gain exclusive insights into the world of research. At the Institute of Physics, scientists explain complex topics such as the Higgs boson or entangled…

Einstein Professorship for HU chemist Kallol Ray

The Einstein Foundation is funding the scientist’s research in the field of green chemistry:

Chemist and leading expert in bioinorganic chemistry and catalysis Prof. Dr. Kallol Ray will receive an Einstein Professorship from 1 April. His research in the field of green chemistry will be funded. Kallol Ray is…

WISTA launches new start-up programme

Adlershof Startup Lab – Call for applications until 7 April 2026:

WISTA Management GmbH is kicking off the new funding period for the Berlin Startup Scholarship (BSS) and officially opening the application phase for the newly named Adlershof Startup Lab. With the grant notification…

Research team has developed an alternative spectral imaging method

Quantum interference makes MIR spectroscopy possible using simple camera technology:

Mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy uses the molecular fingerprints of samples to perform biomedical or environmental analyses without chemical staining or labeling. Highly specific vibrational states of the different…

Catalysis research at HZB gets new facility

The facility built by ILS is the largest single investment in the CatLab project:

As part of the CatLab project, the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) has acquired a unique facility for measuring the catalytic performance of thin-film catalysts. Built by ILS in Adlershof, it has now been delivered.…

The research coordinator

Patrick Scheele oversees the scientific direction of Ferdinand-Braun-Institut:

“I wasn’t disappointed,” says Patrick Scheele, looking back on the expectations with which he took up the post of scientific managing director of the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für…

Adlershof Innovation Booster

Thanks to AI, new technologies are emerging on campus that are driving scientific excellence and strengthening technological autonomy:

Artificial intelligence is accelerating research and driving innovation cycles. In Adlershof, this is giving rise to new technologies that not only advance scientific excellence but also strengthen the technological…

Chatbots at work: Between curiosity and responsibility

How Adlershof companies integrate artificial intelligence into their daily work:

When ChatGPT became publicly available at the end of 2022, people were curious. Many people first experimented with the new chatbot at home. Writing. Asking questions. Using it as a thinking aid. Many quickly…

MOBITAT 2050: Making Commuting More Sustainable

The DLR Institute of Transport Research investigated how commuting patterns are changing in direct interaction with the aspects of housing and working:

Every day, millions of people in Germany commute to and from work. Sometimes only a few kilometers separate home and workplace. However, many commuters travel much longer distances. Although public transport has…

Efficient training

Alan Akbik, professor of machine learning at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, is working on smarter approaches to language models:

ChatGPT requires vast amounts of data and costs a lot of money. Alan Akbik, professor of machine learning at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, is exploring smarter solutions. No AI was used to generate this essay on the…

“Technology is interchangeable—people are not”

In the age of AI, video-machinery focuses on authentic stories and genuine teamwork:

Based at Studio 20B, video-machinery GmbH delivers high-end TV productions. The driving force behind the company is cameraman and managing director Ansgar Otto. While studying at the Berliner Hochschule für Technik,…

From kimchi to gnocchi

Adlershof’s international food offerings:

As the campus grows, so does its culinary scene with a growing number of lunch spots, bistros and cafés. In this issue, we showcase three of them. Typically Korean: mani mogo Young Mi Park-Snowden says she was…