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18.05.2018

PicoQuant teamed up with JPK Instruments to provide a highly sensitive tool for a wide range of life science applications, from molecules to cells:

In a joint effort by PicoQuant and JPK Instruments, a highly versatile microscope which combines Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) with Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIM) has been installed at the University of Leeds. This...

14.05.2018

JOKARUS experiment on sounding rocket successfully completed. Corner stone for laser ranging measurements with the highest precision and precursor for optical satellite navigation systems:

For the first time a frequency reference based on molecular iodine was successfully demonstrated in space! What sounds a bit like science fiction is an important step towards laser interferometric distance measurements...

04.05.2018

Laser-driven electron recollision remembers molecular orbital structure:

Scientists from the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI) in Berlin combined state-of-the-art experiments and numerical simulations to test a fundamental assumption underlying strong-field...

03.05.2018

Biotech Inside: Algae Slicks and Sugar-Based Vaccines:

Summiteer & laser researcher: Karsten König can look deep inside the human skin // Long-suffering required: How start-ups master the dry spell up to medical device approval // Tracing immune diseases: Epigenetic methods...

03.05.2018

Essay by Prof. Dr. Holger Rust, economic sociologist, pragmatist and publicist:

Amazing prospects, daring appearances, flush with optimism. We will defeat cancer. The blind shall see. Hip arthrosis will soon be a topic of retrograde science fiction. Surely, there will be things that the futurologists of...

03.05.2018

In conversation with Ralf Blank:

He’s no doctor, nor an ascetic, but his mission is to live a healthy life and help others do the same. This is one of many reasons why Ralf Blank is an ideal fit for running a project like the Health Network Adlershof, which...

03.05.2018

Karsten König can look deep inside the human skin:

Moving from Saarbrücken to Adlershof is a great leap for a small company. In Karsten König’s case, the reason is strikingly simple: “I just wanted to go home,” he says about his reasons. König’s company Jenlab GmbH will soon...

03.05.2018

Germany is currently experiencing a biotechnology boom. The Science and Technology Adlershof boasts seventy biotechnology companies with over 800 employees. Their skillsets range from fundamental research to ready-to-use...

03.05.2018

How Adlershof-based companies deal with the dry spells before regulatory approval for new medicine:

Obtaining approval for new products in medical technology can drag on. This can be life-threatening for business founders. How do Adlershof-based companies deal with these dry spells? Germs in hospital are becoming a serious...

03.05.2018

HU computer scientists want to facilitate decision-making of medical professionals by improved data analysis:

When a patient is diagnosed with a malignant tumour, the question is what the appropriate treatment is: operation or therapy? Which one is better? Ulf Leser, a professor for knowledge management in bioinformatics at the...

03.05.2018

The young company Epimune GmbH is detecting immune diseases with epigenetic methods:

Epimune GmbH is a young Adlershof-based company. Yet, its developments in immune diagnostics are founded on established procedures. The start-up has its sights on inherited and acquired immune disorders and leukaemia. An...

03.05.2018

The “Make & Measure Project” is continuing the successful work of SALSA, the Graduate School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof:

The big party might be over, but as Janina Kneipp sees it, SALSA will keep on dancing. She is one of the speakers of SALSA, alongside Ulrich Panne, and a professor at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. SALSA is an acronym for...

02.05.2018

Start-up Genetek Biopharma is developing sets for DNA testing:

Doctors require suitable aids and appliances to detect hereditary diseases and genetic defects. The international start-up Genetek Biopharma is striving to fill that gap with its DNA testing sets. Moreover, the company is...

01.05.2018

System 180 GmbH develops inspiring office environments:

Agile work cultures in companies are key to master the diverse challenges of the digital age. Even large corporations are realising this. They are opening innovation labs, factories and hubs that foster creativity beyond...

27.04.2018

Heavy rush at the conference which was organized by ‚Advanced UV for Life‘ and ‚International Ultraviolet Association‘:

The conference’s organizers expected 150 registrations – finally more than 260 participants from 23 countries took part in the ICULTA-2018 – International Conference on UV LED Technologies & Applications 2018 in Berlin. This...

26.04.2018

The international research school on solar energy promotes exchange between Germany and Israel and excellent conditions for PhD students:

With a two day kick off meeting at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) the Helmholtz International Research School HI-SCORE on solar energy research has started. To accomplish this, HZB is collaborating with the Weizmann Institute...

25.04.2018

The Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) is developing processes for phosphorus recycling from sewage sludge:

(Almost) nothing works without phosphorus: all living creatures need this nutrient and must absorb it from their food. Although phosphorus is a valuable raw material and its supply is limited, large amounts of it are...

19.04.2018

Evaluation by international panel of experts supports HZB:

The Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) has received an evaluation of “excellent” in a review of science programmes undertaken at all Helmholtz Research Centres. This provides the foundation for future financing of HZB. Two...

18.04.2018

Scientists at BESSY II are encountering a completely new phenomenon:

Scientists at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) together with colleagues from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, USA have found a way to write and delete...

18.04.2018

Experiments at BESSY II reveal how the inner compass is constructed:

Bacteria exist in many shapes and with very different talents. Magnetotactic bacteria can even sense the earth’s magnetic field by making use of magnetic nanoparticles in their interior that act as an internal compass....