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MASCOT lands safely on asteroid Ryugu
The near-Earth asteroid Ryugu, located approximately 300 million kilometres from Earth, has a new inhabitant:
On 3 October 2018, the Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout (MASCOT) landed on the asteroid and began to work. The lander successfully separated from the Japanese Hayabusa2 space probe at 03:58 CEST. The 16 hours in which…
HZB researchers are used to boost the efficiency of silicon solar cells
In the journal Materials Horizons, researchers from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and international colleagues describe how this limit can be abolished:
The efficiency of a solar cell is one of its most important parameters. It indicates what percentage of the solar energy radiated into the cell is converted into electrical energy. The theoretical limit for silicon…
24. International Workshop on Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Super-resolution Microscopy in the Life Sciences in Adlershof
The annual workshop held by PicoQuant enables scientists to report on and share recent developments in single molecule detection:
The 24. international workshop on “single molecule spectroscopy and super-resolution microscopy in the life sciences” was held by PicoQuant from September 12 – 14, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. Researchers from various…
HZB Young Investigator Group “Nano-SIPPE” discovers:
Machine learning helps improving photonic applications:
Photonic nanostructures can be used for many applications, not just in solar cells, but also in optical sensors for cancer markers or other biomolecules, for example. A team at HZB using computer simulations and…
Patented nanostructure for solar cells
Rough optics, smooth surface:
Thin-film solar cells made of crystalline silicon are inexpensive and achieve efficiencies of a good 14 percent. However, they could do even better if their shiny surfaces reflected less light. A team led by Prof.…
Greenhouse emissions from Siberian rivers peak as permafrost thaws
Study published by researchers from Humboldt-Universität in collaboration with an international team:
Permafrost soils store large quantities of frozen carbon and play an important role in regulating Earth’s climate In a study published in Nature Geoscience, researchers from the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, in…
Adlershof Journal September/October 2018
Better growth? Sometimes strong but always smart:
Tailor-made crystals: materials for the high-tech industry // Useful blue-green algae: suppliers for cancer therapy // A hero’s quest: virtual reality worlds are interactive adventure stories // …
The post-growth myth
The qualitative aspect of growth is making the apocalypse obsolete. Essay by Peter Heller:
The critics of economic growth are among its largest profiteers. After all, they are excessively benefitting from the blessings of modernity by using them to spread their message. The stars of the industry jet…
„Adlershof is perfect as a location“
In conversation with Stefan Martini & August Schleicher, owner of the tax consultancy martini + schleicher Steuerberatungsgesellschaft:
All tax advisors are loners and mavericks? This classic tax advisor stereotype does not apply to Stefan A. Martini und August Schleicher. On the contrary, the two merged their respective offices to become the go-to…
Researching bacteria
Heike Enke uses microbes to extract substances against cancer:
It all started with trips to the nearby lake Wannsee a decade and a half ago. That day, Heike Enke forgot to bring her swim wear. However, she did bring a 20-litre jerry can, which she filled with water and carried…
Growth through technology
How Adlershof-based companies develop:
How do Adlershof-based companies grow? Is growth plannable? Is it all about the numbers? We put out our feelers among successful companies on the campus. The optical measurement technology systems of the…
Growth with a clear focus
MediaCity Adlershof is expanding:
Prices for real estate in Berlin are increasing, while additional land for new businesses is scarce. The Adlershof site is becoming more densely populated. This is a new development. The doors keep turning at the…
Manufacturing a new beginning
EBK Krüger is expanding in Adlershof:
The new headquarters of EBK Krüger in Adlershof is brand new - office buildings, manufacturing halls, meeting rooms, and staff locker rooms. Everything but the manufacturing facility that is about to put in operation…
Tailor-made crystals
The IKZ develops indispensable raw materials for the high-tech industry:
Crystals are most commonly associated with glistening chandeliers or the spheres of fortune tellers. However, the lattice structures have become indispensable raw materials for the high-tech industry. The regular,…
A hero’s quest
Virtual reality worlds are interactive adventure stories for the whole family:
On Sophienstrasse, in the utmost centre of Berlin, there is a gate do a different world. An infinite number of worlds, to be precise. A head-high metal frame on a plywood pedestal, a fan and a smell generator on the…
Adlershof’s accelerator programme A² supports the development of start-ups
A Bavarian start-up teamed up with a Berlin-based energy provider on a project towards the digitisation of district heating data:
The “A² Adlershof Accelerator-Programm Berlin” made it possible for a Bavarian start-up and a Berlin-based energy provider to come together to work on a project towards the digitisation of district heating data. A²…
Electric polarization in the macroscopic world and electrons moving at atomic scales
New route for understanding and tailoring the properties of ferroelectric materials:
Femtosecond x-ray experiments in combination with a new theoretical approach establish a direct connection between electric properties in the macroscopic world and electron motions on the time and length scale of…
More security for artificial intelligence
neurocat GmbH tricks self-learning systems and makes them more reliable:
The Adlershof-based neurocat GmbH increases the security of artificial intelligence applications. The company’s young team is leading efforts for developing the industry’s security standards – which it is pushing…
A² Accelerator Berlin is one of Germany’s top accelerators
Start-ups evaluate their participation in accelerator programmes for a survey of the University of Applied Sciences Cologne:
A study carried out by the University of Applied Sciences Cologne for the first time surveyed 110 start-up entrepreneurs, who had taken part in accelerator programmes, as well as operators, investors, and managers of…
2.8 Mio Euro Funding for preparing perovskite solar cells for high volume manufacturing
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and partners want to further improve the manufacturing process:
HZB participates in a new consortium for Perovskite solar technology that is led by Oxford PV Germany GmbH. The consortium is funded by the German Ministry of Economics and Energy with 2.8 Million Euros and aims to…