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DLR investigates mobility needs in the Lusatian region
Pathways to establishing new public transport services in rural areas:
Around 36% of Germany’s population lives in rural areas, and about 90% of them own at least one car per household, significantly higher than the national average of 80% (infas et al. 2025). Rural areas still lack…
Smartphone rapid test detects microbiologically contaminated water in less than a minute
BAM research team developed a highly sensitive detection method for urobilin:
Microbiologically contaminated water poses a significant health risk worldwide – especially in areas where laboratories are scarce and rapid testing is crucial. Researchers at the Federal Institute for Materials…
TOPTICA EAGLEYARD expands its global position in the space market
Adlershof-based laser specialist strengthens international presence and scales structures for future space missions:
TOPTICA EAGLEYARD is advancing the expansion of its activities in the global space market. The Berlin-based company, which has contributed high‑performance laser diodes to numerous international missions, is…
Call for Videos: Promoting early-career researchers
At the Long Night of Science, candidates for Berlin Science Week will be chosen:
How does your research improve the lives of Berliners? That’s the question asked at the Inspiration Stage during Berlin Science Week on November 7 and 8, 2026—and we can help you take the stage. As institutions in…
Chance encounter in space: JANUS camera captures interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
ESA's Jupiter probe, JUICE, was unexpectedly perfectly lined up for observations of a comet from deep interstellar space:
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission, en route to Jupiter on a journey lasting over seven years, was not originally scheduled to conduct scientific operations so early in its voyage. Then, in the summer of…
Agricultural production is the main cause of destructive fires in South America’s tropical dry forests
Research team has used satellite images to reconstruct the fire history of the Gran Chaco, one of the world’s largest dry forest regions:
Every year, vast areas of forest burn in the South American Chaco, a tropical dry forest region that stretches across Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay and forms the second-largest forest region on the continent after…
HU team takes third place at the German Robot Football Championship
Despite facing unexpected challenges at the RoboCup German Open in Cologne, the “Berlin United” team was successful:
The German Open 2026 Robot Football Championship took place from 10 to 14 March at the Cologne Exhibition Centre and presented particular challenges for the HU team’s four football robots on the pitch – yet “Berlin…
Science & Startups Raises 8 Million Euros for a New Round of Funding in the Berlin Startup Scholarship Program
Call for proposals titled “Science & Startups for Democratic Resilience” launched:
Approximately 8 million euros are available to support teams developing solutions for democratic resilience, social stability, and sustainable development. The funds come from the Berlin Senate Department for Economic…
HU researchers develop molecular clamps controlled by light
The molecular photoswitches use light to adjust mechanical strain, enabling on-demand control of chemical reactions:
Controlling exactly when and where chemical reactions take place remains one of the central challenges in modern chemistry. Heat, mixing, or catalysts typically affect entire systems at once, offering little spatial…
AI-driven Catalyst Development: €30 Million Funding for German Consortium
The ASCEND project to accelerate material development launches on April 1:
Six partners from research and industry, including the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society (FHI), BASF, Siemens Energy, Dunia Innovations, and the Technical University…
Kick-off for the new data and AI centre at HZB in Adlershof
The data centre will provide a competitive infrastructure for data-driven research in Berlin:
By establishing a new data and AI centre in Berlin, the Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB) and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) are laying the foundations for a scalable and sovereign data infrastructure in the capital.…
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…