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Kookrin Char wins Humboldt Research Award hosted by IKZ
The scientist is one of the leading pioneers in the field of oxide electronics:
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation honours the collaboration of Kookrin Char with IKZ and the Leibniz ScienceCampus GraFOx in the field of oxide semiconductors by a prestigious Humboldt Research Award. The…
Ernst Eckhard Koch Prize and Innovation Award on Synchrotron Radiation
Friends of HZB awarded outstanding researchers at this year‘s HZB User Meeting, which was attended by around 450 visitors:
This year, the Friends of HZB awarded the Ernst Eckhard Koch Prize to the outstanding doctoral thesis of Dr Fredrik Johansson (Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, CNRS, Sorbonne). The European Innovation Award on…
Ultra-light and super-fast extrasolar planet discovered
An international team of scientists led by the DLR Institute of Planetary Research is characterising the newly discovered extrasolar planet GJ 367 b:
As far as extrasolar planets go, 'GJ 367 b' is a featherweight. With half the mass of Earth, the newly discovered planet is one of the lightest among the nearly 5000 exoplanets known today. It takes the extrasolar…
Green information technologies: Superconductivity meets Spintronics
An international team has designed a material system suitable for low-power consumption superconducting spintronic-applications:
Superconducting coupling between two regions separated by a one micron wide ferromagnetic compound has been proved by an international team. This macroscopic quantum effect, known as Josephson effect, generates an…
New funding programme to support start-ups in the field of materials sciences
IRIS Adlershof and INAM will receive EUR 1.1 million to set up the incubator “AdMaLab — The Berlin Materials and Hardware Lab”:
The State of Berlin is providing the Innovation Network for Advanced Materials (INAM e.V.) and its cooperation partners, such as IRIS Adlershof of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, around 1.1 million EUR to set up an…
Forschungsverbund Berlin with new Managing Director
Dr. Nicole Münnich takes on the role of Managing Director on December 1, 2021:
Dr. Nicole Münnich takes on the role of Managing Director of the Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. (FVB) on December 1, 2021. She succeeds Dr. Falk Fabich, who was Acting Managing Director from April 2021 following the…
Walter-Schottky-Award for Felix Büttner
Award for his outstanding work in solid state research:
The Walter Schottky Prize honours outstanding work by young physicists in solid-state research. For 2022, the award goes to HZB physicist Dr Felix Büttner for his groundbreaking achievements in the field of magnetic…
Another world record for HZB perovskite silicon tandem solar cells
Almost 30 % efficiency for next-generation tandem solar cells:
Three HZB teams led by Prof. Christiane Becker, Prof. Bernd Stannowski and Prof. Steve Albrecht have jointly managed to increase the efficiency of perovskite silicon tandem solar cells fabricated completely at HZB to…
“Green” chemistry: BESSY II sheds light on mechanochemical synthesis
Researchers develop method to observe chemical processes in situ with X-ray scattering during mechanical treatment of reagents:
In mechanochemistry, reagents are finely ground and mixed so that they combine to form the desired product, even without need for solvent. By eliminating solvent, this technology promises to contribute significantly…
Adlershof Journal November/December 2021
We are family: How family ties hold our campus together:
Under one roof: New IRIS research building // It's “human”: Family business immexa // Happy end: Home for Theater Ost
Stifterverband certifies Helmholtz Centre Berlin for strategies in dealing with diversity
HZB is the first non-university research institution to complete the Diversity Audit “Vielfalt gestalten”:
The Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) is the first non-university research institution to have undergone the Stifterverband's diversity audit "Vielfalt gestalten". The certification attests to the HZB's…
Three plus one makes four, diddle diddle dee, and makes a family: When are we complete?
Essay by Elina Penner, a freelance writer, and head of the Berlin-based parenting platform “Hauptstadtmutti”:
Your skin gets just a little bit thicker after giving birth to your second child. There’s a certain security in knowing that you managed it before. Lanolin, swaddling, and the tiger in the tree don’t sound completely…
The oldest of all communities
Mareike and Rolf Lechner about their family business immexa:
Family businesses are among the oldest ways to organise businesses. At over 90 percent, they dominate the German economic landscape and create an enormous economic impact. The advantages of a family-owned business are…
In conversation with Manuela Peters
She has been the manager of the “Melli-Beese-Haus” nursing school for six years:
“Diverse, sustainable, and rewarding” is what Manuela Peters thinks about her work with our youngest. She has been a childcare worker since 1984 and the head of “Melli-Beese-Haus” for six years. Located right next to…
The crystal engineer
Biswajit Bhattacharya researches mechanically flexible materials in Adlershof:
Medinipur, Nagpur, Kolkata, Adlershof. Along these stages of his educational and professional path, Biswajit Bhattacharya has literally come a long way. For three years now, this workplace has been on Richard…
Family affairs
About the family bonds in the Technology Park:
The campus in Adlershof is a close-knit place that can feel like family. Just how much is exemplified by the many families that work here in different jobs. What’s that like? Does it create a special kind of…
Black-box battery
The Adelhelm Group is advancing alternative battery concepts:
Until now, when it comes to storing energy for electric vehicles or for stationary use, there is no way around the lithium-ion battery. However, groups of researchers all over the world are advancing alternative…
All under one roof
Starting shot for innovative materials research at the new IRIS research building:
Ideal conditions for top-level research. The new research building of the Integrative Research Institute for the Sciences IRIS Adlershof has been ready for the move-in since April 2021. Bit by bit, research groups…
Gourmet food at home
voilà is bringing together exclusive restaurants and gourmets:
If you’re a fan of top gastronomy but don’t want to travel far for it, you can now have the complete menu delivered to your doorstep. The start-up voilà is bringing together exclusive restaurants and gourmets. Roast…
“It’s a unique experience”
The Falling Walls Lab Adlershof showcases innovative research approaches:
The who’s who of science will meet up in November for the annual Falling Walls conference. It invited young research talent from all over the world. According to Sanela Schlößer, the competition is all about “breaking…