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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…
A happy ending for Theater Ost
A cultural mainstay of Adlershof finds safety in its old, new home:
Ever since the Berlin Wall fell, the landmarked building on Moriz Seeler Strasse was up for sale on the condition that it was used either for culture or media. “What was missing,” says Kathrin Schülein from Theater…
Fast, faster, Adlershof!
The Technology Park is on the way to becoming the best-connected place within a 1,000 kilometre radius. This will soon include an exclusive 5G campus network that will create some crucial benefits. :
This is where future is made. And it could not be made without high bandwidth, robust connections, and little to no latency. In short: it could not be made without 5G. The newest mobile network generation.…
Exhibitions, workshops, and a job fair – the Photonics Days Berlin Brandenburg in Adlershof
In addition to online events, 2021 welcomed back people meeting at face-to-face events :
Photons are massless. They are the smallest possible package of energy of any electromagnetic radiation. Due to their properties as light quanta, their name comes from the Greek work “phos” for “light”. Today, photons…
It’s all about content
Conventions, the congress service of WISTA Management GmbH, gives events in Adlershof a new profile:
The Science and Technology Park has been busy tightening its brand focus. Appearance, content, message. WISTA Management GmbH’s conference service, too, has received an update. Under the new name, Conventions, it not…
Quantum material to boost terahertz frequencies
New study elucidates fundamental enigma of topological insulators:
They are regarded as one of the most interesting materials for future electronics: Topological insulators conduct electricity in a special way and hold the promise of novel circuits and faster mobile communications.…
Life Time Achievement Award for Roland Müller
The physicist from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin has advanced many projects on control systems at accelerators:
Accelerator and control systems expert Roland Müller received the ICALEPCS Lifetime Achievement Award. In the more than thirty years of his career at BESSY, the physicist has advanced many projects on control systems…
Stefan Hecht elected as a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences
The internationally renowned and award-winning scientist receives renewed recognition:
The European Academy of Sciences (EURASC) has elected Prof. Stefan Hecht, Ph.D., Director of the DWI - Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials, Guestprofessor at the Department of Chemistry of HU Berlin and…
Excellent work life balance: Third audit berufundfamilie certificate in a row for the IKZ
The seal of quality is awarded for a strategically designed family- and life-phase-conscious personnel policy:
For the third time in a row Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ) has been awarded with the audit berufundfamilie certificate on September 30, 2021. The certificate is awarded by the Board of Trustees of…
PV and Wind Area Calculator shows potential for expanding renewable energies in Germany
New online tool developed by Reiner Lemoine Institute on behalf of Agora Energiewende was published:
To achieve its climate targets, Germany must use two percent of its surface for wind energy. But conflicts over site selection for new wind turbines and species protection are currently hampering expansion. The think…
Advances in organic semiconductor research improve performance of light-emitting diodes (OLED)
Team of researchers investigated the synthesis, structure, optical properties of poly(triazine imide):
A team of researchers from King’s College London, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), headed by Prof. Michael J. Bojdys, who is a member of…
The laser community met at ISLC2021
Ferdinand-Braun-Institut organised this year’s International Semiconductor Laser Conference, one of the most renowned conferences in the field of semiconductor lasers:
More than 100 international scientists joined the five-day International Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC) in Potsdam. Roughly the same number of participants tuned in online on a daily basis. The conference…
Ultrafast and coupled – atomic vibrations in the quantum material boron nitride
An international collaboration of scientists presents detailed experimental and theoretical results on ultrafast dynamics of coupled phonons:
Materials consisting of a few atomic layers display properties determined by quantum physics. In a stack of such layers, vibrations of the atoms can be triggered by infrared light. New experimental and theoretical…
Tobias Henschel wins the HZB Technology Transfer Award 2021
Digital bracelet with integrated transparent photovoltaics convinced the jury:
At first glance, it looks like an ordinary wristwatch. But its glass taps the energy of the sun. A research group at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin has made this possible. Their transparent photovoltaics have now even made…
LUM GmbH nominated for the Berlin Brandenburg Innovation Prize 2021
The Innovation Award 2021 is endowed with 10,000 euros per award winner:
The company LUM GmbH submitted the innovation LUMiSpoc® as part of this year's competition from the states of Berlin and Brandenburg and was nominated as one of ten companies for the innovation award. The LUMiSpoc®…
Beam diagnostics for future laser wakefield accelerators
Applications of “tabletop particle accelerators” for medicine and research brought closer by a new method which was developed by a team from HZB and PTB:
For decades, particle accelerators have been getting bigger and bigger. In the meantime, ring accelerators with circumferences of many kilometres have reached a practical limit. Linear accelerators in the GHz range…