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The Analytical Sciences Keep on Dancing
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…

Highly insightful genes
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…

Table 4.0
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…

Interesting insights regarding ultraviolet LEDs at ICULTA-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…

HI-SCORE international research school: Kick Off Meeting in Berlin
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…

Fertilisers of the Future
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…

Calls for rapid planning of BESSY III
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.…

Writing and deleting magnets with lasers
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…

Bacteria with a magnetism sense
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…

Freeing electrons to better trap them
For the first time, researchers from UNIGE and MBI in Berlin have placed an electron in a dual state - neither freed nor bound:
Atoms are composed of electrons moving around a central nucleus they are bound to. The electrons can also be torn away, overcoming the confining force of their nucleus, using the powerful electric field of a laser.…

From insulator to conductor in a flash
MBI scientists gain deep insights into the materials of the future using ultrashort laser pulses:
Over the past decades, computers have become faster and faster and hard disks and storage chips have reached enormous capacities. But this trend cannot continue forever: we are already running up against physical…

Adlershof Special 49
Smart and networked:
Come together: Cooperations for good // Grapevine and grey power: Tenants in the Coworking Space IM.PULS // The bridge builders: Innovation and research at IRIS //

Scientists from Max Born Institute report an ultrafast x-ray experiment
Wiggling atoms switch the electric polarization of crystals:
Ferroelectric crystals display a macroscopic electric polarization, a superposition of many dipoles at the atomic scale which originate from spatially separated electrons and atomic nuclei. The macroscopic…

Clear priorities
Editorial by Luis Sanz, IASP Director General Spain:
The irruption of the science park concept meant a revolution in the way spaces to host businesses and, in general, economic activity were conceived. The rise of the knowledge economy engendered new technologies, new…

Cooperation projects are part of the Campus Adlershof DNA
Managers of the operating company WISTA consider themselves as architects of proximity:
Initiating, forging, and supporting cooperation projects is an essential ingredient of WISTA-MANAGEMENT GMBH’s contribution to the Adlershof recipe for success. “We are not only a site operator and property manager,…

Well networked for the future
Short paths are a good basis for cooperation projects – that are also funded by a fair number of initiatives in the Technology Park:
What do researchers work on? What innovations do companies need? Answers to these simple, yet essential questions can be found at “Economy Meets Science”, an annual event organised by Humboldt University of Berlin…

Grapevine and grey power
Tenants in Coworking Space IM.PULS benefit from each other:
“Sitting close together promotes contact,” claims Tobias Kirschnick, Head of the Innovation and Setup Centre and responsible for the coworking space IM.PULS inaugurated in November in Adlershof. This meets with José…

The bridge builders
IRIS is intended to force ahead the innovativeness and international visibility of research in Germany:
Whenever Jürgen Rabe starts expounding on the number of disciplines converging on this institute, it puts the listener in dizziness. IRIS is intended to force ahead the innovativeness and international visibility of…

State of the art and trends of UV light-emitting diodes – ICULTA-2018
Ferdinand-Braun-Institut and UVphotonics NT at international conference in Berlin:
Ferdinand-Braun-Institut presents its UV LED developments in talks and at the accompanying exhibition at ICULTA-2018 – from chips to ready-to-use modules. The institute co-organizes the international conference hosted…

A² Accelerator – The best of two worlds
Startups have new ideas, established firms experience. A2 Adlershof Accelerator brings them together. This programme offers them a unique platform for the joint development of pilot projects. This year, A² will be…