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Fishing for Innovation
Huge potential for innovation and qualified staff make Germany an attractive business location for start-ups:
Not only do fishers require patience, but also the right technique to catch as many of the desired fish as possible. Prof. Hubert Köster likes to use the angling example to illustrate technology called “Capture…
Research Laboratory International
A fuel of the future is being developed in Adlershof: 50 employees of the company Algenol Biofuels, a subsidiary of the American firm Algenol, are involved in producing biofuels from cyanobacteria which are blue algae…
Adlershof’s Biotech Alliances for International Success
Biotechnology is a global business. Without international cooperation, it is hard for smaller companies to assert themselves on the market. Their research tasks are so complex that they need partners, according to…
X-ray pulses on demand from Electron Storage Rings
HZB physicists pick single x-ray pulses out of a pulse train:
HZB physicists recently devised a new method to pick single x-ray pulses out of the pulse trains usually emitted from synchrotron radiation facilities. The technique is very useful to support studies of electronic…
Adlershof at Intersolar Munich
Additional 8,000 sqm for the "Energiewende":
The new Centre for Photovoltaics and Renewable Energies (ZPV) in the Science and Technology Park Berlin Adlershof offers best conditions to companies in the field of the Energiewende (“energy turnaround”). There are …
eagleyard Photonics GmbH changes its local representative in Western US Territory
In order to organize our sales channels more efficiently we made the decision to cooperate with a sole distribution partner company for the whole US market in future. In the light of the successful long term…
SENTECH expands the range of applications of spectroscopic ellipsometers
SENresearch enables measuring of all 16 Mueller Matrix Elements:
SENTECH Instruments is a leading supplier of plasma process technology equipment for etching and deposition and thin film metrology instruments based on spectroscopic ellipsometry. SENTCH’s dedication to a broad…
Younicos wins GreenTec Award 2014
WEMAG battery park is laureate in the category energy:
Younicos is celebrating a triple achievement. The specialists for intelligent storage and grids have won the GreenTec Award for 2014. Berlin-based Younicos had been nominated in the category energy in recognition of…
New tool for Joint Lab to investigate the chemistry of nature
HZB’s Aziz’ team achieves pulse duration of 45 femtoseconds:
The Aziz’ team at the Joint Laboratory between Freie Universität Berlin and HZB has built a laser-based tabletop setup which generates ultrashort XUV light pulses and achieves their monochromatization by implementing…
Single Molecule Workshop marks 20th anniversary this September
To celebrate the 20th workshop the organizer PicoQuant GmbH has invited some of the most renowned scientists in the field:
This year, PicoQuant will hold the annual workshop on “Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Ultra Sensitive Analysis in the Life Sciences” for the 20th time. It will take place from September 2 to 5, 2014 in Berlin,…
Lumics’ new Wavelength
Single-mode butterfly 14-pin modules also available now at 786nm:
Lumics GmbH Berlin announced the broadening of its portfolio of single-mode fiber pigtailed butterfly 14-pin laser diode modules with internal temperature control and monitor photodiode for analytic, sensing &…
LET THERE BE LIGHT
Modernized Bunsen hall will shine in new splendor in August 2014:
The largest meeting room in Adlershof, which can accommodate around 450 people, will offer the most modern facilities standard: daylight, air conditioning, accessibility up to the stage and the latest sound and media…
AC/DC for terahertz waves
Researchers at MBI discover an ultrafast rectifier for terahertz radiation:
In the unit cells of a lithium niobate crystal alternating currents (AC) with a frequency 1000 times higher than that of modern computer systems are transformed into a direct current (DC), thereby generating…
Younicos Completes Strategic Acquisition of Xtreme Power Assets
Cross Atlantic acquisition elevates Younicos to global leadership position for large scale energy storage solutions:
Younicos Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Younicos AG, a Berlin-based company, acquired Xtreme Power’s assets with a winning bid in a chapter 11 auction supervised by the US District Bankruptcy Court of West…
Berlin Adlershof: Facts and Figures
April 2014:
Berlin Adlershof is one of the most successful high-tech locations in Germany Berlin's biggest media location. On an area of 4.2 km2 1.003 companies and research institutes (status as of March 2014) have settled, all…
Mobile Network for Myanmar
Heliocentris receives major order to deliver hybrid power solutions:
Heliocentris has received its largest single purchase order since the company’s foundation in 1995. The order comprises the delivery and installation of hybrid power solutions for the build-out of 150 mobile base…
Industrial exhibition EOSAM 2014 in Berlin Adlershof
September 16th to 19th:
European Optical Society proudly welcomes optics and photonics professionals to its bi-annual conference, the EOSAM 2014 in Berlin. The four-day conference, industrial exhibition (and much more) is expected to gather…
FBH diode lasers successfully launched into space
Laser diode benches allow communication with Sentinel-1A:
On April 3, 2014 shortly after 11 p.m., the earth resources technology satellite Sentinel-1A successfully left for his mission in space - also aboard are space-qualified laser diode benches from the…
Adlershof Brains: Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla
The professor of materials science is one of today’s 25 most influential engineers in Germany and is also the scientific director at the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB):
What are you currently working on? The HZB operates the synchrotron source BESSY II and the neutron source BER II, on which 3,000 scientists work annually. Two new major projects are currently in the works at…
INKA Award for „The Vacuum Technology Book“
Pfeiffer Vacuum receives award for best industry catalog:
Pfeiffer Vacuum is the winner of the "INKA" 2013 Award for the best catalog in the Print category. The Pfeiffer Vacuum catalog called "The Vacuum Technology Book" won first prize in the "machinery/equipment" sector,…