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The builder
Matthias Blankenburg found the wreckage of a bomber in Adlershof:
Suddenly, the excavator came to a halt in the pale gravel and exposed pitch black, dirty sand. The air was filled with a musty scent: ‘It certainly wasn’t a natural smell,’ says Matthias Blankenburg. For two weeks,…
Jumpstarting businesses at the Adlershof Founder’s Lab
The Adlerhof-based talent hub looks back on a positive year:
The start-up support programme Adlershof Founder’s Lab has been active for a year now. The programme fosters technical and technology-based team start-ups on campus. Time to look back. The head of sales needs…
Future technologies have no age limit
At the age of 79, Dietmar Harting founded the Perinet GmbH:
Everybody is talking about ‘Industry 4.0’, the digitisation of manufacturing. The founders of the Adlershof-based Perinet GmbH are taking action. They are creating the IT infrastructure necessary for digitally…
opTricon becomes Chembio
The American diagnostics company is buying the measurement device manufacturer and is planning to build its European HQ in Adlershof:
The opTricon GmbH develops and manufactures measurement devices for quick testing. The company has now been bought by one of its largest customers. The American diagnostics company Chembio Diagnostics Systems is…
Real-world ideas
Quick tests for breast milk and sewing pattern software – meet two science talents with ideas geared towards practical application on their way to becoming business owners:
When Anna Raysyan is on stage, she is like fish in water. Convincingly and full of energy, she presents her idea that she hopes will soon help many women: a test for breast milk. The prototype is no larger than a…
Everything flows
The start-up dive solutions uses new algorithms to simulate currents, ensuring clear drainpipes and friction-less gear transmission:
An oily-looking, auburn liquid drips off a turning gear wheel, fills the gaps between the cogs, and then creates fierce splashes. In another video, blue liquid flows into a container. When it reaches the tight outlet,…
“Jugend forscht” – the talented Ferdinand presents his new projects
A young student develops a turning assistant for lorries:
Ferdinand is only 13-years-old and very tall for his age. However, at ‘Jugend forscht’, the renowned German national youth science competition, he is a veteran. In February, he will take part for the third time. Among…
Ideas conference as a door opener
The second TEDxHU event took place in Berlin and fosters knowledge exchange:
The event starts much like a service of worship. On a video screen in the chapel of the economic faculty of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU), Isaac Lidsky, a blind American author and corporate speaker, talks on…
Looking at molecules from two sides with table-top femtosecond soft-X-rays
MBI scientists demonstrate new analytical method for organic molecules in aqueous solution:
X-ray spectroscopy provides direct access into the nature of chemical bonds, from which the outcome of chemical reactions can be understood. For this, intense activities both at x-ray source development and…
Slovenian president awards HZB scientist with "Apple of Inspiration"
The Berlin scientists as the first foreigners receive the prize together with colleagues from the University of Ljubljana:
Marko Jošt, Steve Albrecht and Bernd Rech, researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and the Technische Universität Berlin (TUB) receive a rare award today, 19 December 2018 in the slovenian Grand Hall of…
FBH presents new developments at Photonics West 2019
Customized diode lasers and UV LEDs – from chips to ready-to-use systems:
FBH introduces novel diode lasers and advancements at Photonics West 2019. Applications of the flexible and compact light sources include LiDAR, medicine, and (Raman) spectroscopy. Results and progresses in UV LEDs…
Photocathodes with high quantum efficiency for bERLinPro
A team at the HZB has improved the manufacturing process of photocathodes:
Teams from the accelerator physics and the SRF groups at HZB are developing a superconducting linear accelerator featuring energy recovery (Energy Recovery Linac) as part of the bERLinPro project. It accelerates an…
Delegation from Jordan visited the HZB
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) will intensify its cooperation with Jordanian large-scale research facilities :
This was agreed between the HZB management and representatives of a high-ranking Jordanian research delegation, which visited the HZB at the end of November 2018. On 27 November 2018, H.E. Dr. Khaled Toukan, Chairman…
Two new Helmholtz Young Investigator Groups approved at HZB
Competencies in catalysis research are strengthened:
Starting in 2019, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) will be establishing two new Helmholtz Young Investigator Groups and thereby strengthening its competencies in catalysis research. The Helmholtz Association will be…
MBI researchers develop gas lens to focus XUV radiation
Atomic jet - the first lens for extreme-ultraviolet light developed :
Scientists from the Max Born Institute (MBI) have developed the first refractive lens that focuses extreme ultraviolet beams. Instead of using a glass lens, which is non-transparent in the extreme-ultraviolet region,…
FluoTime 250 – the plug and play time-resolved spectrometer
PicoQuant unveils its latest luminescence spectrometer that makes acquiring time-resolved data as simple as plugging it in and start measuring:
During its 16th course on the “Principles and Applications of Time-resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy” held in Berlin from November 5-8, 2018, PicoQuant presented the FluoTime 250 to the 40 attendees and invited…
Physio-chemist Prof Dr Janina Kneipp is this year’s awardee of the Caroline von Humboldt-Professorship
The renowned professorship is funded with 80,000 euros annually:
The professorship named after Caroline von Humboldt is awarded each year to honour an excellent female professor at HU. It aims at increasing the recognition and visibility of female academics. This year’s awardee is…
“Make our Planet great again”
New Research Group on Photovoltaics at HZB:
The physicist Dr. Yutsung Tsai is setting up his own research group on photovoltaics at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin. His goal is to develop two-dimensional transparent solar cells. Tsai receives research funding from the…
Ipsen and 3BP announce First Patient Dosed in Phase I/II study for first-in-class radionuclide
Ipsen and 3BP announced the first patient has been dosed in a Phase I/II study for the first-in-class radionuclide177Lu-IPN01087 (formerly known as 3BP-227). IPN01087 is a compound that targets cancer cells in…
“Top 40 under 40” - Markus Krutzik awarded by business magazine Capital
Adlershof scientist was honored as an outstanding talent:
The business magazine Capital has selected Dr. Markus Krutzik as a talent in the category "Society and Science" for its "Young Elite - Top 40 under 40". On November 21, the scientist, who researches at…