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MagForce will focus on establishing cancer treatment with NanoTherm™ therapy
Biotech company publishes financial results and operative highlights:
MagForce AG, a leading medical device company in the field of nanomedicine focused on oncology, today published financial results for the first half of 2014, ending on June 30, 2014, and operative highlights.…
Self-assembly of gold nanoparticles into small clusters
Researchers from HZB and HU achieve amazing results with unusual solvent:
Researchers at HZB in co-operation with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU, Berlin) have made an astonishing observation: they were investigating the formation of gold nanoparticles in a solvent and observed that…
FBH developed fiber coupled pump modules for chirped pulse amplification thin disk lasers
940 nm QCW Pump Modules for 6 kW out of Fiber:
In a joint project with the Max-Born-Institute the FBH developed fiber coupled pump modules for high repetition rate chirped pulse amplification thin disk lasers of the Joule class. The Yb:YAG system works at up…
Survivalists ready for journey to the ISS
Progress spacecraft carries blue-green algae and biofilms for DLR experiments into space:
Tough, resilient and able to survive in the most inhospitable regions on Earth – now, they are being asked to show their strength in a space environment as well; blue-green algae (cyanobacteria of the genus…
New technique by Bruker
Transmission Kikuchi Diffraction in SEM:
A new technique called Transmission Kikuchi Diffraction, or TKD, has been developed as an SEM-based method capable of delivering the same type of results as EBSD, but with a spatial resolution improved by up to one…
Application-oriented thin film measurement seminar
SENTECH as a worldwide leader in thin film measurement and plasma process technology organizes application oriented seminars on a regular basis:
The most recent seminar “Ellipsometry and Reflectometry for characterizing thin films” was on thin film measurement. More than 20 participants mainly from industry as well as SENTECH users were part of the audience.…
“Plasma Etching & Deposition” Seminar by SENTECH in China enjoyed great popularity
A one day technical plasma seminar was given by SENTECH in Shanghai on June 20th, 2014. The Chinese institute SIMIT (Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology) hosted this annual event, which gained…
Electrostatics do the trick
A simple model describes what happens between organic semiconductors and metals:
Organic semiconductors allow for flexible displays (OLEDs), solar cells (OPVCs), and other interesting applications. One common problem in these devices, however, is the interface between the metallic contacts and the…
Freedom of electrons is short-lived
MBI scientists observed excited atom formation attributed to recombination processes:
During the interaction of an intense extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) laser pulse with a cluster, many ions and free electrons are created, leading to the formation of a nanoscale plasma. In experiments using XUV/X-ray free…
Long Sought Two-Dimensional Graphitic Semiconductor Discovered
A European team of chemists and physicists, including Dr. Nikolai Severin and Professor Jürgen P. Rabe of the Department of Physics of Humboldt-Universität and the Joint Laboratory of Structural Research at IRIS…
Lumics’ New Enhanced Range of Diode Laser Systems for Industrial Applications
Lumics GmbH - Berlin is pleased to present its enhanced range of diode laser systems for light material processing in industrial applications such as e.g.: plastic weldinglaser soft solderingthin sheet metal…
eagleyard Photonics expanses its global sales force in South Asia
Indian partnership established:
Responding to the constantly growing laser diode market with its many diversified applications such as in industrial, space, defense, medical and scientific fields, eagleyard Photonics continues to strengthen its…
Adlershof Special 35: Biotechnology
Operate globally:
Think global, be successful // Fishing for Innovation // Research Laboratory International
Internationally Renowned
Editorial by Carolin Clement, Department Head Biotech/Pharma, Berlin Partner für Wirtschaft und Technologie GmbH:
The development of new pharmaceuticals and diagnostic procedures is inconceivable without biotechnology. The interface between science and business plays a pivotal role in this industry. Many of the 230 biotech…
Think global, be successful
More than 70 firms are bustling with activity in the field of biotechnology in Adlershof:
More than 70 firms are bustling with activity in the field of biotechnology in Adlershof in branches as diverse as pharmacy, medicine, process and environmental engineering. Increasingly, they are using the…
They touch the heart
The German-American story of the entrepreneurial Osypka family:
The entrance to the fancy headquarters of Osypka Medical does not only open the door to a company with worldwide success. Those who enter dive into the German-American story of the entrepreneurial Osypka family in…
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…