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Three-dimensional graphene
Experiment at BESSY II shows that optical properties are tuneable:
An international research team has for the first time investigated the optical properties of three-dimensional nanoporous graphene at the IRIS infrared beamline of the BESSY II electron storage ring. The experiments…
Better cathode materials for Lithium-Sulphur-Batteries
An HZB team led by Prof. Dr. Yan Lu is working on efficient and environmentally friendly electricity storage media:
A team at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) has for the first time fabricated a nanomaterial made from nanoparticles of a titanium oxide compound (Ti4O7) that is characterised by an extremely large surface area, and…
HZB and Freie Universität Berlin establish the joint research group “X-Ray Microscopy”
In May this year, the joint research group “X-Ray Microscopy” was launched, combining the expertise of teams led by Prof. Dr. Gerd Schneider (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Helge Ewers (Freie Universität…
Adlershof Journal May/June 2017
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Interview with Michael Müller: What are the future priorities of the Berlin Senate in Adlershof // Free Wi-Fi: Managed Hotspot Services at the Technology Park // Surgical Security: New gloves will prevent injuries…
When I was a Call Centre Fräulein: My job in customer service
Essay by Lea Streisand, Berlin-based columnist, radio host and writer:
There was a time when I had a real job. It’s been a while. This was back when I was still at university and didn’t know what I wanted to be. Becoming a writer was not an option. Everybody knows you can’t earn money…
In conversation with Bernd Haase
Building strategist and partner at the Vollack Gruppe:
He is a partner at the Vollack Group. He calls himself a building strategist. In our interview, he tells us what that means and why he thinks the igloo is the most beautiful building in the world. The family man, who…
The Data Lover
Businesswoman Christin Schäfer is living her dream in Adlershof:
It’s the little things that have the greatest effects. The hidden details and bite-sized information. Observed from above, they can reveal structures and patterns and even help to answer moral dilemmas. For example,…
Founders on the Fast Lane
The A² Adlershof Accelerator is entering its second round:
A² stands for the Adlershof Accelerator. The programme aims at bringing together young and established companies and is now entering its second round. The focus stays on energy. Stefan Thon has a dream: his wish that…
What are the future priorities of the Berlin Senate in Adlershof
Interview with Berlin’s governing mayor Michael Müller:
Adlershof Journal: As a Berliner, you have known Adlershof long before you became mayor. When did you first visit the Science City and what was the biggest surprise in the site’s development in the last few years to…
Free Wi-Fi Everywhere
Managed Hotspot Services at the Technology Park Adlershof:
The abl social federation GmbH is currently moving but their new offices in Adlershof are still quite empty. This will change very soon. As the prime contractor of the project “Free Wifi for Berlin”, the start-up,…
TV-Show "My Berlin" in Adlershof
Start-up Boreal Light brings clean drinking water and eco-electricity to the poorest regions of the world:
Raquel from TV-Berlin interviews Hamed Beheshti...
Scholarly Bits and Bytes
The library of the Humboldt-Universität in Berlin is sought after more than ever:
Librarians are in no way being made obsolete by the digital age. At the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, they give tips on efficient online research, digitise old books and support researchers with publishing their…
The Mothership
Concert films and music videos from the Adlershof Media City:
Back when he was in school, Markus Mörtz used to hand in presentations on video. This passion for photography and moving images was handed down from his father, Frank Machel, who was likewise infected with the “movie…
Adlershof Speaks Many Languages
Viadrina sprachen GmbH have opened a branch in Adlershof:
It doesn’t get any more realistic: “Language training with paramedics means keeping it together in stressful situations,” says David Furmanek, the head of viadrina sprachen GmbH. In a case of a real emergency, every…
Surgical Security
New gloves developed by “Smarterials Technology” will prevent needlestick injuries:
Probably the dearest wish of patients and relatives before the door to the surgery closes is that everything may go well. But not only patients, but doctors are also dangerously exposed. “An estimated half a million…
Call for applications: Postdoc fellowships in Analytical Sciences
Extended deadline: June 15, 2017:
The School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof (SALSA) at Humboldt-Universität Berlin is announcing a call for postdoc fellowships in selected areas of Analytical Sciences. Research areas of interest include…
New switching process for green IT
Physicists at BESSY observe efficient magnetic switching process in non-volatile spintronics devices:
Physicists achieved a robust and reliable magnetization switching process by domain wall displacement without any applied fields. The effect is observed in tiny asymmetric permalloy rings and may pave the way to…
skytron energy focuses on internationalisation
Local subsidiaries in USA and Japan / Establishment of a global service network:
skytron® energy will focus increasingly on expanding its international activities in 2017. The company has already established a new subsidiary in the USA, skytron energy Corporation. Another subsidiary is planned in…
PicoQuant expands its hybrid photomultiplier detector line-up
Two new models from the PMA Hybrid Series cover broad spectral ranges with excellent detection efficiency:
PicoQuant has released two new single photon sensitive hybrid photo detector models with excellent temporal resolution for its PMA Hybrid Series: The PMA Hybrid 42 covers the entire visible range from 300 to 850 nm…
New road weather sensor for traffic management applications
Lufft introduces stationary, non-invasive weather sensor:
After about one year of development work, a new generation of Lufft stationary road and street weather sensors is now ready for market launch. The StaRWIS, which is installed at a measuring distance of 5.5 meters…