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Speeding up CIGS solar cell manufacture
Project speedCIGS is to be funded with 4.7 million euros by the Federal Ministry of Economics:
A project consortium from research and industry involving the Competence Centre for Photovoltaics Berlin (PVcomB) of Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin has been granted a major third-party-funded project by the Federal Ministry…
Understanding the stability, behaviour and surface properties of nanoparticles and quantum dots using Hansen Solubility Parameters
LUM’s CEO Dietmar Lerche combines STEP-Technology® with multi-sample analytical photocentrifugation:
Devices based on quantum dots and smart nanoparticles are currently getting a lot of attention. For instance, the colours, contrast and brightness of displays based on quantum dots provide benefits for users of TVs…
SCIENION's sciREADER FL2 fluorescent detection of multiplex assays
Best quality equipment for total multiplexing solutions:
The sciREADER FL2 distinguishes itself with a high resolution imaging technology and easy data analysis inherited from our sciREADER CL2. Equipped with up to 3 fluorescent channels it can be applied for all common…
Australian and German Researchers awarded Young Scientist 2016
For the first time two awardees honoured for outstanding scientific results in Dispersion Analysis & Materials Testing:
One session of this year‘s International Workshop Dispersion Analysis and Materials Testing in Berlin was again dedicated to the Young Scientist Award (YSA) 2016. LUM GmbH traditionally awards this prize for…
Adlershof Journal November/December 2016
Start-Ups and Starters: Adlershof is expanding its culinary opportunities:
Substitute for the elktest: Inertial measuring by Resonic // Large lecture hall: Plans for HU’s natural science campus // Lessons from the Monks: The Cafeteria through the Ages //
Research into new energy materials
EMIL, a 2000-square-metre laboratory complex, has opened in Adlershof:
After three years of construction, the Energy Materials In-Situ Laboratory (EMIL) is now open. The new laboratory complex for researching energy materials, annexed to BESSY II in Berlin-Adlershof, was ceremonially…
Lessons from the Monks: The Cafeteria through the Ages
Essay by Malte Welding, writer, columnist and blogger:
Upon seeing the food that Roman legions were eating – black soup, if I recall correctly - Asterix, the indulgent Gaul, pointed out that an army’s moral is inversely proportional to the quality of its catering.…
In conversation with Michael Engelmann, Owner of the bakery Konditorei Engelmann
His sugary endeavour began in a disused circus truck:
Imagination is a constant of Michael Engelmann’s life. Born and bred in Wolfsburg, he joined a circus after completing an apprenticeship as a confectioner. He started out as a clown – classmates and teachers had…
The Go-Between
The everyday work life of Chung-Young Kim between Adlershof and Korea:
On the night of the fall of the Berlin Wall, he was out and about with his brother. “We saw it happen on TV, walked to Brandenburg Gate and climbed the wall. It wasn’t easy seeing as I was only twelve.” His parents…
Eat your way through Adlershof
Adlershof is expanding its culinary opportunities and tending changing demands:
Whether you’re looking for bagels, wraps, salads, curry and rice, or Königsberger Klopse, a German favourite: Adlershof is expanding its culinary opportunities and tending to changing demands. Food in the Science City…
A temporary home
Angelina Fischer benefits from all the new services provided in the Science City:
Looking out of the window, one can see trees, lawn, a small road, the landmarked façade of a classic modern building. “I like that it is so quiet. It’s not as busy as Berlin-Mitte,” says Angelina Fischer. “I prefer it…
The Blue Rabbit’s Best Friend
Christian Bahrmann, host on the children’s television channel KiKA, is promoting a healthy diet with the catering company Optimahl:
Christian Bahrmann originally wanted to become a teacher. English and geography. His career as a musician in the band “Die Durchlauferhitzers”, who played cover songs from The Rolling Stones and The Police, never…
Swift inertial measuring
The company Resonic’s high-precision procedure determines the mass properties of engines, satellites and cars:
Resonic, a young company from Adlershof, has developed a unique high-precision procedure to simply determine the mass properties of engines, satellites, cars and many other things. We visited their workshop. A car…
Adlershof has come a long way
In conversation with Sabine Kunst, president of Humboldt-Universität, about the university’s natural science campus:
Sabine Kunst became the president of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) in May this year. A conversation about the challenges faced by the long-standing university, the role of the HU’s campus in Adlershof, the…
The good smile and the bad
How other people’s body language interacts with what we know about their biography:
What shapes our first impression upon looking into a person’s face? Humboldt scholarship holder Julia Baum examines how other people’s body language interacts with what we know about them as part of the research group…
Films from the Nanoworld
Stefan Eisebitt uses ultrafast light pulses to turn off or reverse magnetisation:
Stefan Eisebitt gets to the bottom of things. He uses ultrafast light pulses to not only examine the properties of matter in their “resting state”, but also to see how the excitement of electrons affects the…
Learn, learn and keep learning
LUM successfully started education offensive 2016 in China:
In collaboration of LUM GmbH Berlin and its Chinese subsidiary LUM (Changzhou) Instruments Co., Ltd. (LUM China), first the local Chinese sales partners were technically trained for all LUM product lines for …
PicoQuant – Counting Photons since 20 Years
Company celebrates 20 years of excellence in time-resolved optical instrumentation:
In 1996, four young scientists and engineers set themselves the goal to develop optical instrumentation designed by scientists for scientists and thus founded the company PicoQuant. Support from the Federal Ministry…
From Wafer to End Product in Under 8 Weeks
AEMtec expands portfolio to include one-stop services for microchip placement:
AEMtec GmbH, a member company of the international technology group exceet, has expanded its value chain in microchip placement. The experienced electronics specialist, which maintains its own cleanroom …
Methodology advance at HZB
Ionic liquids simplify laser experiments on liquid samples:
An HZB team has developed a new approach to conduct photoemission spectroscopy of molecules in solution. This has been difficult up to now because the sample needed to be situated in vacuum – but liquids evaporate.…