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The Freshwater Man
Thomas Pfeiffer develops affordable desalinisation and irrigation systems:
It started with a chance discovery in his inbox. Thomas Pfeiffer said to his business partner: “That sounds like a good idea. Let’s do it and see what happens.” The tender from Adlershof popped up on Pfeiffer’s screen…
The Technology Park waves goodbye to analog
How Adlershof-based entrepreneurs adapt to the digital age:
Naturally, the digital transformation is also changing companies in Adlershof. However, changes vary across business sectors and do not always make things easier.“Our company has more computers than it has employees,”…
Election debates only take place every four years
Interview with Nick Zimmermann and Mike Krüger from Studio Berlin about turbulent times, the digitisation of business and the recovery of companies:
The “Kanzlerduell” TV debate, German elections – The past month have surely been eventful. Are you happy with 2017?Zimmermann: We had a very positive and busy year in a difficult market environment.Krüger: The…
BESSY upgrade
Two forward-looking projects at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB):
Variable light pulses and better use of sunlight – these are the two future projects at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin for Materials and Energy, which will make the research radiation source BESSY unique.Making the…
The Data Logisticians
Quibiq builds virtual data highways:
Quibiq is taking care that all users in a company have quick access to the data they need - regardless of whether these are stored in conventional databases, or in the cloud. Founded at the turn of the millennium in…
Secure networks
About the risks and side-effects of going digital:
Many researchers and entrepreneurs have somewhat overlooked the issue of cyber security. A panel debate on 29th January 2018 aims at shedding light on the risks and side-effects of the interconnected world and give…
The Future of Learning
Students at the Humboldt-Universität’s department for computer science are trained to become the IT specialists of tomorrow:
How is higher education adapting to the digital age? In Adlershof, students at the Humboldt-Universität’s department for computer science are trained to become the IT specialists of tomorrow. Other students are also…
High-Performance Chips for Data Centres
Sicoya develops novel high-efficiency chips for transmitting data in data centres:
The young Sicoya GmbH develops novel high-efficiency chips for transmitting data in data centres. Their silicon chips bring together optical and electrical circuitry. This will reduce costs, increase today’s 40 Gbit/s…
Boreal Light is European Food Startup of the Year
Adlershof company wins FoodNexus Startup Challenge :
15 startups from 8 European countries pitched their innovation to experts. The jury unanimously voted for Boreal Light as the winner.. More Information... on Youtube...
Best of Adlershof
Novel vaccines, effective energy storage systems, sophisticated camera robots – these are only some of many things that are “made in Adlershof”:
Read a compilation of the most interesting articles from Adlershof Journal and Adlershof Special at www.adlershof.de/en/adlershof-journal/best-of/.
Scientists observe individual steps of photosynthetic water oxidation
Novel soft X-ray spectrometer makes it possible:
HZB scientists have developed a novel spectrometer at BESSY II that enables researchers to obtain detailed insights about catalytic processes in metalloenzymes. Their international collaboration was successful in…
Prof. Dr. Bernd Rech has become a new member of acatech
Accolade and social commitment at the same time:
The German “National Academy of Science and Engineering – acatech” has admitted Prof. Dr. Bernd Rech, an expert in renewable energies, into its circle of members. Bernd Rech has headed the Institute of Silicon…
Full value chain – tailored diode lasers and UV LEDs
Ferdinand-Braun-Institut at Photonics West 2018 trade show:
FBH presents its capability in diode lasers and UV LEDs at the Photonics West 2018 trade show and the accompanying conferences. All devices are optimized to fit the respective application; developments range from…
BER II and BESSY II User Meeting at HZB
More than 600 scientists registered this year for the 9th annual BER II and BESSY II User Meeting from Wednesday to Friday, 13-15 December 2017. The Friends of Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin recognised outstanding work in…
Progress in solar technologies
EU group project presents its results: high efficiencies with less material:
A workshop entitled "European Solar Technology Forum – from Research to Industrial Application" took place at HZB to conclude of the European CHEETAH project on November 30, 2017. More than 100 participants from the…
Fresh ideas in particle and dispersion sciences
Nominated for LUM Young Scientist Award 2018:
The 8th International Conference Dispersion Analysis & Materials Testing is hosted by LUM GmbH in Berlin, Germany, from 29-30 January 2018. Here, during this now traditional interdisciplinary event, particle…
Smart battery for the world’s first floating wind farm
Younicos awarded by Statoil to provide a 1MW-battery storage system to Hywind Scotland:
Hywind Scotland, the world’s first floating wind farm, will next year be equipped with a battery to store power from the wind farm. The purpose is to “teach” the battery when to hold back and store electricity, and…
Improving outdoor performance of thin film CIGS solar modules
PVcomB and AVANCIS launch joint MyCIGS research project:
The Competence Centre Thin-Film- and Nanotechnology for Photovoltaics Berlin (PVcomB) is contributing its expertise to improving copper-indium-gallium-sulphide (CIGS) thin-film production in the MyCIGS collaborative…
Miniaturised spectrometer wins first prize at international conference
Device from Helmholtz laboratory fits a box 10 cm on a side:
A Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) team together with experts at Ulm University and the University of Stuttgart have designed an electron spin resonance spectrometer that fits a box 10 cm on a side. The team presented…
Light facilitates “impossible” n-doping of organic semiconductors
Applications as light-emitting diodes and solar cells:
In an article that just appeared in Nature Materials, a team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Princeton University demonstrates…