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Steinbeis SIT makes EU sustainability regulations understandable
ESG-REG Guide explains complex guidelines and helps companies with compliance on their path to growth, resilience and innovation:
The Steinbeis School of Sustainable Innovation and Transformation (SIT), based in Steinbeis House Berlin-Adlershof, has published the ESG-REG Guide—a guide to ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) principles and…
Practical help with implementing sustainability demands
SOS Starter Kit supports small and medium-sized enterprises in operating in a more environmentally friendly manner:
As micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) across Europe adapt to rising sustainability demands, the Erasmus+ Start on Sustainability (SOS) project is delivering new tools to facilitate this step. Supported…
HZB team investigates lithium-sulphur batteries in real-time
Findings are helpful to design compact Li-S batteries with a high energy density:
Using a non-destructive method, a team at HZB investigated practical lithium-sulphur pouch cells with lean electrolyte for the first time. With operando neutron tomography, they could visualise in real-time how the…
Up to 26,000 electric trucks in Berlin by 2045
Study by Reiner Lemoine Institute and Öko-Institut shows how the electrification of road freight transport can be achieved:
By 2045, up to 26,000 electric trucks with a total electricity demand of up to 430 GWh per year could be registered in Berlin – this corresponds to the annual consumption of around 100,000 households and requires a…
BAM researches more sustainable titanium production from industrial residues in EU project
LTB Lasertechnik Berlin in Adlershof provides support with real-time analysis method:
Titanium metal is a critical raw material that the EU imports largely from Kazakhstan, Russia, and China. The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) is part of a large EU consortium that aims to…
Perfectly Imperfect: Disorder in Materials Enables Ultra-Fast Charging
Researchers at Humboldt-Universität develop unusual strategy to increase battery performance:
Led by Prof. Dr. Nicola Pinna and Dr. Patrícia Russo from the Department of Chemistry at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU), scientists have succeeded in disrupting the atomic order of batteries in a targeted manner.…
New department at HZB: ‘AI and Biomolecular Structures’
Andrea Thorn, head of the department, brings many years of experience in AI-based tools for structural biology:
Since 1 July 2025, Dr. Andrea Thorn has been setting up the new AI and Biomolecular Structures department at HZB. A biophysicist with many years of experience in AI-based tools for structural biology, she is looking…
FBH and HU strengthen cooperation in quantum technologies
Another Joint Lab launched / New professorship for Integrated Quantum Sensors:
With the new Joint Lab Integrated Nonlinear Quantum Optics, the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin are strengthening their strategic partnership in the emerging field of quantum…
Diffusion of hydrogen in MXene investigated at HZB
Modelling offers a solid foundation for further research with MXene as hydrogen storage systems:
Two-dimensional (2D) materials such as MXene are of great interest for hydrogen storage. An expert from HZB has investigated the diffusion of hydrogen in MXene using density functional theory. This modelling provides…
HZB and National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy start cooperation
Memorandum of Understanding signed for collaborative research, academic exchange, and capacity-building in energy and climate:
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH (HZB) and the National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” (NaUKMA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU serves as the starting point for…
MAX IV and BESSY II initiate new collaboration to advance materials science
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin signed a 5-year cooperation agreement with the Swedish national synchrotron laboratory MAX IV:
Swedish national synchrotron laboratory MAX IV and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) with BESSY II light source jointly announce the signing of a 5-year Cooperation Agreement. The new agreement establishes a framework to…
MXenes boost the effectiveness of catalysts for the production of green hydrogen
HZB team shows a new way to highly efficient and inexpensive catalysts:
MXenes are adept at hosting catalytically active particles. This property can be exploited to create more potent catalyst materials that significantly accelerate and enhance the oxygen evolution reaction, which is one…
Joint Berlin Data & AI Center planned
Declaration of intent signed by Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Max Delbrück Center, Berlin University Alliance, and Zuse Institute Berlin:
Data-driven research is crucial for tackling societal challenges – whether in health, materials, or climate research. In a collaboration that is so far unique, Berlin University Alliance (BUA), the Max Delbrück…
BAM develops powerful alternative to lithium-ion batteries
Innovative approach to make solid-state batteries more sustainable, cheaper, and more efficient:
Researchers at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) have developed an innovative approach to make solid-state batteries more powerful and suitable for everyday use. Their goal: batteries that…
BAM develops certified PFAS reference material made from used outdoor clothing
Important step on the road to a circular economy:
The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) has developed a reference material for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in outdoor textiles. It serves to ensure the reliability of analytical…
Customised electrification: How the PeopleSuN project is advancing the energy supply in Nigeria
Findings from RLI research project published:
Four years of research, 4,700 households and businesses surveyed, two tools and a knowledge pool: the PeopleSuN project shows what it takes for off-grid solutions to advance sustainable power supply in Nigeria. The…
BAM, HZB, and HU Berlin plan joint Berlin Battery Lab
The joint research infrastructure will also be open to industry for battery research projects:
The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), and Humboldt University of Berlin (HU Berlin) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish the Berlin…
New materials as highly sensitive X-ray detectors
Organic-inorganic hybrid materials are ideally suited and can be produced in a green way using ball milling:
New bismuth-based organic-inorganic hybrid materials show exceptional sensitivity and long-term stability as X-ray detectors, significantly more sensitive than commercial X-ray detectors. In addition, these materials…
Technology development for semiconductor material gallium oxide launched
At IKZ, a new application laboratory will be set up to produce epitaxial wafers for components in power electronics:
The EFRE project G.O.A.L. “Gallium Oxide Application Laboratory for Power Electronics”, which was launched in September 2024, completes the value chain created at the IKZ in the field of gallium oxide technology…
A cage structured material transforms into a performant catalyst for producing green hydrogen
The promising material class of clathrates was investigated at BESSY II:
Clathrates are characterised by a complex cage structure that provides space for guest ions too. Now, for the first time, a team has investigated the suitability of clathrates as catalysts for electrolytic hydrogen…