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A sculpture in front of BESSY II: The neuron accelerator

An art installation will be erected in front of the entrance to the BESSY building, which invites people to sit down and exchange ideas:

Art on buildings is one of the requirements for publicly funded construction projects. HZB is also bound by this requirement. For the three construction projects EMIL, BERLinPro and the testing hall, the HZB…

FBH has developed a terahertz line scanner for plastic components

World's first line scanner with monolithically integrated terahertz detectors for industrial applications:

The Ferdinand-Braun-Institut has developed a terahertz line scanner for plastic components, enabling cost-effective realization of larger scan line lengths in industrial environments. For the first time, the…

IRIS beamline at BESSY II extended with nanomicroscopy

The new nanoscope enables nanospectroscopy and nanoimaging of structures smaller than a thousandth of the diameter of a human hair:

The IRIS infrared beamline at the BESSY II storage ring now offers a fourth option for characterising materials, cells and even molecules on different length scales. The team has extended the IRIS beamline with an end…

German-South African GreenQUEST initiative is developing a clean household fuel

CO₂-neutral liquid gas with a great economic, environmental and social impact for southern Africa:

Burning biomass for cooking causes harmful environmental and health issues. The German-South African GreenQUEST initiative is developing a clean household fuel. It aims to reduce climate-damaging CO2 emissions and to…

A simpler way to inorganic perovskite solar cells

Annealing in ambient air does not have an adverse effect on the optoelectronic properties of the semiconductor film, but actually results in fewer defects:

Inorganic perovskite solar cells made of CsPbI3 are stable over the long term and achieve good efficiencies. A team led by Prof. Antonio Abate has now analysed surfaces and interfaces of CsPbI3 films, produced under…

Hollow nanospheres as potential reference particles for medical biomarkers

PTB contributed to precise the accurate size characterisation of the particles in its laboratory at BESSY II using small-angle X-ray scattering:

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nanometer-sized cell-derived particles in body fluids and can be used as potential biomarkers for diseases such as cancer, inflammation and cardiovascular disease. EVs gained a lot of…

A new path to room temperature swirling spin textures

HZB team investigated a new, simple method at BESSY II that can be used to create stable radial magnetic vortices in magnetic thin films:

In some materials, spins form complex magnetic structures within the nanometre and micrometre scale in which the magnetization direction twists and curls along specific directions. Examples of such structures are…

How pulsed charging enhances the service time of batteries

Research team led by Prof. Adelhelm (HZB and Humboldt University) analyses ageing effects of lithium-ion batteries with different charging protocols:

An improved charging protocol might help lithium-ion batteries to last much longer. Charging with a high-frequency pulsed current reduces ageing effects, an international team demonstrated. The study was led by…

Oxidation processes of phosphoric acid revealed by tender X-rays

Results of research at HZB help to increase the lifetime and efficiency of fuel cells:

The interactions between phosphoric acid and the platinum catalyst in high-temperature PEM fuel cells are more complex than previously assumed. Experiments at BESSY II with tender X-rays have decoded the multiple…

New pioneering Leibniz Lab to combat pandemics

FBH contributes its expertise in the development of innovative UV light-emitting diodes and related irradiation systems:

The newly launched Leibniz Lab "Pandemic Preparedness: One Health, One Future" combines excellent interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research from 41 Leibniz Institutes. For the first time in Germany,…

Sebastian Keckert wins Young Scientist Award for Accelerator Physics

The physicist developed new superconducting thin-film material systems at HZB that enable significant energy savings at accelerator facilities:

Dr Sebastian Keckert has been awarded the Young Scientist Award for Accelerator Physics of the German Physical Society (DPG). The prize is endowed with 5000 euros and was presented to him on 21.03. during the spring…

Novel system for terahertz power measurements

The 300 GHz detector, developed in a Franco-German cooperation project with PTB, enables secure communication at 6G frequencies:

Until now, it has not been possible to measure the radiated power of millimeter waves in the terahertz spectral range in the so-called H-band with frequencies from 220 GHz to 330 GHz traceable to the International…

Prof. Clara Saraceno is honored with the International Fellowship Award 2024

The IKZ researcher receives the award for achievements in the field of oxide and fluoride dielectrics and laser crystals:

Oxide and fluoride crystals are pivotal in many different areas of photonics. They are well-suited host materials for laser-active ions, can serve in optical Faraday insulators and also for non-linear frequency…

Berlin Adlershof: High technology, skilled employees and openness as key success factors

Germany's largest science and technology park remains an important pillar of Berlin's economy :

The Berlin Adlershof Science and Technology Park continued its positive development in 2023. Revenues and budget funds grew by a solid 7.1 % to € 3.9 billion (2022: € 3.6 billion). The number of employees remained…

Berlin Adlershof: Facts and figures

Berlin Adlershof is Germany’s largest and most successful science and technology park as well as Berlin’s largest media location – embedded in an overall urban development concept. Spanning an area of 4.6 km², the…

SKM Dissertation Prize 2024 of the DPG for Lisa-Marie Kern

The physicist has been awarded the Dissertation Prize of the Condensed Matter Section of the German Physical Society:

In recognition of her outstanding scientific work and its excellent presentation, Dr. Lisa-Marie Kern has been awarded the Dissertation Prize of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM) of the German Physical Society (DPG).…

IKZ researcher Ta-Shun Chou receives DGKK Young Scientist Award and wins INAM startup competition

The young scientist was honored for his outstanding scientific achievements in the field of crystal growth:

This year, the German Association of Crystal Growth (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kristallzüchtung und Kristallwachstum, DGKK) honors IKZ postdoctoral researcher Dr. Ta-Shun Chou with the Young Scientist Award for his…

Where quantum computers can score

A Berlin research team has shown that a certain class of optimisation problems can actually be solved better with quantum computers than with conventional methods:

The travelling salesman problem is considered a prime example of a combinatorial optimisation problem. Now a Berlin team led by theoretical physicist Prof. Dr. Jens Eisert of Freie Universität Berlin and HZB has shown…

Optical Frequency Combs Make Ultraviolet Spectroscopy More Sensitive and More Precise

New technique enables experiments in the ultraviolet spectral region at very feeble light levels:

In a recent publication in Nature, researchers at the Max Born Institute (MBI) in Berlin, Germany, and at Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching report on a new technique for deciphering the properties of…

Nathalie Picqué is the new Director at the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy

The physicist will establish the Department of Precision Physics at the institute:

Professor Dr. Nathalie Picqué is establishing a new department as Director at the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI) in Berlin, Germany. Her appointment at the end of 2023 is…