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Berlin is becoming a hotspot for quantum technology
Kick-off for the Berlin Quantum Alliance and presentation of the new “Leap” innovation hub:
Kick-off for the Berlin Quantum Alliance (BQA): This joint initiative by Berlin's business community, research institutions and universities is intended to make Berlin an international hotspot for the research and…
Stefan Hecht is one of the best professors for start-ups
The scientist was honored by Minister of Education Bettina Stark-Watzinger for Entrepreneurial Commitment:
The member of IRIS Adlershof, Professor Stefan Hecht, Founding Director of the Center for the Science of Materials Berlin (CSMB) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, was honored on September 6, along with 19 other…
The nanophotonicist
Sofia Pazzagli experiments with tiny amounts of light:
The wind sends small waves rippling over the pond: “This is how,” says Sofia Pazzagli, “we typically perceive of the motion of light.” Reality, however, is more complex: “When we look at light on a very small scale,…
New insights into the light scattering of atoms
Researchers at the Humboldt University of Berlin have demonstrated a surprising effect present in the fluorescent light of a single atom:
Researchers headed by Jürgen Volz and Arno Rauschenbeutel from the Department of Physics at the Humboldt University of Berlin have gained new insights into the scattering of light by a fluorescent atom, which could…
BESSY II back in operation after cyber attack on Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB, national metrology center) can use its experimental stations again:
Since Monday 3 July 2023 BESSY II light source produces brilliant light for research again. It was shut down as a precaution after a hacker attack on the IT systems at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) mid-June. The…
Jenoptik opens new medical technology site in Berlin
Completion of the production facilities on “Groß-Berliner Damm” for more than 100 employees:
Together with the employees of the Berlin sites in Germany and guests, the photonics group Jenoptik today officially celebrated the completion of its new site on “Gross-Berliner Damm” in Berlin. In the new production…
BESSY User Meeting in Adlershof
Despite a cyber attack on the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, the meeting will take place as scheduled:
On 15.06.2023, the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) became the target of a cyber attack. All IT systems were shut down for protection. The research centre cannot be reached via the website, email or telephone at the…
A new dynamic probe of electric forces between molecules
Scientists from MBI and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich investigated the optical absorption of dye molecules:
Molecules in water and other polar media are subject to strong electric forces. Such forces originate from their liquid environment, which at ambient temperature undergoes ultrafast structural fluctuations. A new…
FBH shows its entire range of services at Laser World of Photonics
High-power laser system for Additive Manufacturing and further new developments for space, communications, medical technology, materials processing and quantum technology:
Once again, the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik (FBH) will present its complete range of services at Laser World of Photonics in Munich from June 27 - 30, 2023 – from design to…
Bruker Introduces Next-Generation Automated BioAFM for Quantification of Molecular Forces
ForceRobot 400 Enables High-Throughput Force Measurements for Single-Molecule Research:
Bruker has announced the release of the ForceRobot® 400 BioAFM, which marks a new milestone in force measurement capabilities. It sets new standards in automation, generating over 250,000 force curves per day to…
Symmetry breaking by ultrashort light pulses opens new quantum pathways for coherent phonons
Researchers from MBI and University of Duisburg-Essen demonstrated a novel concept for exciting and probing coherent phonons in crystals:
Atoms in a crystal form a regular lattice, in which they can move over small distances from their equilibrium positions. Such phonon excitations are represented by quantum states. A superposition of phonon states…
Researchers at HU and Ferdinand-Braun-Institut make an important step towards the quantum internet
A cornerstone for 1000-fold improved communication rates to bridge long distances:
Diamond material is of great importance for future technologies such as the quantum internet. Special defect centers can be used as quantum bits (qubits) and emit single light particles that are referred to as single…
How much cadmium is contained in cocoa beans?
Team at BESSY II investigated heavy metal contamination of cocoa beans by combining different X-ray fluorescence techniques:
Cocoa beans can absorb toxic heavy metals such as cadmium from the soil. Some cultivation areas, especially in South America, are polluted with these heavy metals, in some cases considerably. In combining different…
Berlin Adlershof: Record growth despite skills shortage and multiple crises
Positive development despite interlocking crises/ Remarkable increase particularly in employment:
Despite various interlocking crises, the Science and Technology Park in Berlin Adlershof was able to grow significantly in 2022. Revenues and budgetary resources increased to €3.63 billion (2021: €3.21 billion),…
HZB receives funding to make innovations usable more quickly
Helmholtz Association funds innovation platforms on accelerator technologies and photovoltaics research with 4.2 million euros:
The Helmholtz Association has selected three new innovation platforms that will now be funded. HZB is involved in two of them: The Innovation Platform on Accelerator Technologies HI-ACTS is intended to open up modern…
Multi-million-Euro funding for two collaborative quantum technology projects
HU Berlin, German Aerospace Center, Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, and IRIS Adlershof are involved in the projects:
Quantum technologies promise a variety of completely new applications. In addition to quantum computers, quantum sensing and quantum communication are among the areas of quantum technology in which the first, also…
Future-oriented expansion of the LUM management
Susanne Lerche-Merchant will strengthen the management of the company as Managing Director/CEO as of March 2023:
LUM GmbH was founded in 1994 by the Managing Director Prof. Dr. Dr. Dietmar Lerche as innovative development, production and service corporation. The headquarters are located in Berlin, Germany. Subsidiaries work in…
HZB team investigates charge transport in MXenes
Superstore MXene are considered an exciting new class of materials for energy storage:
MXenes are able to store large amounts of electrical energy like batteries and to charge and discharge rather quickly like a supercapacitor. They combine both talents and thus are a very interesting class of materials…
Speeding up diagnostics! Entangled photon pairs to help fighting cancer
FBH scientists from Adlershof will develop the required diode lasers and quantum light modules:
Cancer is the second leading cause of death and the most feared disease in aging Western societies, representing the greatest challenge to modern medicine. Since cancer cannot be prevented, early and differentiated…
Eight million euros for the 3D printing revolution by xolo
Xolo’s novel technology enables the production of intricate components in mere seconds:
The DeepTech & Climate Fonds (DTCF) has successfully closed its first investment in a series A financing round. Together with the HZG Group, Onsight Ventures and the current investor SquareOne, DTCF is investing eight…