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© BAUER Elektroanlagen GmbH
27.08.2020

Crisis? What Crisis?

Despite the bleak outlook of economic research institutes, there are companies that continue their path to growth – two examples from Adlershof:

These are difficult times for many companies. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, economic research institutes are foreseeing a wave of bankruptcies. Despite this bleak outlook, however, there are still many stories with a…

BAM Team © WISTA
27.08.2020

Webinars replacing face-to-face events

BAM gets creative in the wake of the coronavirus crisis:

Need is the mother of invention. The solution is often right in front of us. When the pandemic threw planning into disarray, the team of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) got pretty…

Pilates © Tatyana Soares/Shutterstock
27.08.2020

From company relay race to reflection workshop

Service offering from the Adlershof Health Network for the Science City’s employees:

Annika Huber-Lieske could not reveal to us whether any of the relay race’s colourful teams from last year would be standing on this year’s starting line. But on 3 September 2020, it is indeed ‘ready, set, go’ for the…

Gabrielle Thomas © WISTA Management GmbH
26.08.2020

A point guard in the quantum world

The Scottish photonics specialist M Squared now has a facility in Adlershof:

M Squared has made a name for itself in the photonics industry as a provider of high-end lasers and instruments for use in quantum technology, biophotonics, and chemical sensing. The Glasgow-based company is now…

© Forschungszentrum Jülich/Sascha Kreklau
17.08.2020

Research group of the FU Berlin and the HZB develop new method to shorten computing times

Mathematical tool helps calculate properties of quantum materials more quickly:

Many quantum materials have been nearly impossible to simulate mathematically because the computing time required is too long. Now a joint research group at Freie Universität Berlin and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin…

© Sonya Calnan/HZB
06.08.2020

HZB investigated the best electrolyser-photovoltaic combinations

The PECSYS project tested different combinations of materials and technologies:

One of the most promising ways to increase the availability of solar energy is to convert excess production into hydrogen. The PECSYS project has investigated the best possible material and technology combinations to…

Jan Lüning © P. Dera /HZB
03.08.2020

Humboldt-University Berlin appoints Jan Lüning

HZB’s Scientific Director was appointed Professor of Electronic Properties of Materials/X-ray Analysis:

Prof. Dr. Jan Lüning, Scientific Director at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), was appointed to an S-W3 professorship at Humboldt University in Berlin in July. The professorship is entitled “Electronic Properties of…

03.08.2020

New Collaborative Research Center FONDA seeks new methods for analyzing large data sets

The aim of the joint university research project is an easier and reusable data analysis for the natural sciences:

The recently established Collaborative Research Center “FONDA – Foundations of Workflows for Large Scale Scientific Data Analysis” researches new methods for analyzing large data sets. Such data emerges from…

Construction site © AEMtec GmbH
29.07.2020

AEMtec starts construction to expand space in Adlershof

Groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of additional clean room production area of 1500 sqm and office space of 900 sqm:

AEMtec GmbH follows the successful growth course of the past years. In calendar week 28, the first construction work began on the AEMtec site in Berlin, Germany.   To serve the increasing requests of a broad customer…

Mobile phone. Credit: HZB
29.07.2020

Hope for better batteries

HZB researchers follow live the charging and discharging of silicon electrodess, which promise higher capacities:

Using silicon as a material for electrodes in lithium-ion batteries promises a significant increase in battery amp-hour capacity.The shortcoming of this material is that it is easily damaged by the stress caused by…

Laser diode bench ©FBH/schurian.com
16.07.2020

Robust laser technology for climate satellites

Ferdinand-Braun-Institut supplies components for the Franco-German satellite MERLIN, which will be used to measure the methane concentration in the Earth’s atmosphere:

The Franco-German satellite MERLIN is due to be launched into space in 2025 to measure the methane concentration in the Earth’s atmosphere – a milestone in climate research. Important components of the LiDAR…

Fig.: © MBI
15.07.2020

MBI researchers detect new technique to change the oscillation frequency of atoms

Hammer-on technique for atomic vibrations in a crystal:

Vibrations of atoms in a crystal of the semiconductor gallium arsenide (GaAs) are impulsively shifted to a higher frequency by an optically excited electric current. The related change in the spatial distribution of…

fragment-screening workflow © HZB
14.07.2020

New substance library to accelerate the search for active compounds

Substance library of the HZB-MX team is available worldwide for the development of drugs, also in the search for active substances against SARS-CoV-2 :

In order to accelerate the systematic development of drugs, the MX team at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and the Drug Design Group at the University of Marburg have established a new substance library. It…

Logo: Agora Verkehrswende
14.07.2020

Municipalities are responsible for the expansion of charging infrastructure

Agora Verkehrswende study co-authored by RLI:

In a discussion paper, the Berlin think tank Agora Verkehrswende calls on cities and municipalities to push the construction and distribution of charging points for the rapidly growing number of electric vehicles more…

Modell experiment © M. Bargheer/ Uni Potsdam
13.07.2020

Robust high-performance data storage through magnetic anisotropy

Research group from HZB and the University of Potsdam investigated different iron-platinum thin films used as material for HAMR memories:

The latest generation of magnetic hard drives is made of magnetic thin films, which are invar materials. They allow extremely robust and high data storage density by local heating of ultrasmall nano-domains with a…

Anatomy of the early Moon © DLR/Maxime Maurice
13.07.2020

A slightly younger Moon

Scientists from DLR and the University of Münster found that Earth's natural satellite is almost 100 million years younger than previously thought:

The Moon formed a little later than previously assumed. When a Mars-sized protoplanet was destroyed in a collision with the young Earth, a new body was created from the debris ejected during this catastrophe – the…

Stefan Jonas, Lutz Redmann © Jonas & Redmann Group GmbH
10.07.2020

New headquarters: Jonas & Redmann is investing 25 million euros in Adlershof Technology Park

Berlin-based mechanical engineering firm builds new company building on 23,000 m² site in record time / Company moves into the production halls in July:

Jonas & Redmann is building a new company headquarters in Johannisthal, an urban district in the Berlin borough of Treptow-Köpenick. The new production and office space is located on a 23,000 square-metre site at…

New CatLab © HZB
09.07.2020

Start for new Center for Catalysis Research in Adlershof

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) initiates architectural competition for an innovative laboratory and office building:

The Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) is launching a major new project with an interdisciplinary architectural competition: An innovative laboratory and office building for catalysis research, in which the scientific…

Figure: MBI
06.07.2020

MBI generates infrared pulses with excellent beam quality and outstanding pulse stability

Record parameters for amplified ultrashort pulses at 2-µm wavelength and kilohertz repetition rates :

Power-scalable ultrafast laser sources in the midwave-infrared (MWIR) are a key element for basic research and applications in material processing and medicine. Optical amplifiers based on chirped pulse amplification…

AJ July/August 2020: Front cover
30.06.2020

Adlershof Journal July/August 2020

Let’s talk! Innovation starts with finding the right words:

Digital translators: Will learning languages soon become obsolete? // Language as a tool: the power of the spoken word // Detective work against dementia: early diagnosis of Alzheimer's