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Pauline Münch, Structure | Anthroposcenes © WISTA Management GmbH / Tina Merkau
10.09.2024

The flow directions of science communication

A research project from Berlin uses transdisciplinary formats to start a conversation with people from the region:

“In some places, there will be too much water, in some too little, and water in general will be more polluted.” At the Einstein Research Unit Climate and Water under Change (CliWaC), researchers from various…

Prof. Dr. Janine George © BAM
09.09.2024

European Research Council funds BAM scientist Janine George

Prof. George receives research funding of 1.5 million euros for her “Multibondes” project:

Janine George from the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) has been awarded a Starting Grant of around 1.5 million euros by the European Research Council (ERC). The prestigious grant will support…

Adlershof Journal September/October 2024
09.09.2024

Adlershof Journal September/October 2024

Follow the science: Why science and society should make an impact together:

The science manager at IKZ: Janet Zapke organises operations at the IKZ // Role model for a clean future: HZB wants to conduct greenhouse gas neutral research // Food safety: SAFIA ist tracking down mould …

Peter Carl, Timm Schwaar, Nick Gundermann / SAFIA © WISTA Management GmbH / Tina Merkau
09.09.2024

Food safety: Tracking down mould

SAFIA's rapid tests ensure food safety:

They lurk in the shadows, hide in your flour, permeate exotic spices, and swim undetected in sweet juices. We are talking about mycotoxins, the poisonous substances produced by various fungi or mould. They thrive in…

Psychologist Marietta Herzog / Little Feels © WISTA Management GmbH / Tina Merkau
06.09.2024

What a Feeling

The learning materials from the start-up ‘Little Feels’ are a great way to train children’s emotions:

“We are currently living in a type of mental health crisis,” says Mariette Herzog. “Every fourth child in German daycare centres exhibits signs of social-emotional developmental deficits. Twenty percent of all…

Carina Hanke, Climate and Energy Manager at HZB ©HZB
06.09.2024

Greenhouse gas neutral research

HZB wants to be a role model for a clean future:

“When a research institution is heavily focused on renewable energies, it should set an example in its efforts for climate protection,” says Carina Hanke. “Because of this, HZB has committed itself to become…

Discriminating left- and right-handed molecules using chiral vortex light © Dr. Mayer
06.09.2024

New 'Chiral Vortex' of Light Reveals Molecular Mirror Images

The entirely new structure of light could help drug developers see their work more clearly than before:

An entirely new structure of light is helping to measure chirality in molecules more accurately and robustly than ever before, in a major potential step for the medicine. The study published in Nature Photonics was…

Janet Zapke, IKZ © WISTA Management GmbH / Tina Merkau
05.09.2024

The science manager at IKZ

Janet Zapke organises operations at the Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth:

When Janet Zapke went from Hamburg to Adlershof, it was the return to a landmark of her past. She has many memories connected to this place, memories of her time at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Of chemistry…

Patricia Löwe, Executive Assistant to Corporate Communication, FVB ©WISTA Management GmbH / Tina Merkau
04.09.2024

In conversation with Patricia Löwe

Executive Assistant to Corporate Communication at Forschungsverbund Berlin:

Forschungsverbunds Berlin e. V. (FVB), an association of non-university research institutes in Berlin, recently put out the following statement: “In these turbulent times—faced with ongoing crises and attacks on our…

Illustration Science Communication: Dorothee Mahnkopf © WISTA Management GmbH
03.09.2024

Science brings people together

Essay by Christian Rauch, PhD physicist, science communicator, and new director of Berlin Science Week:

In this era of great change in which disinformation and polarisation are increasingly shaping our society, science communication is becoming more and more important. However, science communication is also facing major…

Magnosco team © WISTA Management GmbH / Tina Merkau
02.09.2024

Science und Society

How research and innovation secure our future:

Without research and innovation, our society would stagnate. The institutes and companies in Adlershof show how it can be done differently every day anew. We will take an in-depth look at how they secure our future…

Martin Böhnke, Managing Director of the Forschungsverbund Berlin e. V. © FVB / Berit Kraushaar
19.08.2024

Martin Böhnke takes over as Managing Director of the Forschungsverbund Berlin e. V.

On 15 August 2024, the lawyer took over the position he had already assumed on an interim basis in April 2024:

Following the departure of the previous Managing Director Dr. Nicole Münnich in March 2024, a search committee was tasked with filling the position. Martin Böhnke, who had already been working as a Legal Advisor in…

The space probe JUICE's trajectory
15.08.2024

JUICE space probe to fly by the Moon and Earth

With the close flybys the space probe's trajectory will be changed, setting it on the ideal course to Venus:

The highly anticipated space manoeuvre has been named LEGA, for 'Lunar-Earth Gravity Assist' – which roughly means Moon-Earth gravity deflection. For the first time, the orbit of a space probe will be altered by the…

Dr. Paul Crump, FBH. ©FBH/P. Immerz
14.08.2024

FBH strengthens German-British cooperation in high-performance photonics

Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) and the University of Glasgow intensify expert exchange and initiate new Visiting Professorship:

Berlin-based Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) and the University of Glasgow to deepen cooperation, focusing on ultra-high-power photonic applications and enhanced exchange of photonics experts and students through the…

Indium-Array
12.08.2024

IKZ, BAM, UDE and BESTEC successfully completed KostSol project

The aim of the joint project was to reduce costs in the production of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells through laser-induced structure formation on surfaces:

The joint project "Cost-Efficient Fabrication of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells through Laser-Induced Surface Structuring" (KostSol), funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK), in…

02.08.2024

LTB takes over Laser-Mikrotechnologie Dr. Kieburg GmbH

The company will be integrated into LTB as an independent business unit:

LTB Lasertechnik Berlin GmbH announced that it successfully acquired Laser-Mikrotechnologie Dr. Kieburg GmbH with effect from 1 August 2024. Laser-Mikrotechnologie Dr. Kieburg GmbH, a renowned specialist in special…

Bubbles at a PEC cell © Feng Liang /HZB
02.08.2024

Green hydrogen: “Artificial leaf” becomes better under pressure

Pressures between 6 to 8 bar can increase the efficiency of hydrogen production with sunlight in photoelectrochemical cells:

Hydrogen can be produced via the electrolytic splitting of water. One option here is the use of photoelectrodes that convert sunlight into voltage for electrolysis in so called photoelectrochemical cells (PEC cells).…

Laser clock. Credit: DLR (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)
31.07.2024

DLR laser clock achieves world-class accuracy

Laser clocks are set to improve satellite navigation and deliver a precise global time signal:

A new laser clock from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has achieved a record level of accuracy for optical clocks with gas cells: in 30 million years, it would be off by…

Figure visualizing the added value of research and development so that research funds can be invested in promising and important projects. © 10.1016/j.joule.2024.07.005
30.07.2024

Green hydrogen from direct seawater electrolysis

International experts compare different approaches and warn against hype:

At first glance, the plan sounds compelling: invent and develop future electrolysers capable of producing hydrogen directly from unpurified seawater. But a closer look reveals that such direct seawater electrolysers…

Supply chain for power electronic devices based on novel semiconductor material aluminum nitride © Fraunhofer IISB/Elisabeth Iglhaut
24.07.2024

Supply chain for power electronic devices based on novel semiconductor material

German research partners demonstrated the practical implementation of an aluminum nitride-based value chain for power semiconductors, from base material growth to device fabrication:

Electromobility, energy supply, automation, and broadband communication – especially in the light of digital transformation and climate change – are opening up new opportunities for European research to take lead in…