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Bicycle workshop at HZB © HZB
27.02.2024

Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin is a bicycle-friendly employer

With the certificate, the research institute aims to be more attractive to employees and improve its carbon footprint:

Since 2017, the German Cyclists' Federation (ADFC) has been awarding the EU-wide "Bicycle-Friendly Employer" certification. The Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin has now been awarded the coveted silver seal. With this, the HZB…

Symbolic image: CLIMAT method © Laura Canil
26.02.2024

New instrument for optoelectronics records 14 parameters in one go

HZB physicist develops measurement process for characterising semiconductors that saves valuable time:

An HZB physicist has developed a new method for the comprehensive characterisation of semiconductors in a single measurement. The “Constant Light-Induced Magneto-Transport (CLIMAT)” is based on the Hall effect and…

Schematic illustration of a sodium ion battery © HZB
23.02.2024

Sodium-ion batteries: How doping works

Researchers from HZB and Humboldt-Universität discover two competing mechanisms that determine the stability of cathodes:

Sodium-ion batteries still have a number of weaknesses that could be remedied by optimising the battery materials. One possibility is to dope the cathode material with foreign elements. A team from HZB and…

Visualization of a single-atom alloy
15.02.2024

As easy as counting to ten – a new rule for catalysts’ design

Scientists from three British universities and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) discover new rule for catalyst design:

A collaborative team from three British universities and from Humboldt-Universität have discovered a very simple rule to design single-atom alloy catalysts for chemical reactions. The ‘ten electron rule’ helps…

14.02.2024

Funding of basic research for green energy of the future

Establishing a research group between Seoul and Berlin:

Professor Wonwoo Nam is an Einstein Visiting Fellow of the Einstein Foundation Berlin and has received the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, which is linked to a research stay at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin…

Reconstructed electron distributions of the 2s and 2p states of neon © PTB
13.02.2024

Reconstruction of atomic electron densities

PTB researchers have further developed the procedure and the mathematical methods for visualising the spatial distribution of electrons in the atom:

Reconstructing the spatial electron density of atomic systems not only provides new insights into quantum mechanics, but also advances in areas such as material science and functional surfaces. In the photoelectric…

Molecular geometry structures of fumarate, maleate and succinate dianions © HZB
12.02.2024

Molecular orbitals determine stability

Team at HZB has elucidated the influence of the electronic structure on the stability of fumarate, maleate and succinate dianions:

Carboxylic acid dianions (fumarate, maleate and succinate) play a role in coordination chemistry and to some extent also in the biochemistry of body cells. An HZB team at BESSY II has now analysed their electronic…

Depiction of Earth and Venus, with the EnVision orbiter in the foreground © NASA/JAXA/ISAS/DARTS/VR2planets/Damia Bouic
01.02.2024

ESA approves Venus EnVision mission

DLR is contributing a multispectral camera to map the mineralogy and perform measurements in the venusian atmosphere:

Venus, Earth's inner neighbouring planet, is a mysterious celestial body. Almost the same size as Earth, with only a slightly smaller mass and largely made up of the same materials as Earth, Venus has developed in a…

Noctis Labyrinthus – tectonically shaped 'high mountains' © ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO)
31.01.2024

DLR’s Mars camera – 20 years of operations

The first image was transmitted to Earth on 10 January 2004:

An extraordinary success story, and a long-lasting one at that. For 20 years now, DLR's High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board the European Space Agency (ESA) Mars Express orbiter has been providing the science…

Figure: metal-insulator phase transition © MBI/Smirnova
31.01.2024

Ultrafast excitations in correlated systems

Team of researchers presented new ideas for ultrafast multi-dimensional spectroscopy of strongly correlated solids:

An international team of researchers from the European XFEL together with colleagues from the Max Born Institute in Berlin, Universities of Berlin and Hamburg, The University of Tokyo, the Japanese National Institute…

31.01.2024

Funding required for practice-oriented research into electromobility

Broad alliance from research and industry criticises planned cuts in federal funding by the government:

A broad alliance from research and industry is calling on the German government to provide federal funding for application-oriented research into electromobility in the 2024 budget and beyond. In an open letter, the…

Analysis of EXAFS data of the Cantor alloy. Image: HZB
31.01.2024

Local variations in the atomic structure of High-Entropy Alloys

HZB study provided deeper insights into alloy materials at the atomic scale:

High-entropy alloys can withstand extreme heat and stress, making them suitable for a variety of specific applications. A new study at the X-ray synchrotron radiation source BESSY II has now provided deeper insights…

Beate Schultz-Zehden, Vice Rector Student Affairs and Teaching at bbw Hochschule © WISTA Management GmbH
26.01.2024

In conversation with Beate Schultz-Zehden

As vice-rector at the bbw University of Applied Sciences, she is responsible for making teaching future-proof:

“This is exactly where we belong,” is what the management of bbw Hochschule - University of Applied Sciences exclaimed when it moved the Adlershof Technology Park in April 2023. Since then, the roughly 1,200 students…

Illustration: searching for talents. D. Mahnkopf © WISTA Management GmbH
24.01.2024

Our heart beats for high-tech

The opinion of Katrin Robeck, Managing Director of B.I.G. Corporate Services, on the topic of talent:

The ‘talent issue’: Is it as threatening as it is sometimes portrayed? As a medium-sized company with a very high demand for high-skilled workers from the STEM sector, we take the issue very seriously. However, at the…

sample rod including sample holder © D. Kojda/HZB
23.01.2024

Higher measurement accuracy opens new window to the quantum world

HZB team developed new measurement method for temperature differences in the sub-millikelvin range:

A team at HZB has developed a new measurement method that, for the first time, accurately detects tiny temperature differences in the range of 100 microkelvin in the thermal Hall effect. Previously, these temperature…

Career changer Onur Sahin and network coordinator Uta Voigt © WISTA Management GmbH
23.01.2024

A career change into the future

The proANH e.V. association is securing demands for skilled staff in microtechnology by offering advanced vocational training to become an electronics manufacturing specialist:

He was looking for a future-proof career opportunity, says Onur Sahin. The 30-year-old was looking to “take a new path.” It was a fabulous stroke of luck that it led him straight to the cleanrooms at…

Physicist Jan Ruschel during band practice © WISTA Management GmbH
22.01.2024

The radiation man

Jan Ruschel investigates short-wave UV light sources in Adlershof:

He could have done something completely different. “Way back in the day, I thought I might become an artist,” says Jan Ruschel. Quite a few brows were furrowed at his grammar school in Berlin when he chose a very…

Sydney and Marc from Braunschweig on a studio tours at Studio Berlin © WISTA Management GmbH
19.01.2024

Television up close

The guided tours of the studios in Berlin Adlershof attract both Berliners and non-Berliners:

Berlin is not only the country’s capital but also a television hub. Many of the studios in Berlin Adlershof are up to 2,400 square metres large and home to TV mainstays like ‘Verstehen Sie Spaß?’ and ‘Klein gegen…

[Translate to English:] Ukranian research group at MBI © MBI
18.01.2024

Max Born Institute hosts a team from Ukraine to explore ultrafast relaxation dynamics of molecules in solution

Laserlab-Europe provides transnational access to the best laser research facilities in Europe:

The ongoing war in Ukraine is severely hampering experimental research at their national facilities. It is therefore all the more important to help Ukrainian scientists continue their research in these difficult…

Maximilian Helmbrecht, HU Berlin © WISTA Management GmbH
18.01.2024

Oustanding: STEM talent Maximilian Helmbrecht promotes STEM talent

Fischer Nernst Award winner from HU Chemistry is involved in the Humboldt ProMINT Kolleg:

Maximilian Helmbrecht detected antioxidants in foodstuffs as part of his bachelor’s thesis and received the Fischer-Nernst Award of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) for it. At the same time, the 23-year-old is…