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BAM working group with Franziska Emmerling © WISTA Management GmbH
25.02.2020

Milled, not stirred

At the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) new successes for green chemistry are achieved with smart processes:

It’s hard not to think of medieval times when someone speaks of clattering mills. However, what Franziska Emmerling and her team practice is high-level chemistry. The head of the Structure Analysis division at the…

Till Wolfram © WISTA Management GmbH
25.02.2020

Fair resources

Tungsten Consulting is developing procedures for environmentally friendly chemical processing of raw materials – such as graphite, large amounts of which are used in batteries:

Storage batteries are in high demand: for cars and bikes used in electromobility as well as mobile electronics devices. The benefits for climate protection and health are heavily advertised but not many like to talk…

Andreas Wicht and Markus Krutzik © WISTA Management GmbH
25.02.2020

Crime scenes and quantum technology

Why the time is right for establishing a network of quantum technologies in the Berlin-Brandenburg region:

A visit of the Ferdinand-Braun-Institute (FBH) in Berlin-Adlershof conjures up images of a crime scene: people in white hazmat suits walk along the corridors, visitors must put blue covers over their shoes. Leave no…

Administration building of the Tobis studios in Johannisthal
25.02.2020

Berlin’s forgotten dream factory

The Johannisthaler Filmanstalten (Jofa) film studios were founded a hundred years ago:

The year 1920 began with some far-reaching changes for the German Empire. On 10 January, the Treaty of Versailles became effective. In Johannisthal and Adlershof, two then-rural communities on the south-eastern…

Konstantin Livanov, Natalia Zamoshchik, ORELTECH © WISTA Management GmbH
25.02.2020

Breakthrough process for metallic coatings

Adlershof start-up ORELTECH GmbH develops conductive inks and fluids:

ORELTECH GmbH, a young start-up, develops conductive inks and fluids, which can built into inkjet printers. The start-up has developed a procedure that also allows much finer metallisation techniques, for example,…

PILATUS detector © HZB
19.02.2020

New detector accelerates protein crystallography

MX Beamline at BESSY II works about 2 to 3 times faster than before:

In February a new detector was installed at one of the three MX beamlines at HZB. Compared to the old detector the new one is better, faster and more sensitive. It allows to acquire complete data sets of complex…

Scheme Renewable Off-Grid Systems © RLI
19.02.2020

Off-Grid Renewable Energy opens up pathways for Electricity Access and Climate Action

Researchers from the Reiner Lemoine Institute (RLI) present study on the importance of off-grid systems:

Achieving universal electrification by 2030 (SDG7) implies the provision of electricity access to more than 1.2 billion people cumulatively, of which the majority characterizes as highly climate vulnerable. Together…

electron reservoirs of magnetic atoms © MBI Berlin
17.02.2020

Light Moves Spins Around

Researchers have disentangled how laser pulses can manipulate magnetization via ultrafast transfer of electrons between different atoms:

Few nanometer-thin films of magnetic materials are ideal test objects to study fundamental problems in magnetism. Furthermore, such thin magnetic films have important technological applications. For example, they are…

3D architecture of the cell © Burcu Kepsutlu/HZB
14.02.2020

“The cell looks like it has just run a marathon”

X-ray microscopy at BESSY II reveals how nanoparticles can change cells:

Nanoparticles easily enter into cells. New insights about how they are distributed and what they do there are shown for the first time by high-resolution 3D microscopy images from BESSY II. For example, certain…

© Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
05.02.2020

HZB scientists participate in consensus statement for perovskite test methods

Collection of aging measurement protocols published in Nature Energy:

Experts from 51 research institutions have now agreed on the procedures for measuring the stability of perovskite solar cells and assessing their quality. The consensus statement was published in Nature Energy and is…

Certificate: NASA Group Achievement Award for Markus Krutzik © FBH
30.01.2020

NASA honors Markus Krutzik

His team developed an instrument that was successfully used to generate ultra-cold atoms on the International Space Station (ISS):

At the end of last year, the Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL) team at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), USA, received the "NASA Group Achievement Award". This award also honors the achievements of Dr. Markus Krutzik as a…

Turnkey modular UV LED irradiation system © FBH/P. Immerz
29.01.2020

UVphotonics to showcase custom UV LEDs and modules at Photonics West

The versatile light sources are configurable to various application requirements:

UV LEDs have opened up new prospects due to benefits like increased design flexibility, energy savings and reduced overall cost. Their customizable wavelengths, low operation voltages, ability to be rapidly switched…

© Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
23.01.2020

HZB scientist provides new insights into perovskite solar cell research

Plants absorb lead from perovskite solar cells more than expected:

Lead from metal-organic perovskite compounds can be absorbed particularly easily by plants. The bioavailability is significantly higher than that of lead from inorganic compounds as found in batteries. This is shown…

© WISTA Management GmbH, PSC
21.01.2020

New Network “Campus Club Adlershof” for Material and Environmental Technology

Interdiciplinary Cooperation and Talent-Recruiting:

With more than 60 participants, the event exceeded all expectations. The start-ups OrelTech, INURU, Nano-Join, Tiwari, Solaga and PSC presented the current status of their research and products from the Adlershof…

Bild: © MBI
18.01.2020

MBI researcher was awarded the "JCP Editor's Choice Award 2020

Dr. Arnaud Rouzée received the award for his publication in the Journal of Chemical Physics:

Dr. Arnaud Rouzée has been awarded the 2020 “JCP Editor’s Choice Award”  that rewards the most outstanding paper published in the Journal of Chemical Physics in 2019 for his work entitled “Atomic-resolution imaging of…

Credit: LUM
17.01.2020

21st International Sales Meeting of LUM GmbH

Sales experts from all over the world meet at the headquarters in Adlershof:

From January 27th to 29th the International Sales Meeting will take place at the headquarters of LUM GmbH in Berlin-Adlershof for the 21st time in a row. The sales experts of the LUM companies from Asia, Europe and…

Rhodopsin © E. Ritter/HZB
14.01.2020

Watching complex molecules at work

HZB team uses a newly developed infrared spectrometer at BESSY II to investigate how biomolecules in sensory cells work:

A new method of infrared spectroscopy developed at BESSY II makes single-measurement observation and analysis of very fast as well as irreversible reaction mechanisms in molecules feasible for the first time.…

Adlershof Journal Jan/Feb 2020
08.01.2020

Adlershof Journal January/February 2020

A place for the bright-minded: meet the Science City’s start-ups:

Dynamism meets experience: Adlershofer Accelerator in fourth round //  The future makers: High-tech founders instead of copycats //  Secret recipe for business idea: Search for answers to unmet demand // …

Illustration: Dorothee Mahnkopf © WISTA Management GmbH
08.01.2020

Unicorns, muses and other business idea myths: What is the holy grail of innovation?

Essay by Heike Hölzner, Professor for Entrepreneurship und Medium-sized businesses at the HTW Berlin – University of Applied Sciences:

Brilliant ideas or favourable opportunities? Many in today’s digital age are mulling over how innovative business ideas are created. Start-ups and corporations alike are seeking the holy grail of innovation: a tool or…

Marina Salmon © WISTA Management GmbH
08.01.2020

How do you manage a co-working space?

In conversation with Marina Salmon, who in addition to WISTA’s co-working space is also in charge of the Long Night of the Sciences and the science slams in Adlershof:

Marina Salmon runs the show at the WISTA’s co-working space at Rudower Chaussee 17. When the Technology Park’s first-ever co-working space was founded in November 2017, the business economist also ventured into new…