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Is there a second earth?
Astrophysicists at the German Aerospace Center discovered the most extensive planetary system to date:
A team of astrophysicists at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und- Raumfahrt; DLR), together with German and other European colleagues, has discovered the most extensive planetary system to…
High concentrated dispersions and packed sediments X-rayed
German Federal Office for Radiation Protection granted type approval for Separation Analyser made by LUM:
The German Federal Office for Radiation Protection granted the type approval pursuant to the German X-ray ordinance (RöV) for the new Separation Analyser LUMiReader X-Ray. The type approval of 2 August 2013, published…
Major leap towards graphene for solar cells
Surprising result: Graphen retains its properties even when coated with silicon:
Graphene has extreme conductivity and is completely transparent while being inexpensive and nontoxic. This makes it a perfect candidate material for transparent contact layers for use in solar cells to conduct…
Adlershof Special 31: Real Estate
A sea of possibilities:
A model district on the upswing // A vibrant part of the city
Success as incentive
Editorial by Michael Müller, Senator for Urban Development and the Environment:
“Looking at more. Together“ is the motto of this issue of Adlershof Special. Over the past two decades, the State of Berlin has contributed to this “more“ by specific investments targeted at transport connections and…
A vibrant part of the city
Adlershof is more than a centre for technological innovation and media:
Above all, Berlin Adlershof is an urban zone pulsating with life where 23,000 people are out and about on the streets each day. Berlin’s smartest neighbourhood Adlershof is growing in all respects. Having been a…
EUROPA-CENTER, Stage III
35,000 square metres office complex:
Built on stilts, they do not block the view of Adlershof’s “old twins“, the sphere-shaped thermo-constant laboratories which have long been the town’s landmark. What makes EUROPA-CENTER AG’s new office buildings on…
A clever addition to the Technology Park
The new industrial park at Segelfliegerdamm:
For a long time, the premises of the former nationally owned company Medizinische Geräte Berlin on Segelfliegerdamm had been a sorry sight. It now serves as an impressive example of how a partially contaminated strip…
Future Living about to be launched
70 flats with future-oriented technical equipment:
“General interest in our cross-generational Living Labs is keen,“ declares Klaus D. Krebs, satisfied. The architect from Berlin is responsible for the project “Future Living Berlin“ which is being developed at the…
World Record Solar Cell with 44.7% Efficiency
Helmholtz Zentrum research group was involved:
With a solar cell efficiency of 44.7%, scientists around Dr. Frank Dimroth at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE achieved a new world record for the conversion of sunlight into electricity. They…
Adlershof Special 30: Microsystems and Materials
Grand in miniature:
Innovation seed: Hybrid materials // Clean, cleaner, Adlershof // The microreactor in a drop of liquid // Hardware for Think Tanks // A gentle look through // New centre for IRIS Adlershof // Medical progress on the…
Innovation seed: Hybrid materials
Editorial by Prof. Stefan Hecht & Prof. Norbert Koch, Departments of Chemistry and Physics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin:
New products in the communication and energy sector – just think about smartphones and solar cells – continuously change our daily life. This rapid development is based on modern technologies that typically originate…
A gentle look through
Terahertz rays are good for more than just body scans at airports. FBH is one of the world leading institutes:
The terahertz technology will soon be arousing interest for many applications in medicine, radar, communications, security, nondestructive materials testing, and quality assurance. The path that must be taken is…
Clean, cleaner, Adlershof
A number of the most modern clean rooms in the region at the Centre for Materials and Microsystems:
If electronic circuitry and systems are to operate reliably, greatest care must be taken in the production process. They are manufactured in special clean rooms that can be accessed only through an airlock. The air in…
The microreactor in a drop of liquid
BAM offers fast analysis at low cost:
The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) department has been part of the Adlershof Science Park since the very beginning. In line with the growing number of its assignments it has modified its…
Hardware for think tanks
Process engineering systems on the laboratory and pilot plant scale by ILS-Integrated Lab Solutions:
When chemical companies want to transform their Holy Grail into hardware, they turn to ILS-Integrated Lab Solutions GmbH in the Adlershof Technology Park. This company manufactures process engineering systems on the…
New centre for IRIS Adlershof
Research into “hybrid systems” of national significance:
Distinction has been an IRIS hallmark for quite some time now. After all, this “Integrative Research Institute for the Sciences” proved the decisive factor for the excellence status awarded to the Humboldt University…
Medical progress on the tiniest of scales
Adlershof companies combat cancer and other scourges of humanity:
Companies like MagForce, Surflay Nanotec, and NanoBioAnalytics coat microcapsules, destroy cancerous growths with the aid of injected nanoparticles, and feed measuring probes to living cells at the Centre for…
Grand in miniature
Companies based in Adlershof are leaders in the field of small satellites:
At Astro- und Feinwerktechnik Adlershof GmbH (Astrofein), the walls of the conference room proudly display an array of awards that cannot fail to impress. They all have something to do with small satellites. For…
A model district on the upswing
Nearly 1,000 flats and 380 student accomodation units are being created within the “Wohnen am Campus“ housing district:
A city without flats isn’t a real city. That’s why from the outset, planners in Adlershof have been aiming at a mixed-use development including urban residential living. For a long time, Berlin’s slack housing market…