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Adlershof Journal September/October 2023
05.09.2023

Adlershof Journal September/October 2023

Let's get going: Adlershof sets sail for the future:

A bright future: Eva Unger researches a class of minerals known as perovskites // Renewables in its DNA: ABO Wind is working on the energy transition // “Difficult access to the industry”: TV+Synchron Berlin is…

Sofia Pazzagli © WISTA Management GmbH
04.09.2023

The nanophotonicist

Sofia Pazzagli experiments with tiny amounts of light:

The wind sends small waves rippling over the pond: “This is how,” says Sofia Pazzagli, “we typically perceive of the motion of light.” Reality, however, is more complex: “When we look at light on a very small scale,…

Prof. Thierry Duffar (Chairman of the Prize Committee, centre) and Prof. Koichi Kakimoto (President of the IOCG, right) present the Laudise Prize to Prof. Peter Rudolph (left) © IKZ
30.08.2023

Laudise Prize for Prof. Peter Rudolph

The scientist was honored with the award for his exceptional achievements in the field of crystal growth:

Prof. Peter Rudolph, former IKZ researcher for many years, was awarded the Laudise Prize of the International Organization for Crystal Growth (IOCG) during the 20th International Conference on Crystal Growth (ICCG-20)…

Visualization of the Leuna100 pilot plant for the production of green methanol. Visualization © C1
16.08.2023

Green methanol for shipping and industry: €10.4 M. for "Leuna100" project

Consortium of two Fraunhofer institutes, DBI-Gastechnologisches Institut Freiberg, Technical University of Berlin and C1 from Adlershof makes industrial history at the Leuna site:

The Berlin-based climate tech start-up C1, together with its partners the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems IWES, the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT,…

07.08.2023

New insights into the light scattering of atoms

Researchers at the Humboldt University of Berlin have demonstrated a surprising effect present in the fluorescent light of a single atom:

Researchers headed by Jürgen Volz and Arno Rauschenbeutel from the Department of Physics at the Humboldt University of Berlin have gained new insights into the scattering of light by a fluorescent atom, which could…

Karin Neugebauer with dog © WISTA Management GmbH
07.07.2023

Stress reliever or source?

How animals in the workplace can reduce stress and increase productivity if clear rules are in place:

Animals in the workplace? A controversial issue to say the least. In fact, animals at the office, dogs especially, can reduce stress and increase productivity. However, a brief survey of dog owners on campus has shown…

Illustration: D. Mahnkopf © WISTA Management GmbH
07.07.2023

Without other animals, humans are “not quite complete”

Essay by Dr. Kurt Kotrschal, Austrian biologist, behavioral scientist and author:

There are 16.7 million cats, 10.3 million dogs, and 4.6 million smaller animals across approximately 15 million German households, most of which are kept for social reasons. Even the roughly 1.3 million horses are…

Virág Major-Kremer © WISTA Management GmbH
07.07.2023

In conversation with Virág Major-Kremer

The cultural manager looks after four bee colonies at the Zentrum für Mikrosysteme und Materialien (ZMM):

Four honeybee colonies live on top of four bright yellow high seats in the garden of the Zentrum für Mikrosysteme und Materialien (ZMM). Put there as part of the art project “smart systems” in 2013, they are a perfect…

Sami Domisch, IGB © WISTA Management GmbH
07.07.2023

The fly counter

Sami Domisch researches semi-aquatic insects:

Considering the mayfly’s lifespan, it is not surprising that it is sometimes referred to as the dayfly. If it is lucky, it might get more than one, maybe three or four days of flying through the sun and wind before it…

Jörn Bonse and Karin Schwibbert, BAM © WISTA Management GmbH
07.07.2023

Non-stick surface – Inspired by the curling iron of spiders

Adhesion forces can be significantly reduced on surfaces that are provided with special nanostructures:

Why don’t spiders stick to their threads? This question was the starting point of an international research project and Jörn Bonse and Karin Schwibbert belonged to the team addressing it. Both are researchers at…

Hendrik Bluhm, HU © WISTA Management GmbH
07.07.2023

The Great Elk Trek

Researchers at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin were able to show that Central Europe offers an astonishing amount of living space for elk and European bison:

They can be up to two metres tall, they have a soft spot for twigs, buds, and water plants, and they have a serious case of wanderlust. Meeting an elk is probably something only people travelling to Scandinavia would…

Waters Berlin © Stiftung Naturschutz Berlin
07.07.2023

On safari at home

The City Nature Rangers know all about what’s crawling and buzzing in Adlershof:

Rangers are known as the guardians of certain landscape areas, mostly large national parks, but not of cities. However, the latter is populated by more than a few animals as well. In 2019, the Senate Department for…

Tim Fronzek © WISTA Management GmbH
06.07.2023

Eat fungi, not animals

Nosh.bio uses filamentous fungi to produce raw materials for the food industry:

Nosh.bio uses filamentous fungi to produce raw materials for the food industry. This can help save many animal-based materials – without making sacrifices in taste or consistency. A low-meat or even meat-free diet is…

BESSY II research facility © WISTA Management GmbH
05.07.2023

BESSY II back in operation after cyber attack on Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB, national metrology center) can use its experimental stations again:

Since Monday 3 July 2023 BESSY II light source produces brilliant light for research again. It was shut down as a precaution after a hacker attack on the IT systems at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) mid-June. The…

Daycare center: educators, children, chicken © WISTA Management GmbH
05.07.2023

Winged visitors

A project involving chickens is winning over children, parents and teachers at the “Am Studio” nursery:

“The group consists of four chickens, the head of which is called ICE-Fressnapf,” says Ulrike Becker, who runs the nursery. Always the first to run to the food, the top chicken was collectively and democratically…

Omar Khalaf and Nils Brüggemann © WISTA Management GmbH
04.07.2023

From the lab book of nature

The Adlershof start-up Alganize uses microalgae against soil erosion:

“In 2018, I was part of a project in India. That’s where I realised the true extent of soil erosion,” says Nils Brüggemann. “The livelihoods of many farmers had been destroyed, and the suicide rate among those…

Cover Adlershof Journal July/August 2023
03.07.2023

Adlershof Journal July/August 2023

Wild society: what we can learn from animals:

The fly counter: Sami Domisch documents the distribution of maturing insects in the water //  Safari on the doorstep: The city nature rangers know how much Adlershof is buzzing and scurrying //  Winged visitors: A…

E-MetroBus © RLI
26.06.2023

17 articulated buses with electric drive for Berlin

E-MetroBus project presents results:

In the E-MetroBus project, the partner organizations Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), TU Berlin and Reiner Lemoine Institute, have integrated seventeen articulated buses with battery-electric drive into their fleet.…

Jenoptik opening ceremony, cutting the ribbon © Jenoptik AG
26.06.2023

Jenoptik opens new medical technology site in Berlin

Completion of the production facilities on “Groß-Berliner Damm” for more than 100 employees:

Together with the employees of the Berlin sites in Germany and guests, the photonics group Jenoptik today officially celebrated the completion of its new site on “Gross-Berliner Damm” in Berlin. In the new production…

Polymer-based batteries and flexible solar cells © Jens Meyer (Universität Jena)
22.06.2023

HZB and University of Jena establish Helmholtz Institute for Polymers in Energy Applications

New institute HIPOLE to provide significant impetus in the field of energy materials:

Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (Helmholtz Centre for Materials and Energy, HZB) will jointly establish the "Helmholtz Institute for Polymers in Energy Applications" (HIPOLE) on 1…