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“I want to be a role model for other women scientists”
About the career paths of two alumni of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing:
Two former chemists of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) tell us about their path into STEM fields, how they deal with prejudice, and why they finally ended up in the private sector. A…
Who dares wins
How innovative companies think about error and risk-taking culture:
A common lament is that the error and risk-taking culture in this country is not particularly developed. As these examples will show, they cannot be talking about the innovative companies from Adlershof. A good idea,…
The enabler
Nicole Münnich manages seven Leibniz institutes:
One hour on the folding bike, 20 kilometres from Potsdam to Halensee station, morning after morning. Podcasts while cycling and, on the S-Bahn to Adlershof, working on the laptop. This is how Nicole Münnich’s workdays…
First risk-prone, then self-confident
A team of researchers has investigated how the personality of executives changes before and after being promoted:
People with executive tasks typically exhibit certain distinctive characteristics – this has been shown in several studies. As yet, it hasn’t been traced how executives change in the years before and after being…
You’re still on mute. How we learn from mistakes
Essay by Ralf Kemmer, Professor at SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences, and hoster of the Fuckup Night Berlin:
Until 2020, digitisation and digital transformation were top of the list of strategic initiatives at many companies. This included plans for applying new methods to teams, teaching new technologies to staff, and…
Adlershof Journal November/December 2022
Do you dare? Let's venture into the unknown!:
First risk-prone, then self-confident: What does promotion do to leaders? // Blacker than coal and bound to Jupiter: Stefano Mottola investigates far-away celestial bodies // “I like clear lines and shapes”: Photos…
FBH develops more cost-effective laser systems in ophthalmology
The miniaturized pump laser modules are flexible and can be optimally adjusted to the wavelength:
Detachment of the retina in the eye can lead to visual impairment and even blindness. Laser coagulation is a well-established method to treat holes or fissures in the retina using laser points. This technique is used…
Team of the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut receives Big Laser Award
FBH scientists awarded at ISLC 2022:
Scientists from the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut were honored last week with the "Big Laser Award" for the highest performance presented at the "International Semiconductor Laser Conference" (ISLC) in Japan. The award…
Semiconductors for space, satellites, and quantum technologies at “Space Tech Expo Europe”
The Ferdinand-Braun-Institut exhibits space-qualified diode laser modules with narrow linewidth and optical frequency references for satellite and quantum technology applications in Bremen:
From November 15-17, 2022, the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) will present its developments at the Berlin-Brandenburg joint stand in hall 6, R36. The Berlin-based research institute has many years of comprehensive…
Magnesium ions slow down water dynamics on short length scales
Experiments by MBI, FU Berlin and LMU Munich show the influence of ions on the dynamics of surrounding water molecules:
The presence of ions affects the structure and dynamics of water on a multitude of length and time scales. New results from ultrafast spectroscopy and theoretical analyses show that the water environment of specific…
40-million-euro research project CARE-O-SENE receives funding
Seven leading South African and German project partners aim to develop novel catalysts for sustainable kerosene:
The international research project CARE-O-SENE (Catalyst Research for Sustainable Kerosene) was granted 30 million euros in funding by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Additionally, the…
New at HZB: Tomography lab for AI-assisted battery research
Federal Ministry of Research and Education is funding the "TomoFestBattLab" project with 1.86 million euros:
At HZB, a laboratory for automated X-ray tomography on solid-state batteries is being set up. The special feature: 3D data during charge/discharge processes (operando) can be evaluated quickly and in a more versatile…
Berlin becomes a transfer region for green chemistry
Funding of €10 million for GreenCHEM concept to develop the capital region into an international hotspot for deep tech innovations in chemistry:
To set up an ecosystem for the transfer in the field of green chemistry, the five initial partners (Technische Universität Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, BERLIN-CHEMIE AG and…
Green hydrogen: faster progress with modern X-ray sources
The development of suitable electrocatalysts is being driven forward at BESSY II in Adlershof:
In order to produce green hydrogen, water can be split up via electrocatalysis, powered by renewable sources such as sun or wind. A review article in the journal Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. shows how modern X-ray…
Adlershof Thesis Award 2022
Proposals can be submitted until 1 November!:
Since 2002, IGAFA, together with the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the WISTA Management GmbH have awarded the Adlershof Thesis Award. Young researchers are awarded for outstanding scientific achievements in…
What do I know?
Essay by Paulina Czienskowski, writer from Berlin:
When did you last learn something new? A thought, an activity, a fact. I couldn’t think of anything if it weren’t for the fact that I recently gave birth to a child. Since then, I have been soaking up new things like…
In conversation with Mike Neumann
Since August, the chemist has been in charge of the State Laboratory Berlin-Brandenburg:
“I have found my calling,” says Mike Neumann. After working for Landeslabor Berlin-Brandenburg (LLBB), Berlin-Brandenburg’s state laboratory, for eight years – most recently as department head for the environment and…
TIWARI becomes part of 3DCeram Sinto
Tiwari Scientific Instrument was created in 2019 within the ESA (European Space Agency) ecosystem and is based in Adlershof. Now, the company has become a part of 3DCeram Sinto – one of the market leaders for the…
The attosecond researcher
Olga Smirnova observes the ultra-fast movements of the smallest particles:
At home in Moscow, it was her mother’s bookshelves that intrigued her. She secretly took out the books, assuming that her mother, a physicist, would find their content inappropriate for a 5-year-old and forbid her to…
Be open to learning!
Knowledge-hungry people in Adlershof are shaping the future:
Many talk about lifelong learning. But what does that mean exactly? Why is it more necessary than ever? And what are its effects? We asked people in Adlershof who are shaping the future about what they…