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Aerial photo HZB/BESSY II © HZB / D. Laubner
22.07.2024

All BESSY II instruments reconnected to the network

After a cyberattack, all experimental stations are integrated into the new IT networks and a novel data control system has been established:

Thirteen months ago, HZB fell victim to a criminal cyberattack that also took BESSY II light source and the instruments in the experimental hall out of operation. BESSY II was up and running again after just three…

Poster session at the Adlershof Research Forum
18.07.2024

Save-the-Date: Adlershof Research Forum / Call for Posters

Registration for poster session until 14 October 2024:

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the research network IGAFA e. V. and WISTA Management GmbH cordially invite you to the Adlershof Research Forum (AFF), which offers insights into research highlights from Adlershof at…

The Flensburg meteorite. Credit: Carsten Jonas CC BY-SA 4.0
15.07.2024

How Earth got its water

Distant asteroids thought to have brought large amounts of water to Earth:

Although water is essential for the existence of life on Earth, its presence on our planet was by no means a foregone conclusion. Millions of asteroid fragments from regions of the Solar System far from the Sun are…

Certificates DIN 14001 and DIN 50001 © LTB
15.07.2024

LTB receives certification for environmental management and energy management

Adlershof company's commitment to sustainability and energy efficiency honoured:

LTB Lasertechnik Berlin GmbH has been awarded the prestigious DIN 14001 and DIN 50001 certifications, marking a significant milestone in the company‘s commitment to sustainability and energy efficiency. The DIN 14001…

[Translate to English:] Symbolbild Nanopartikel, Copyright: Envato Elements
11.07.2024

HU researchers develop innovative research approach in nanotechnology

This will facilitate the development of new materials and applications in technology and medicine:

Researchers at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, led by Prof. Dr. Nicola Pinna, have made a groundbreaking advancement in nanotechnology, successfully extending the well-known Stöber method to synthesize amorphous…

SEM images of LPSCl pellets before (left) and after (right) the operando HAXPES experiment. © 10.1021/acsenergylett.4c01072
09.07.2024

BESSY II shows how solid-state batteries degrade

A team of researchers from HZB and Justus Liebig University Giessen present a new method for surface characterization of battery materials:

Solid-state batteries have several advantages: they can store more energy and are safer than batteries with liquid electrolytes. However, they do not last as long and their capacity decreases with each charge cycle.…

Illustration: Dorothee Mahnkopf © WISTA Management GmbH
08.07.2024

The small-town gaze

Essay by Paul Bokowski, writer and satirist from Berlin:

It’s not even ten. Even though the builders from the Oderbruch are already saying »Mahlzeit«, implying that its lunchtime. It took two decades for them to greet me actually. Mind you, they are different people every…

Treptow-Köpenick ©WISTA Management GmbH
04.07.2024

More than work

What makes Berlin’s “smartest neighbourhood” liveable?:

With 28,000 people working here, 6,400 students, 3,300 flats, and a growing array of restaurants, daycare centres, shops, and sports facilities, it’s getting livelier every day. There are many different reasons for…

Graphic glycerol’s hydroxyl groups ©HZB
04.07.2024

From waste to value: The right electrolytes can enhance glycerol oxidation

HZB team investigates how waste materials can be used more efficiently and in a more environmentally friendly way:

When biomass is converted into biodiesel, huge amounts of glycerol are produced as a by-product. So far, however, this by-product has been little utilised, even though it could be processed into more valuable…

04.07.2024

LUM science prize Young Scientist Award 2024

M. Sc. Amin Said Amin was honored at the 11th International Conference on Dispersion Analysis and Materials Testing:

From June 10th to 11th, 2024, LUM GmbH hosted the 11th International Conference on Dispersion Analysis and Materials Testing. 70 participants from 14 countries around the world took part. Three candidates from France,…

Visualization MLS-U125-Undulator. © HZB/ Communications Physics
02.07.2024

Small powerhouses for very special light

HZB team researches efficient and powerful SSMB radiation source:

An international team presents the functional principle of a new source of synchrotron radiation in Nature Communications Physics. Steady-state microbunching (SSMB) allows to build efficient and powerful radiation…

Oliver Igel at Forum Adlershof © WISTA Management GmbH
01.07.2024

In conversation with Oliver Igel

He took the helm in the Treptow-Köpenick district in 2011:

In early 2022, Oliver Igel moved even closer towards the Technology Park. This is due to construction work at Köpenick City Hall, which forced the district mayor of Treptow-Köpenick and his department to make a…

Adlershof Journal July/August 2024
01.07.2024

Adlershof Journal July/August 2024

Science, community and smart living: News from the neighbourhood:

In conversation with Oliver Igel, district mayor of Treptow-Köpenick // »There is quite a bit of hugging«: Inclusion for 45 years at Berlin-Chemie // Building bridges: Crossing Adergestell on foot or by bike …

AEMtec-employee Jessica Gosse © WISTA Management GmbH
01.07.2024

The runner

Jessica Gosse is an engineer as well as an experienced relay runner:

It was the 2013 Girl’s Day, a career event for young girls in STEM subjects, when Jessica Gosse decided on her future career path. The then 14-year-old got a sneak peek into what it meant working for the…

Social Enterprise Department © Berlin-Chemie
01.07.2024

»There is quite a bit of hugging«

Practising inclusion for 45 years: people with disabilities put the finishing touches on the pharmaceutical packaging at Berlin-Chemie:

Packaging medicines, folding instructions, sticking on labels: At Berlin-Chemie’s Social Enterprise Department in Adlershof, these tasks are performed by people with mental or physical disabilities. They are an…

People at the Repair Café © WISTA Management GmbH
01.07.2024

Technology, teamwork, tinkering

The Repair Café brings nostalgic items back to life:

The Technology Park Adlershof is well-known for finding solutions to challenges like climate change and builds on local networks to do so. Since November last year, there is a new service in Alt-Adlershof that ties in…

civil engineer Steffen Kotscha © WISTA Management GmbH
01.07.2024

Building bridges

Crossing Adergestell on foot or by bike:

27 January 2024. Adlershof is fast asleep when, a few minutes before 4 am, a giant crane lifts a delicate structure up from Adlergestell, the main street cutting through Adlershof. The structure hanging from the hook…

Ulrich Müller, chair of the board of the German Clothing Foundation © WISTA Management GmbH
01.07.2024

New life for old clothes

The German Clothing Foundation is creating a CharityLab at Am Studio 16:

Those seeking refugee from war, displacement, and disaster often come with nothing more than the clothes on their back. For around 70 years now, the German Clothing Foundation has been helping people in these and…

Moritz Russ at Adlershof’s cult cinema “Casablanca” © WISTA Management GmbH
01.07.2024

Adlershof was a huge playground to me

How his neighbourhood turned actor Moritz Russ into an artist:

First, Adlershof, then the whole world? Both a visionary and an artist, Moritz Russ could make it happen. His youth in Adlershof opened doors to the world of art. Russ is a jack-of-all-trades, writes poetry, turns…

The micro-XRF composite image for the Ca, Yb and Zn distribution in a treated human tooth © Leona Bauer (TU Berlin/HZB)
25.06.2024

New Method for Absorption Correction to Improve Dental Fillings

By combining the laboratory infrastructures at BAM and HZB, more accurate measurements can be conducted:

A research team led by Dr. Ioanna Mantouvalou has developed a method to more accurately depict the elemental distributions in dental materials than previously possible. The used confocal micro-X-ray fluorescence…