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28.11.2014

Pfeiffer Vacuum Welcomes 2014 Röntgen Prize Winner

Coherent superposition of quantum states in atoms / Vacuum is essential for basic scientific research :

This year, the Justus Liebig University Giessen is awarding its Röntgen Prize to Prof. Dr. Jörg Evers. The Röntgen Prize is awarded each year for outstanding work on basic research into radiation physics and radiation…

20.11.2014

PicoQuant nominated for innovation award

For the development of the MicroTime 200 STED PicoQuant is nominated for the "Innovationspreis Berlin Brandenburg":

Out of 122 applications, PicoQuant is nominated for the innovation award Berlin Brandenburg 2014 (Innovationspreis Berlin Brandenburg) for the development of the MicroTime 200 STED. This year's ten nominees were…

Experimental data on the “Dirac cone”
19.11.2014

Warping in topological insulators

HZB physicists investigated the direction of motion of electrons and their impact on lossless electricity and information transport:

Topological insulators are promising to develop into a material for lossless electricity and information transport. Now, Jaime Sánchez-Barriga and colleagues from HZB investigated for the first time whether the…

13.11.2014

The longer the better

Optical long-wavelength pulses generate brilliant ultrashort hard x-ray flashes:

Researchers from the Max-Born-Institut and the Technical University of Vienna present a novel table-top source of ultrashort hard x-ray pulses with an unprecedented photon flux. X-rays are a key tool for…

13.11.2014

New electrochemical flow cell for soft x-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy at BESSY II

In situ cell for investigating solid- and liquid-state samples and their interfaces under electrical voltage:

A team headed by Dr. Kathrin Aziz-Lange has developed a new in-situ cell for X-ray spectroscopy of fluid samples and their interfaces to solid bodies. What is special is the cell contains electrodes that can expose…

30.10.2014

Breaking ground for energy independence on Graciosa

Azorean island installs new energy system developed by the Adlershof-based company Younicos:

With a groundbreaking ceremony, construction of a highly efficient megawatt-scale clean energy system has begun on the Azorean island of Graciosa. The system being installed will enable up to 100 percent wind and…

Optical image of a filled root. Credit: P. Zaslansky
30.10.2014

Root canal treatment procedures investigated at BESSY II

Scientists examined whether mechanical procedures during dental root treatment contribute to micro fractures:

Root canal treatment is sometimes necessary to resolve severe infection, and often saves teeth from being extracted. The procedure involves drilling an opening through the crown in order to reach the inflamed pulp…

Picture: GENOMICA
29.10.2014

Collaboration between SCIENION and GENOMICA is bearing fruit

Launch of a novel multiplex based detection kit for 18 microorganism causing Sexual Transmitted Infections:

SCIENION AG and GENOMICA S.A.U announced today the launch of multiplex CE-IVD tests for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), CLART® STI A&B. According to recent estimates, the global incidence rate for curable STI…

HZB Freigeist Fellow: Dr. Annika Bande
20.10.2014

HZB Freigeist Fellow Dr. Annika Bande

The theoretical chemist explores interatomic Coulombic decay:

As of early October, the HZB is home to one of the Volkswagen Foundation's Freigeist Fellows: Dr. Annika Bande recently joined Prof. Dr. Emad Aziz' institute “Methods for Material Development”. There she will build up…

Kevin Fuchs took pictures of “futuristic experiments”
16.10.2014

BESSY in pictures

A Photographer`s Views of Research Facilities:

For his final exam, photography student Kevin Fuchs has taken pictures of the reseach facilities BESSY II and BER II and the scientists working there. Swiss born Fuchs now invides for a preview of his pictures and…

RIXS-spectroscopy is a powerful method to gain insights into molecular and electronic structures in complex samples, liquid or solid. HZB scientists now know even a bit better how to interpret the RIXS-spectra. Photo: HZB
14.10.2014

New light on the “Split Peak” in x-ray (RIXS) spectra of Alcohols

HZB researchers find conclusive explanation for the phenomenon:

New study from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin in the journal “Structural Dynamics” makes sense of mysterious spectra, paving way for RIXS spectroscopy probe dynamic electronic structure of complex liquids and…

13.10.2014

Adlershof Equipment for Nobel Prize Winners

Congratulations to Stefan W. Hell, W.E. Moerner, and Eric Betzig:

PicoQuant congratulates Stefan W. Hell, W.E. Moerner, and Eric Betzig, who have been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of "super-resolved fluorescence microscopy". We are proud to…

Visualization building project Charlottenburger Baugenossenschaft in Berlin Adlershof
13.10.2014

Leafy Adlershof living with “Charlotte”

“Charlottenburger Baugenossenschaft” building cooperative creates 121 apartments:

The buildings are going to be luminous, with lots of windows looking out on the leafy surroundings. “Charlotte”, as the “Charlottenburger Baugenossenschaft” building cooperative is commonly called throughout its…

08.10.2014

Portable tools for Monitoring of Marine Toxins and ensure consumer safety without animal-testing

Project of Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS), MBio Diagnostics and SCIENION create :

The Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) at Queen’s University Belfast and MBio Diagnostics today announced that IGFS is using SCIENION technology for the manufacturing of portable immunoassay cartridges.…

Cover Adlershof Special 36
06.10.2014

Adlershof Special 36: Real Estate

Scoring with diversity:

A residential area summa cum laude // Living and breathing urbanity

Michael Müller, Senator for Urban Development and the Environment
06.10.2014

Focus on diversity

Editorial by Michael Müller, Senator for Urban Development and the Environment:

Berlin is growing. To maintain growth, a steady supply of building land is essential. By developing the residential quarter "Wohnen am Campus" at the heart of the science city of Adlershof, the state of Berlin is…

Lunch break at the sunny Forum in Berlin Adlershof
06.10.2014

Living and breathing urbanity

Adlershof is constantly growing:

Today, a growing majority of the global population lives in cities. City life has become an ideal, offering an urban atmosphere which not only permits, but actually enhances the diversity of different structures,…

Rolf Mensing, Managing Director CLS Management GmbH
06.10.2014

A local supply and office centre for Adlershof

Interview with Rolf Mensing, Managing Director CLS Management GmbH:

Back in 2006, many still felt that Adlershof was "way in the back of beyond". Why did CLS opt for Adlershof at that time? Rolf Mensing: From early on, CLS believed in a continuous positive development of the location…

PROJECT PGG Gewerbeimmobilien GmbH
06.10.2014

New office complex right at Adlershof S-Bahn station

Latest construction project of PROJECT PGG Gewerbeimmobilien GmbH:

For their latest construction project, property developers, PROJECT have secured themselves one of the most treasured properties the science and technology park has to offer: a representative plot already well visible…

Jörg Overbeck, board of directors EUROPA-CENTER AG
06.10.2014

A new center of attraction

Interview with Jörg Overbeck, board of directors EUROPA-CENTER AG :

EUROPA-CENTER real estate group has been part of Adlershof for many years. What are the projects you are currently pursuing at the science location? Jörg Overbeck: Having initiated the third construction phase of the…