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Dr. Michael Schneider receives the European XFEL Young Scientist Award
MBI researcher was awarded for his important contributions in three distinct areas pertaining to diffraction experiments with soft x-rays at European XFEL:
X-ray pulses delivered by x-ray free-electron lasers are typically focused to a few-micrometer size in order to achieve extreme x-ray intensities at the sample inside the scientific instrument. In his PhD work,…
SCIENION continues to grow and will build new headquarters in Berlin Adlershof
Company acquired the leasehold for a 3,037 m² state-owned property:
SCIENION AG, located in the Technology Park Adlershof since its foundation in 2001, today announced that the expanding company will build larger new headquarters at Wagner-Régeny Street in the same district of…
An efficient tool to link X-ray experiments and ab initio theory
A team at BESSY II has developed a new simulation method that greatly accelerates the evaluation of inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) measurement data:
The electronic structure of complex molecules and their chemical reactivity can be assessed by the method of resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) at BESSY II. However, the evaluation of RIXS data has so far…
IKZ and IHP plan cooperation for the integration of crystalline III-V platelets on silicon
Development of a new transfer process could bring out the next generation devices for 5G and 6G applications:
The III-V semiconductor materials gallium arsenide and indium phosphide stand out due to their extremely high electron mobility, frequencies in the THz range, and short latency. In addition, they have a direct band…
White turns into (extreme-)ultraviolet
MBI researchers developed a new method to modify the spectral width of extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) light:
Researchers from the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI) have developed a new method to modify the spectral width of extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) light. By employing a novel…
HZB and Humboldt University agree to set up a catalysis research laboratory
Joint laboratory in the IRIS research building of the HU in Adlershof to further promote catalysis research in Berlin:
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) have signed a cooperation agreement with the aim of establishing a joint research laboratory for catalysis in the IRIS research building of HU in…
Ongoing good business in Brazil
LUM digitally trains the global sales force for the future in 2021:
From January 21st to 22nd, the LUM GmbH International Sales Meeting will take place for the 22nd time in a row. In times of pandemics, as a virtual event for the first time. The sales experts at LUM GmbH and the LUM…
Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy with significantly reduced measurement time
Scientists of the National Metrology Institute PTB present a novel mathematical technique for the evaluation of a compressed analytical measurement:
Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is a powerful technique in analytical chemistry. Typically, spatially distributed spectra of the substance of interest are registered simultaneously using FTIR…
Adlershof Journal January/February 2021
Waiting is not our thing: With new ideas into 2021:
Cover story: Two couraging stories from Adlershof returners // A bold start: what drives prospective business founders // Breaking down walls: tracking down cancer cells and protecting magnesium // The octave…
MBI researchers achieve breakthrough in the generation of ultrashort X-ray pulses
High-flux table-top source for femtosecond hard X-ray pulses:
Femtosecond hard X-ray pulses are an important tool for unraveling structure changes of condensed matter on atomic length and time scales. A novel laser-driven X-ray source provides femtosecond copper Kα pulses at a 1…
Novel developments for 6G communication systems and green ICT
Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) at the virtual “European Microwave Week” (EuMW):
The Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) will present its research results targeting energy-efficient amplifier concepts as well as terahertz (THz) components and systems for broadband communication and imaging at the…
Be motherly! Caring about yourself vs. caring for others
Essay by Lea Streisand, who is writer and a Radio Eins columnist:
Dear friends, I’m very sorry, but the more I think about the word courage, the more stupid I find it. What is courage anyway? Am I courageous? Are you? In 1784, Kant wrote “Have courage, your own understanding to…
“Lego for adults”
In conversation with Constantin Wernick, Operations Manager of the Adlershof-based technology company MiniTec Berlin GmbH:
“Lego for adults” is what Constantin Wernick calls the new product range of MiniTec Berlin GmbH. Wernick has been the company’s operations manager since 2019, which is no game. It’s actually all about a modular system…
The electricity strategist
Catherina Cader is working towards a clean energy in remote areas:
She is frequently enamoured by images of the nightly earth from space. These bright points of light that lump together in certain places. Beside them, the vast zones of total darkness. Catherina Cader is fascinated by…
A new beginning in the well-known
Two uplifting stories from Adlershof returners:
Now is bad time for a new beginning? Not at all. We spoke to two successful company heads, who, after a time away from Adlershof, launched new careers here as “returners”. Two encouraging stories. It’s a small world.…
A bold start – despite COVID-19
What drives prospective business founders – two teams from the Adlershof Founder’s Lab report:
Making the step to start a company requires courage, even when things are normal. What drives prospective founders to take the step during the epidemic year 2020? – two teams from the Adlershof Founder’s Lab…
The octave magician
Nichol (Cohl) Furey is a researcher at IRIS Adlershof:
Does the word octave sound like music to your ears? For Cohl Furey, it is also full of mathematics. It was love at first sight when the physicist encountered the eponymous, eight-dimensional number system during her…
Two researchers breaking down walls
The biochemist Christian Hackenberger, who seeks and destroys cancer cells, and the chemist Chayanika Das, who fights magnesium corrosion:
Vivid, detailed, and laid-back is how Christian Hackeberger presented himself at the Falling Walls Conference, which was held digitally for the first time. He talks of sniffer dogs and bombs, of super glue and plastic…
Tracing the Anthropocene
Professor of geography Jonas Østergaard Nielsen studies land use changes in an age of global interconnectedness:
“There is nothing left on this earth that is unaffected by human influence,” says Jonas Østergaard Nielsen. Pollution, the extinction of species, climate change – the human species is reshaping the planet and…
A treasure trove of costumes and props
The costumes and props of the Adlershofer Fundus is the place to go for authentic film sets:
The Adlershofer Fundus is an institution of Berlin’s television landscape: both a piece of cultural history and a place where the city’s filmmakers meet. Many well-known film sets were equipped and are still equipped…