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Helmholtz and BAM scientists show alternative method for the representation of microstructures in polycrystalline materials:

Also Raman microspectroscopy in an optical microscope provides the means to determine local crystal orientations of polycrystalline materials over large sample areas. This method can be used alternatively to electron…

Lively Participation at the International Evening

Refugees and potential employers met in Adlershof:

The first international Evening for the integration of refugees into jobs and education took place in the Science and Technology Park Berlin Adlershof on December 16th. Around 50 participants attended the event,…

Helmholtz and HU Scientists explore doped organic semiconductors

Molecules form “mixed crystallites” in the host structure:

Organic semiconductor materials are already being employed today in solar cells and organic LEDs (OLEDs) amongst others. Until now, however, little was known about how the doping molecules are integrated into the…

On the sad occasion of the death of Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Sandner

Former Director of the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy died unexpectedly at the age of 66:

The Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. (FVB) mourns the loss of laser physicist Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Sandner. On December 5th, he died unexpectedly at the age of 66. Wolfgang Sandner shaped the development of the…

Younicos raises record $50 million to finance growth

Energy storage pioneer signs capital round with investments by First Solar and Grupo ECOS:

Market leader Younicos has signed agreements for $50 million in growth capital to further scale its deployment of intelligent energy storage solutions. The funding comes from a consortium that includes First Solar,…

skytron® energy chosen for 9 PV plants in Southeast Asia

55 MWp equipped with leading German supervision and monitoring technology:

skytron energy now provides monitoring and supervision for nine solar PV power plants in Thailand with a total of 55MWp of installed power. The most recently added six plants in Central Thailand have a capacity of…

Filming microscopic and macroscopic changes within materials

The EDDI beamline at BESSY II is now offering even more options:

It has recently become possible to also obtain high-resolution three-dimensional images of microscopic structure with it, up to four such tomographies per second are possible. X-ray diffraction (energy-dispersive…

Adlershof Special 43

Start-up county:

Start-ups on the fast lane // Rocket meets Adlershof // Collaborative innovation //

Start-ups in Berlin – Hype or spearhead of a German Silicon Valley?

Editorial by Alexander von Falkenberg, Managing director High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH:

For some years now, Berlin has been enjoying an impressive boom. In the wake of Germany’s Federal Government, associations, law firms, and established companies have been relocating to the city. Legions of skilled…

Rocket-Ventures meets Adlershof

Berlin is a start-up capital, and now home to over 1,200 of these new companies. This boom is boosted by the trendy scene in Berlin’s city centre. And right in the lead: Rocket Internet. This incubator has set up a…

Digital win-win

Axel Springer Plug and Play promotes sophisticated start-ups:

...like the Adlershof company Phizzard. This has developed a touchscreen solution that customers in shops can use to find clothing quickly in their size. CEO Peer Hohn and Ulrich Schmitz, Managing Director of Axel…

Start-ups in Adlershof

Adlershof provides the perfect location for high tech start-ups with long term plans for sustainable growth:

The greater the precision achieved in the manufacture of aerofoil surfaces, the less turbulence they generate, and the less fuel they need. The optical instrumentation produced by the Berlin start-up 5micron can…

Collaborative innovation

Leading digital – Event brought together high ranking corporate representatives and start-ups in Adlershof:

Disruptions is about innovations and technologies that have the power to shake up entire industrial sectors. According to experts, the automotive and automotive supply industry are most affected. The series of events…

Award for doctoral research on high-precision measurement of magnetic moment of proton

Pfeiffer Vacuum GmbH and GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH present joint doctoral candidate award:

For the second time, Pfeiffer Vacuum and GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung (GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research) have jointly presented a doctoral candidate award. The recipient is Dr. Andreas…

Diagnosis within only 75 minutes

SCIENION and Greiner Bio-One develop rapid diagnostic tests for infectious diseases:

SCIENION AG, a leading provider of ultra-low volume precision liquid handling systems, and Greiner Bio-One, a leading manufacturer of synthetic materials for health services and a pioneer of new medical technology,…

BESSY II electron highway gets second lane

Enhanced capacities for the user community at Adlershof's particle accelerator:

The particle accelerator team at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) has demonstrated that BESSY II, the 3rd generation synchrotron radiation source in Berlin, can be operated with not just one, but two simultaneous…

Atos to acquire Unify from Gores and Siemens

Expected in the first quarter 2016:

Atos, The Gores Group and Siemens have reached an agreement for Atos to acquire Unify, the number three world leader of integrated communication solutions. With this acquisition Atos intends to create a unique…

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin expands its solar fuel research

New Helmholtz Young Investigator Group was granted:

Dr. Kathrin Maria Aziz-Lange has won approval to set up a Helmholtz Young Investigator Group (YIG) addressing the topic of solar fuels at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB). She will receive 250,000 Euros in annual…

Shutdown at BESSY II

An extremely productive break at the Adlershof electron storage ring:

From the end of October to the middle of January, no electrons will circulate in the synchrotron ring BESSY II. “We shut down BESSY II at the beginning of the last October week, as planned,” says Dr. Christian Jung,…

Lumics offers turn-key solution for diode laser modules

New proprietary driver board simplifies design and production on customers’ site:

Lumics GmbH, Berlin, makes again a significant step towards providing complete state-of-the-art solutions by developing a proprietary diode laser driving board which is highly optimized for the Lumics LuOcean™ „Mini“…