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MBI researcher was awarded the "JCP Editor's Choice Award 2020
Dr. Arnaud Rouzée received the award for his publication in the Journal of Chemical Physics:
Dr. Arnaud Rouzée has been awarded the 2020 “JCP Editor’s Choice Award” that rewards the most outstanding paper published in the Journal of Chemical Physics in 2019 for his work entitled “Atomic-resolution imaging of…
21st International Sales Meeting of LUM GmbH
Sales experts from all over the world meet at the headquarters in Adlershof:
From January 27th to 29th the International Sales Meeting will take place at the headquarters of LUM GmbH in Berlin-Adlershof for the 21st time in a row. The sales experts of the LUM companies from Asia, Europe and…
Watching complex molecules at work
HZB team uses a newly developed infrared spectrometer at BESSY II to investigate how biomolecules in sensory cells work:
A new method of infrared spectroscopy developed at BESSY II makes single-measurement observation and analysis of very fast as well as irreversible reaction mechanisms in molecules feasible for the first time.…
Adlershof Journal January/February 2020
A place for the bright-minded: meet the Science City’s start-ups:
Dynamism meets experience: Adlershofer Accelerator in fourth round // The future makers: High-tech founders instead of copycats // Secret recipe for business idea: Search for answers to unmet demand // …
Unicorns, muses and other business idea myths: What is the holy grail of innovation?
Essay by Heike Hölzner, Professor for Entrepreneurship und Medium-sized businesses at the HTW Berlin – University of Applied Sciences:
Brilliant ideas or favourable opportunities? Many in today’s digital age are mulling over how innovative business ideas are created. Start-ups and corporations alike are seeking the holy grail of innovation: a tool or…
How do you manage a co-working space?
In conversation with Marina Salmon, who in addition to WISTA’s co-working space is also in charge of the Long Night of the Sciences and the science slams in Adlershof:
Marina Salmon runs the show at the WISTA’s co-working space at Rudower Chaussee 17. When the Technology Park’s first-ever co-working space was founded in November 2017, the business economist also ventured into new…
The cyber sentry
Johannes Klick consults companies on IT security issues:
A massive airstrike, a lightning attack in a computer game, or radiation that wreaks havoc in a computer’s processor? ‘Wikipedia’ provides several possible explanations as to what an ‘Alpha Strike’ may be. Johannes…
The future makers
Adlershof brings forth high-tech founders, not copycats:
Starting a business in Adlershof is almost certainly a ticket to success. The strategies pursued by the founders, however, show that very different paths can lead them there. What unites them is that Adlershof turns…
A user’s guide to starting a business
The Business Plan Competition Berlin-Brandenburg turns 25 / 2nd Meet-up at the Technology Park Adlershof on 13/02/2020:
On 13 February 2020, founders, entrepreneurs and jurors will meet up at the 2nd Meet-up of the Business Plan Competition Berlin-Brandenburg (BPW) in Adlershof. One of the most well-known business plan competitions of…
The water testers
The company Blue Biolabs develops microbiology test kits for wells:
Blue Biolabs GmbH moved to the Technology Park Adlershof in last autumn. The analysts at the company’s laboratories trace iron bacteria and other sources of water pollution. Berliner Wasserbetriebe, Berlin’s public…
On the origin and evolution of the world
The physicist Cigdem Issever just moved from Oxford to the HU Berlin:
What is dark matter? How does matter obtain mass? The physicist Cigdem Issever, who took up her post at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) and the DESY research centre in Zeuthen this summer, is seeking answers to…
Versatile in use – FBH semiconductor light sources
FBH presents new developments at Photonics West 2020 (San Francisco):
FBH exhibits novel diode lasers and modules at Photonics West 2020. Applications include materials processing, LiDAR, medicine, and (Raman) spectroscopy. Progress in UV LEDs is presented jointly with the spin-off…
Dynamism meets experience
Innovative start-ups and established companies successfully collaborate in the A² Adlershof programme:
Finding a parking spot with an app, documenting a house’s mains connections using a smartphone, testing the functionality of your home’s heating with a camera, or checking whether the waste at recycling locations…
Secret ingredient for silver conductors
Start-up Nano-Join develops custom-made silver sintered pastes to improve efficiency of lasers and high-performance electronics:
Improving efficiency of lasers, high-performance electronics, and other (opto-)electronic systems often has to do without taking up additional space in a device. However, the higher the performance density, the more…
Bitten by the invention bug
Eleven inventions: Jonas Wanke from Adlershof discovered his passion for programming at the ‘Jugend forscht’ science competition:
He builds soap usage reminder facilities and makes dogs glow in the dark: Jonas Wanke is only 19 years old and an avid inventor. An Adlershof native, he has competed in Germany’s most famous junior science…
Optics & Photonics News reports on Science City Adlershof
Article in december issue 2019 of The Optical Society's monthly news magazine :
Read Molly Moser's report in English...
CHEOPS space telescope to investigate extrasolar planets
DLR is involved in the scientific evaluation of the data and contributed two modules:
On 17 December 2019 at 05:54 local time (09:54 CET), the European Space Agency (ESA) CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite (CHEOPS) space telescope is scheduled to lift off from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French…
Felix Willems received Ernst-Eckhard-Koch Award 2019 for his PhD thesis on ultrafast magnetization dynamics
He had analysed ultrafast switching processes using spectroscopic methods at synchrotron sources like BESSY II:
In his research, Willems combined static experiments with synchrotron radiation at BESSY II with femtosecond time-resolved experiments on a laser-based high harmonic generation source at MBI. Via measurements of both…
Cancer research at BESSY II
Binding Mechanisms of Therapeutic Substances Deciphered:
In tumor cells, the DNA is altered in comparison to normal body cells. How such changes can be prevented or inhibited is an exciting field of research with great relevance for the development of cancer treatments. An…
The aim to provide brain tumor patients with the best care possible
MagForce hosts practice-oriented application training for the use of the NanoTherm therapy system in treating brain tumors and intends to increase the availability of the therapy:
With “Module B – Advanced Course 1: - stereotactic Instillation” MagForce AG conducted the second round of its ‘NanoTherm School’ in November. The application training series was launched in January 2019 to provide…