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Robotic "Microbot" system assembles highly complex photonic modules © Robo-Technology
23.10.2023

Stäubli Award goes to novel robotics system 'Microbot'

Robo-Technology GmbH and Ferdinand-Braun-Institut developed the system for micro-assembly of photonic modules to be used in space and quantum technologies:

At its Partner Summit, Stäubli Robotics honored Robo-Technology GmbH with its Partner Award in recognition of the innovation demonstrated with the intuitively operated "Microbot" system. The robotic system was jointly…

Participants of WODIL 2023 © IKZ
19.10.2023

Crystal growth community met in Adlershof

IKZ hosted the 12th German-French Workshop on Oxide, Dielectric and Laser single crystals (WODIL 2023):

Around 40 researchers from Germany, France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Italy and Latvia gathered at the WODIL 2023 to discuss research involving oxide, chalcogenide and halide single crystals. These are used as…

Figures related to the press release © MBI
18.10.2023

Manipulating collective motions of electrons and solvent molecules in a polar liquid

MBI team has investigated dynamic electrical properties in polar liquids using ultrafast two-dimensional spectroscopy in the THz frequency range:

An electron and the surrounding cloud of solvent dipoles couple through electric forces and can undergo joint collective motions. Such many-body excitations in the terahertz (THz) frequency range are called polarons…

Illustration of the solar-powered coupled photoelectrochemical and hydrogenation unit. Credit: Hassan Tahini, ScienceBrush Design
16.10.2023

Green hydrogen could reach economic viability by co-production of valuable chemicals

Study by HZB and TU Berlin reveals a promising approach to lowering the cost of solar hydrogen production:

It already works: there are several approaches to using solar energy to split water and produce hydrogen. Unfortunately, this green hydrogen has so far been more expensive than grey hydrogen from natural gas. A study…

Award ceremony of the HZB Technology Transfer Prize © HZB/S. Zerbe
11.10.2023

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin awards Technology Transfer Prize 2023

Honoured research team has brought tandem solar cells a step closer to industrial pilot production:

Tandem solar cells achieve high efficiencies: by combining two different types of solar cells, more sunlight is converted into electricity. PV manufacturer Qcells and a HZB team led by Dr. Kári Sveinbjörnsson and Bor…

Extended Cavity Diode Laser (ECDL) laser module © FBH/B. Schurian
05.10.2023

FBH presents developments for quantum technologies at EQTC 2023

The European Quantum Technology Conference takes place in Hannover from October 16 to 20, 2023:

Quantum technologies promise nothing less than a technological revolution in areas such as sensor technology, communication, and computing. This tremendous potential for innovation is also reflected by the European…

Dr Tomislav Stolar, winner of the Falling Walls Lab Adlershof © BAM
22.09.2023

Tomislav Stolar wins the Falling Walls Lab Adlershof

The BAM scientist presented an innovative approach to recycling plastics:

Within only three minutes the jury was convinced: Tomislav Stolar, scientist in the Structural Analysis Team at the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) won the Falling Walls Lab Adlershof. The North…

Oliver Arnhold and Kathrin Goldammer at the Localiser anniversary © RLI
22.09.2023

Localiser – 5 years of successful planning of charging infrastructure

Spin-off from the Reiner Lemoine Institute celebrates company anniversary:

On September 11th, the employees of Localiser GmbH celebrated their 5th anniversary. Localiser is a spin-off from the Reiner Lemoine Institute: In September 2018, Kathrin Goldammer and Oliver Arnhold founded the…

Kick-off for the Quantum Alliance at Hans Grade Hall Berlin-Adlershof
19.09.2023

Berlin is becoming a hotspot for quantum technology

Kick-off for the Berlin Quantum Alliance and presentation of the new “Leap” innovation hub:

Kick-off for the Berlin Quantum Alliance (BQA): This joint initiative by Berlin's business community, research institutions and universities is intended to make Berlin an international hotspot for the research and…

Dr. Nikolay Abrosimov (IKZ) and Dr. Karl Eberl (MBE-Komponenten GmbH) at the handover of the 28Si crystal © Thomas Schröder, IKZ
18.09.2023

IKZ to supply isotopically pure silicon and germanium for quantum technologies

Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ) is intensifying its cooperation with Dr. Eberl MBE-Komponenten GmbH by entering into supply agreements for high-purity semiconductor materials:

Quantum technologies will change the world. Calculation capacities of computers, the performance of simulations and the precision of sensor systems and optics will be raised to a whole new level. This requires…

Wind park © GVO MEDIA/Gregor Ott
13.09.2023

Renewables in its DNA

ABO Wind is a wind farm project development company that is working on the energy transition:

The energy transition is built on sun and wind. But the path to putting facilities on fields and meadows is long. The project development company ABO Wind knows the way around but is also aware of the pitfalls. The…

Illustration mission future: Dorothee Mahnkopf © WISTA Management GmbH
12.09.2023

The future is our mission: Adlershof as a “world leader in impact innovation”

Essay by Prof. Dr. Klaus Fichter, director of the Borderstep Institute and professor at the University of Oldenburg:

Many of us probably associate the former US president John F. Kennedy with the following, famous sentence: “Ich bin ein Berliner.” It was uttered almost two years after the wall was built amid the Cold War in front of…

Rawad Chammas © WISTA Management GmbH
12.09.2023

In conversation with Rawad Chammas

The mechanical engineer takes care of knowledge transfer at WISTA Management GmbH:

When he studied mechanical engineering at Technische Universität Berlin, Rawad Chammas had already discovered his passion for the processes and transfer of knowledge during the various phases of technology…

Daniela Reidis, Matthias Pasler © WISTA Management GmbH
11.09.2023

“New talent often has trouble entering the industry”

Sabrina Schnell of TV+Synchron Berlin is committed to creating more diversity:

Life is not black and white; it’s colourful. However, these colours are not visible in the film industry in a particularly convincing way. Changes are underway. Actor Tyron Ricketts, for example, and his production…

Peter Sondermann © WISTA Management GmbH
11.09.2023

Targeting cancer

Tacalyx is developing an antibody therapy that promises to be more effective and well-tolerated than previous therapies:

It looks simple enough on the flip chart: Sugar molecules rise like mushrooms from the surface of a cancer cell. This is the place where the antibodies dock onto, carrying a chemotherapeutic agent and specifically…

Dalia Morcillo, BAM © WISTA Management GmbH
08.09.2023

When does a battery get tired?

A research team from Adlershof is developing a reliable method for lithium-ion batteries:

When Dalia Morcillo hits buttons, the laboratory at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) starts to flash and squeak. The narrow room is jam-packed with scientific devices and measurement…

Eva Unger © WISTA Management GmbH
08.09.2023

A bright future

Eva Unger researches a class of minerals known as perovskites:

They can be made to emit light – or used for generating electricity. Perovskites are semiconductors, and as such are ideally suited for use in electronic components. They are being investigated by the materials…

Christoph Böttger and Evelyn Cimander © WISTA Management GmbH
08.09.2023

Digital twins

A new platform pools data from eleven different sites in Berlin generating future innovation:

Berlin’s Zukunftsorte, German for ‘places of the future’, are pivotal sites generating future innovation in technology across the German capital. They are made up of 2,200 companies and 42 scientific institutions,…

Prof. Stefan Hecht © IRIS Adlershof
07.09.2023

Stefan Hecht is one of the best professors for start-ups

The scientist was honored by Minister of Education Bettina Stark-Watzinger for Entrepreneurial Commitment:

The member of IRIS Adlershof, Professor Stefan Hecht, Founding Director of the Center for the Science of Materials Berlin (CSMB) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, was honored on September 6, along with 19 other…

Shit2Power: Nina Heine and Fabian Habicht © WISTA Management GmbH
07.09.2023

Who if not us?

How industry and research in Adlershof are tackling global challenges:

Climate change, plastic pollution of the environment, water scarcity – the world will get stuck in man-made mess if nothing is done against it. Industry and research in Adlershof are doing something against it and are…