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Bridging the gap between the tradition and the modern – EUROPA-CENTER at Rudower Chaussee
07.10.2013

EUROPA-CENTER, Stage III

35,000 square metres office complex:

Built on stilts, they do not block the view of Adlershof’s “old twins“, the sphere-shaped thermo-constant laboratories which have long been the town’s landmark. What makes EUROPA-CENTER AG’s new office buildings on…

Perfectly embedded – the new industrial park at Segelfliegerdamm
07.10.2013

A clever addition to the Technology Park

The new industrial park at Segelfliegerdamm:

For a long time, the premises of the former nationally owned company Medizinische Geräte Berlin on Segelfliegerdamm had been a sorry sight. It now serves as an impressive example of how a partially contaminated strip…

Architect Klaus D. Krebs is responsible for the project “Future Living Berlin”
07.10.2013

Future Living about to be launched

70 flats with future-oriented technical equipment:

“General interest in our cross-generational Living Labs is keen,“ declares Klaus D. Krebs, satisfied. The architect from Berlin is responsible for the project “Future Living Berlin“ which is being developed at the…

World record solar cell with 44.7% efficiency, made up of four solar subcells based on III-V compound semiconductors for use in concentrator photovoltaics. ©Fraunhofer ISE
04.10.2013

World Record Solar Cell with 44.7% Efficiency

Helmholtz Zentrum research group was involved:

With a solar cell efficiency of 44.7%, scientists around Dr. Frank Dimroth at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE achieved a new world record for the conversion of sunlight into electricity. They…

Cover Adlershof Special 30: Microsystems and Materials
01.10.2013

Adlershof Special 30: Microsystems and Materials

Grand in miniature:

Innovation seed: Hybrid materials // Clean, cleaner, Adlershof // The microreactor in a drop of liquid // Hardware for Think Tanks // A gentle look through // New centre for IRIS Adlershof // Medical progress on the…

Prof. Stefan Hecht & Prof. Norbert Koch, Departments of Chemistry and Physics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
30.09.2013

Innovation seed: Hybrid materials

Editorial by Prof. Stefan Hecht & Prof. Norbert Koch, Departments of Chemistry and Physics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin:

New products in the communication and energy sector – just think about smartphones and solar cells – continuously change our daily life. This rapid development is based on modern technologies that typically originate…

Viktor Krozer is Foundation Professor of Terahertz Electronics at the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik (FBH)
30.09.2013

A gentle look through

Terahertz rays are good for more than just body scans at airports. FBH is one of the world leading institutes:

The terahertz technology will soon be arousing interest for many applications in medicine, radar, communications, security, nondestructive materials testing, and quality assurance. The path that must be taken is…

In charge of some of the most state-of-the-art clean rooms in the Berlin-Brandenburg area: CMM-Director Jörg Israel
30.09.2013

Clean, cleaner, Adlershof

A number of the most modern clean rooms in the region at the Centre for Materials and Microsystems:

If electronic circuitry and systems are to operate reliably, greatest care must be taken in the production process. They are manufactured in special clean rooms that can be accessed only through an airlock. The air in…

Micro-engineering in analytical chemistry
30.09.2013

The microreactor in a drop of liquid

BAM offers fast analysis at low cost:

The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) department has been part of the Adlershof Science Park since the very beginning. In line with the growing number of its assignments it has modified its…

Anton Nagy and Tobias Brose, ILS Adlershof
30.09.2013

Hardware for think tanks

Process engineering systems on the laboratory and pilot plant scale by ILS-Integrated Lab Solutions:

When chemical companies want to transform their Holy Grail into hardware, they turn to ILS-Integrated Lab Solutions GmbH in the Adlershof Technology Park. This company manufactures process engineering systems on the…

The new laboratory building for research into “hybrid systems” made up of organic and inorganic materials
30.09.2013

New centre for IRIS Adlershof

Research into “hybrid systems” of national significance:

Distinction has been an IRIS hallmark for quite some time now. After all, this “Integrative Research Institute for the Sciences” proved the decisive factor for the excellence status awarded to the Humboldt University…

Patient in MagForce's NanoActivatorT for cancer treatment
30.09.2013

Medical progress on the tiniest of scales

Adlershof companies combat cancer and other scourges of humanity:

Companies like MagForce, Surflay Nanotec, and NanoBioAnalytics coat microcapsules, destroy cancerous growths with the aid of injected nanoparticles, and feed measuring probes to living cells  at the Centre for…

Small satellites from Berlin Adlershof
25.09.2013

Grand in miniature

Companies based in Adlershof are leaders in the field of small satellites:

At Astro- und Feinwerktechnik Adlershof GmbH (Astrofein), the walls of the conference room proudly display an array of awards that cannot fail to impress. They all have something to do with small satellites. For…

8,000 students commute to Adlershof. Soon some of them will be able to live near the campus.
23.09.2013

A model district on the upswing

Nearly 1,000 flats and 380 student accomodation units are being created within the “Wohnen am Campus“ housing district:

A city without flats isn’t a real city. That’s why from the outset, planners in Adlershof have been aiming at a mixed-use development including urban residential living. For a long time, Berlin’s slack housing market…

„Hotel manager“ Ralf Krause is his own regular guest. He spends three to four days at Adlershof.
23.09.2013

Second Home

ADAPT APARTMENTS – temporary living in Adlershof:

Home away from Home – hotels have long been using the “second home“ concept as a marketing slogan. However, in a hotel, one can’t cook meals or welcome friends or guests. Can this be a real home then? Less and less so…

It's going to look like this: The plan of the Senate for Urban Development and the Environment for the “Gleislinse“-area.
23.09.2013

At full steam – Adlershof is surpassing itself

In a few years‘ time, a railway property of 40 hectares in size will be added to the development area, enhancing the range of services on site:

At one time, almost a third of the goods traffic coming from and going to Berlin was handled here. Then the war broke out, Germany was divided, and the steam began to clear. Since 1998, the Schöneweide railway yard…

11.09.2013

MicroAqua microarray for efficient testing for waterborne pathogens

Scienion technology used for multiparameter testing to enable biohazard detection in water:

SCIENION AG announced milestone advancements in the EU MicroAqua research project, which is dedicated to developing a universal microarray for the evaluation of fresh-water quality. The prototype of the unique chip…

As of 1 September 2013, Professor Dr. Ulrich Panne assumes the leadership of BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing
03.09.2013

Professor Dr. Panne is the new president of BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing

The chemist succeeds Professor Dr. Manfred Hennecke:

Upon his appointment to BAM President Professor Panne emphasised that he looks forward to expanding the integration of Engineering and Natural Sciences at BAM. It is the only way to adequately address challenging…

22.08.2013

High efficiency 18 Watt laser diode at 980 nm

eagleyard Photonics, a leading supplier of high-power laser diodes offers a cost-efficient single-emitter laser diode:

Gentle techniques at surgical and diagnostic treatments are nowadays unthinkable without the use of laser technology. eagleyard Photonics produces the core of such a medical laser – the laser diode.The introduction of…

21.08.2013

5-in-1: Innovative analytical tools for electron microscopes

Bruker presents a new variety of choice in instrumentation by expanding its portfolio for materials characterization:

With the introduction of the new XSense WD spectrometer and the new XTrace X-ray source for Micro-XRF on SEM, Bruker is the first company to offer all 5 analytical techniques, EDS, WDS, EBSD, Micro-XRF and Micro-CT,…