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perovskite layer model © G. Li/HZB
27.01.2023

Stability of perovskite solar cells reaches next milestone

With an improved material structure, a team from HZB achieves efficiencies of up to 24.6%:

Perovskite semiconductors promise highly efficient and low-cost solar cells. However, the semi-organic material is very sensitive to temperature differences, which can quickly lead to fatigue damage in normal outdoor…

Jupiter spacecraft © ESA/ATG medialab (spacecraft); NASA/JPL/DLR (Jupiter, moons)
26.01.2023

Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft with DLR instruments on its way to Europe’s spaceport in Kourou

ESA mission spacecraft launches to Jupiter in April to study the planet and its icy moons, especially Ganymede:

"Trois, deux, un – et décollage!" This is how the last three seconds will be counted down in the control centre in Kourou, French Guiana, this April before one of the last Ariane 5 launch vehicles lifts off from…

Map of the borders © Christopher Klose / MBI
20.01.2023

International team of scientists develops new microscopy method

New method delivers high-resolution real-time video from the microcosm:

A team of scientists, led by researchers from the Max Born Institute in Berlin and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin in Germany and from Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the…

Stefan Hecht © WISTA Management GmbH
17.01.2023

Where the future is materialising

Researchers are investigating hybrid materials at the new Center for the Science of Materials Berlin (CSMB):

A place of innovation: Researchers of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and other Berlin-based research institutes are investigating new materials as part of the new Center for the Science of Materials Berlin (CSMB).…

Tobias Sontheimer, Yazmin Lucero Cobos-Becerra © WISTA Management GmbH
16.01.2023

En route to carbon-neutral aviation

An innovative project for sustainable kerosine has been launched at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin:

The transition to clean energy, or Energiewende, in transportation has begun. We are moving away from fuels that are damaging to the climate like petrol or diesel and towards carbon-neutral energy sources, including…

Christian Freier © WISTA Management GmbH
16.01.2023

The earth surveyor

Christian Freier works on quantum sensors in Adlershof:

A German, an American, an Australian. And an idea that equally fascinated the three of them. It was about basic research in physics, which, in this case, was to create a then-novel measurement procedure based on using…

Roland Sillmann, CEO © WISTA Management GmbH
13.01.2023

Great challenges, great future

The Science City in Adlershof is booming. Space has become scarce. Has this success story been told? Far from it. Why? Because there are so many new things happening in Berlin’s southeast. The future is exciting.:

Adlershof: a blueprint for technology parks across the world from America to China. A success story. Have we reached the end of it? A smile flickers across the lips of Roland Sillmann, the CEO of WISTA Management…

Cover Adlershof Journal January/February 2023
13.01.2023

Adlershof Journal January/February 2023

Back to the Future – The next chapter:

Where the future materialises: New research centre for hybrid materials //  Together, aware of history, open and future-oriented: The president of Humboldt-Universität in conversation // En route to carbon-neutral…

Julia von Blumenthal © HU/Julia Baier
13.01.2023

Together, historically aware, open-minded, and future-oriented

In conversation with Julia von Blumenthal, who has been president of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) since 1 October 2022:

Adlershof Journal: What priorities have you set for your term in office? Julia von Blumenthal: We as a society are facing enormous challenges due to the multitude of current crises and developments – just think for a…

Illustration digital city: D. Mahnkopf © WISTA Management GmbH
12.01.2023

The digital city – the future of places generating future innovation

Essay by Dr. Hans-Hermann Albers, architect, urban researcher, and consultant from Berlin:

For almost two decades now, the digitalisation of cities has been a stand-out issue in the international discourse around urban development. On the one hand, this discussion is about constructing entirely new “cities…

BTB site in Adlershof © BTB/Manuel Frauendorf
09.01.2023

Heat from the depths of the earth

BTB is pursuing a storage project to improve the sustainability of Berlin’s energy supply:

In a pilot project that is one of its kind in Germany, BTB GmbH, an energy provider, wants to make district heating supply more climate-friendly by integrating a seasonal geothermal heat storage facility. Exploratory…

Team Pendulum © WISTA Management GmbH
09.01.2023

Step by step

The start-up Pendulum is simplifying gait analysis:

Staying fit into old age – who wouldn’t want that? However, the first signs of diseases are typically only visible to people who have the necessary training and expertise. Medical professionals call these changes…

Foodtruck: B. Wolff, G. Paoletti © WISTA Management GmbH
09.01.2023

A hint of Sicily in Adlershof

A German-Italian food truck serves up gourmet sandwiches and burgers:

Once upon a time, a Sicilian and a German cook met at an Austrian restaurant. Together, they founded “FOOD – Taste of the world on the road”, a food truck serving gourmet sandwiches, which has been a permanent fixture…

Fundus manager Anne Becker © WISTA Management GmbH
09.01.2023

“Ours is not a supporting role but a main role”

Anne Becker of Adlershofer Fundus, Adlershof’s prop and costume inventory, about the striking similarities to the hierarchical world of the film “The Ordinaries”:

A visit to Adlershofer Fundus can be overwhelming. On an area of 4,000 square metres in a cellar of Ernst-Augustin-Strasse 7, you will find the crowns of kings and knight’s armour, bus stop signs, old books, bags,…

Kilowatt-class pump laser modules, ©FBH/schurian.com
04.01.2023

FBH at Photonics West 2023

The institute presents new and advanced semiconductor light sources at the fair :

The Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) will present its developments and advancements in diode lasers and UV light-emitting diodes (LEDs) in person at Photonics West 2023, San Francisco (USA). The FBH is both represented…

Structure of the β-VAE-network © HZB
03.01.2023

New software based on Artificial Intelligence helps to interpret complex data

HZB-Team entwickelt Software, um die Datenauswertung von Experimenten deutlich zu verbessern:

Experimental data is often not only highly dimensional, but also noisy and full of artefacts. This makes it difficult to interpret the data. Now a team at HZB has designed software that uses self-learning neural…

Collagen distribution in pike bones © Charité Berlin/HZB
03.01.2023

High-energy X-rays leave a trace of destruction in bone collagen

Bone samples from fish and mammals were analysed at BESSY II before and after X-ray irradiation:

A team of medical researchers at Charité has analyzed damage by focused high energetic X-rays in bone samples from fish and mammals at BESSY II. With a combination of microscopy techniques, the scientists could…

Dr. Björn Globisch, TOPTICA EAGLEYARD. ©TOPTICA EAGLEYARD
02.01.2023

New head for the R&D team at TOPTICA EAGLEYARD

Dr. Björn Globisch wants to further research and development activities in the company:

With the addition of Dr. Björn Globisch,  TOPTICA  EAGLEYARD  is completely  restructuring  its Research & Development Team for 2023/2024. "After ten years spent researching terahertz sensor technology, l'm now…

Photo of the perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell © Johannes Beckedahl/Lea Zimmerman/HZB
19.12.2022

World record back at HZB

Tandem solar cell achieves 32.5 percent efficiency:

The current world record of tandem solar cells consisting of a silicon bottom cell and a perovskite top cell is once again at HZB. The new tandem solar cell converts 32.5 % of the incident solar radiation into…

cluster facility HZB,© B. Stannowski / HZB
14.12.2022

HZB cooperates with solar module manufacturer Meyer Burger

On the way to mass production: perovskite silicon tandem cells:

In order to transfer tandem solar cells from laboratory scale to production, HZB is cooperating with the solar module manufacturer Meyer Burger, which has great expertise in heterojunction technology (HJT) for silicon…