News Archive
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Adlershof Journal September/October 2023
Let's get going: Adlershof sets sail for the future:
A bright future: Eva Unger researches a class of minerals known as perovskites // Renewables in its DNA: ABO Wind is working on the energy transition // “Difficult access to the industry”: TV+Synchron Berlin is…
The nanophotonicist
Sofia Pazzagli experiments with tiny amounts of light:
The wind sends small waves rippling over the pond: “This is how,” says Sofia Pazzagli, “we typically perceive of the motion of light.” Reality, however, is more complex: “When we look at light on a very small scale,…
Laudise Prize for Prof. Peter Rudolph
The scientist was honored with the award for his exceptional achievements in the field of crystal growth:
Prof. Peter Rudolph, former IKZ researcher for many years, was awarded the Laudise Prize of the International Organization for Crystal Growth (IOCG) during the 20th International Conference on Crystal Growth (ICCG-20)…
Green methanol for shipping and industry: €10.4 M. for "Leuna100" project
Consortium of two Fraunhofer institutes, DBI-Gastechnologisches Institut Freiberg, Technical University of Berlin and C1 from Adlershof makes industrial history at the Leuna site:
The Berlin-based climate tech start-up C1, together with its partners the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems IWES, the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT,…
New insights into the light scattering of atoms
Researchers at the Humboldt University of Berlin have demonstrated a surprising effect present in the fluorescent light of a single atom:
Researchers headed by Jürgen Volz and Arno Rauschenbeutel from the Department of Physics at the Humboldt University of Berlin have gained new insights into the scattering of light by a fluorescent atom, which could…
Stress reliever or source?
How animals in the workplace can reduce stress and increase productivity if clear rules are in place:
Animals in the workplace? A controversial issue to say the least. In fact, animals at the office, dogs especially, can reduce stress and increase productivity. However, a brief survey of dog owners on campus has shown…
Without other animals, humans are “not quite complete”
Essay by Dr. Kurt Kotrschal, Austrian biologist, behavioral scientist and author:
There are 16.7 million cats, 10.3 million dogs, and 4.6 million smaller animals across approximately 15 million German households, most of which are kept for social reasons. Even the roughly 1.3 million horses are…
In conversation with Virág Major-Kremer
The cultural manager looks after four bee colonies at the Zentrum für Mikrosysteme und Materialien (ZMM):
Four honeybee colonies live on top of four bright yellow high seats in the garden of the Zentrum für Mikrosysteme und Materialien (ZMM). Put there as part of the art project “smart systems” in 2013, they are a perfect…
The fly counter
Sami Domisch researches semi-aquatic insects:
Considering the mayfly’s lifespan, it is not surprising that it is sometimes referred to as the dayfly. If it is lucky, it might get more than one, maybe three or four days of flying through the sun and wind before it…
Non-stick surface – Inspired by the curling iron of spiders
Adhesion forces can be significantly reduced on surfaces that are provided with special nanostructures:
Why don’t spiders stick to their threads? This question was the starting point of an international research project and Jörn Bonse and Karin Schwibbert belonged to the team addressing it. Both are researchers at…
The Great Elk Trek
Researchers at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin were able to show that Central Europe offers an astonishing amount of living space for elk and European bison:
They can be up to two metres tall, they have a soft spot for twigs, buds, and water plants, and they have a serious case of wanderlust. Meeting an elk is probably something only people travelling to Scandinavia would…
On safari at home
The City Nature Rangers know all about what’s crawling and buzzing in Adlershof:
Rangers are known as the guardians of certain landscape areas, mostly large national parks, but not of cities. However, the latter is populated by more than a few animals as well. In 2019, the Senate Department for…
Eat fungi, not animals
Nosh.bio uses filamentous fungi to produce raw materials for the food industry:
Nosh.bio uses filamentous fungi to produce raw materials for the food industry. This can help save many animal-based materials – without making sacrifices in taste or consistency. A low-meat or even meat-free diet is…
BESSY II back in operation after cyber attack on Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB, national metrology center) can use its experimental stations again:
Since Monday 3 July 2023 BESSY II light source produces brilliant light for research again. It was shut down as a precaution after a hacker attack on the IT systems at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) mid-June. The…