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21.02.2018

Hidden talents: Converting heat into electricity with pencil and paper

Helmholtz researchers use simple constituents for thermoelectric components:

Thermoelectric materials can use thermal differences to generate electricity. Now there is an inexpensive and environmentally friendly way of producing them with the simplest of components: a normal pencil, photocopy…

20.02.2018

Research team suceeded in identifying the chirality of molecules with a new method

Twisting electrons can tell right-handed and left-handed molecules apart:

Identifying right-handed and left-handed molecules is a crucial step for many applications in chemistry and pharmaceutics. An international research team (CELIA-CNRS/INRS/Berlin Max Born Institute/SOLEIL) has now…

battery container
15.02.2018

Ecoligo.investments opens solar-battery project in Philippines for investment

Core of the system is a 124.2 kWh battery, supplied by Adlershof-based energy storage specialist Autarsys:

A project to power an off-grid eco resort in the Philippines has opened for investment on the crowdinvesting platform www.ecoligo.investments. Private investors will refinance the solar-plus-storage system, which has…

Credit: HZB
07.02.2018

40-year controversy in solid-state physics resolved

Samarium hexaboride is a trivial surface conductor:

An international team at BESSY II headed by Prof. Oliver Rader has shown that the puzzling properties of samarium hexaboride do not stem from the material being a topological insulator, as it had been proposed to be.…

RNA double helix. MBI
24.01.2018

The interaction of ribonucleic acid and water

MBI scientists use vibrational spectroscopy to analyze biomolecular systems:

Ribonucleic acid (RNA) plays a key role in biochemical processes which occur at the cellular level in a water environment. Mechanisms and dynamics of the interaction between RNA and water were now revealed by…

DIRIS B02-Board
18.01.2018

Video Recorder Board replaces Frame Grabber, Display Controller and Text Generator

DIRIS-Boards minimize effort for development and production of devices comprising video visualization and recording:

At the Embedded World Exhibition (Feb 27th to Mar 1st, 2018 in Nuremberg) X‑SPEX from Berlin/Germany presents the DIRIS video recorder boards with extended functions and new interfaces. Location in hall 1,…

Simplified cross-section of a perovskite solar cell. Picture: HZB
16.01.2018

Perovskite solar cells: perfection not required!

Experiments at BESSY II reveal why even inhomogeneous perovskite films are highly functional:

Metal-organic perovskite layers for solar cells are frequently fabricated using the spin coating technique. If you follow the simplest synthesis pathway and use industry-relevant compact substrates, the perovskite…

Refugee camp Mam Rashan. Credit: atmosfair
10.01.2018

Autarsys sets out to bring renewable energy to a refugee camp

Adlershof-based renewable energy company to develop state-of-the-art energy storage system for Mam Rashan in Northern Iraq:

In partnership with German non-profit Atmosfair, with funding from the state of Baden-Württemberg, Autarsys sets out to bring renewable energy to a refugee camp of 8,500 Autarsys GmbH is set to manufacture an energy…

Adlershof Journal
10.01.2018

Adlershof Journal January/February 2018

Some clouds, but mostly sunny: Forecasts on digitisation:

Secure networks: About the risks and side-effects of going digital //  High-Performance Chips for Data Centres: Sicoya develops novel high-efficiency chips for transmitting data in data centres //  The Freshwater Man:…

10.01.2018

Lost in the Web: Sorting the World with Mathematical Precision

Essay by Peter Strunk, a PhD historian, and head of the communications department at WISTA-MANAGEMENT GMBH since 1999:

When we go online, it is good to know what we’re looking for. Otherwise, a journey through the internet becomes a magical mystery tour, where torrential information fills up the space around us. Whenever we “surf the…

10.01.2018

At home in the world of data

In conversation with Susann Niemeyer, head of the Technology Centres for IT and Media in Adlershof:

She originally wanted to become a chemist like her father and her grandfather. She touched down in information technology because she couldn’t get a place at the University of Greifswald during the GDR days. Since…

10.01.2018

Oxford PV collaborates with HZB

To move perovskite solar cells closer to commercialisation:

Perovskite solar technology leader Oxford PV collaborates with leading German research centre to support the accelerated transfer of its technology into silicon cell manufacturing lines.Oxford PVTM – The Perovskite…

A look into the lab where the components of the electron source were tested.
09.01.2018

Milestone reached: electron source for bERLinPro produces its first beam

Components for linear accelerator tested successfully:

On the HZB Adlershof campus, researchers are building a prototype of an energy-recovery linear accelerator (bERLinPro). Intensive research has been going on for years to develop the worldwide unique key components…

09.01.2018

The Freshwater Man

Thomas Pfeiffer develops affordable desalinisation and irrigation systems:

It started with a chance discovery in his inbox. Thomas Pfeiffer said to his business partner: “That sounds like a good idea. Let’s do it and see what happens.” The tender from Adlershof popped up on Pfeiffer’s screen…

09.01.2018

The Technology Park waves goodbye to analog

How Adlershof-based entrepreneurs adapt to the digital age:

Naturally, the digital transformation is also changing companies in Adlershof. However, changes vary across business sectors and do not always make things easier.“Our company has more computers than it has employees,”…

09.01.2018

Election debates only take place every four years

Interview with Nick Zimmermann and Mike Krüger from Studio Berlin about turbulent times, the digitisation of business and the recovery of companies:

The “Kanzlerduell” TV debate, German elections – The past month have surely been eventful. Are you happy with 2017?Zimmermann: We had a very positive and busy year in a difficult market environment.Krüger: The…

09.01.2018

BESSY upgrade

Two forward-looking projects at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB):

Variable light pulses and better use of sunlight – these are the two future projects at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin for Materials and Energy, which will make the research radiation source BESSY unique.Making the…

09.01.2018

The Data Logisticians

Quibiq builds virtual data highways:

Quibiq is taking care that all users in a company have quick access to the data they need - regardless of whether these are stored in conventional databases, or in the cloud. Founded at the turn of the millennium in…

09.01.2018

Secure networks

About the risks and side-effects of going digital:

Many researchers and entrepreneurs have somewhat overlooked the issue of cyber security. A panel debate on 29th January 2018 aims at shedding light on the risks and side-effects of the interconnected world and give…

Niels Pinkwart, HU
09.01.2018

The Future of Learning

Students at the Humboldt-Universität’s department for computer science are trained to become the IT specialists of tomorrow:

How is higher education adapting to the digital age? In Adlershof, students at the Humboldt-Universität’s department for computer science are trained to become the IT specialists of tomorrow. Other students are also…