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Nitrogen tank for the accelerator project bERLinPro was installed in Adlershof

Rising 18 metres into the air, the nitrogen tank on the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin campus in Adlershof was installed on 18 July 2017. It can store up to 80 cubic metres of liquid nitrogen. This nitrogen will be used for…

Water makes the proton shake

MBI Scientists describe ultrafast motions and fleeting geometries in proton hydration:

Basic processes in chemistry and biology involve protons in a water environment. Water structures accommodating protons and their motions have so far remained elusive. Applying ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy,…

New Joint Lab for “functional quantum materials” at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin

Kickoff for Joint Lab with IFW Dresden:

The Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (IFW) and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) have created a Joint Lab for “functional quantum materials” and under its umbrella a Young Investigator…

Younicos joins team Aggreko

Storage pioneer partners with the world’s leading provider of modular, mobile power:

Aggreko is excited to announce its £40m agreement to acquire Younicos, a global market leader in the development and deployment of integrated energy systems, based on battery storage. This acquisition strengthens our…

Adlershof Journal July/August 2017

Entering the Job Market: Opportunities for the Next Generation:

Living in the Laboratory: The Max-Born-Institute secures future physics lab technicians //  Generation Z: No desire for the rat race //  From Dahlem to Adlershof: Technology park welcomes biotech companies // …

Generation Z: A case for a different way of dealing with this slightly different generation

Essay by Christian Scholz, economic scientist and professor at Saarland University:

As a convinced member of the baby boomers, I could have never imagined such a thing. For the Generation Z born after 1990, the civil service makes the top of the list of the most sought-after employers Of course, we…

WiNS Adlershof – New programme designed to jumpstart women in natural science

In conversation with programme coordinator Petra Metz:

She has been the coordinator of WiNS Adlershof (Women in Natural Sciences Adlershof) since March 2017, a new programme designed to jumpstart women in natural science. After graduating as a teacher for German and…

Caring for Talent

Thorsten Rohwedder fosters young mathematicians:

His job description reads “teacher for special tasks”. You could also say: Thorsten Rohwedder’s job is talent care. He likes using an agricultural image to describe what he does. It’s just nice, he says, to “help…

Boosting Apprenticeships in Adlershof

How the companies of the Science City recruit future apprentices:

Adlershof is awaiting the next apprenticeship term, which is a good time to ask local companies about how they recruit future professionals, which qualifications they require and the quality of access to qualified…

Getting into High-Tech

An invitation to the STEM job fair in Adlershof:

As a high-technology site, Adlershof depends on smart people. A trade fair on 4th July 2017 enables companies recruiting apprentices to meet high-school students from the region. Apprenticeships and high-tech – how…

From Dahlem to Adlershof

Two new companies in Adlershof, Alacris Theranostics GmbH and Clinical Laserthermia Systems GmbH, are committed to fighting cancer:

He will miss the view of Dahlem’s Botanical Garden, says Bodo Lange. Apart from that, the manager of the company Alacris Theranostics sees moving from Dahlem to Adlershof as very positive. WISTA-MANAGEMENT GMBH’s…

Retirement? No, thanks

Reinhard Mann and his team at auvisign GmbH provide their customers with video and sound:

New Year’s Eve or the World Cup party at the Brandenburg Gate, large church conventions or the German gymnastics festival – Reinhard Mann, Johannes Raack and their auvisign team provide their customers with the…

Living in the Laboratory

The Max-Born-Institute secures future physics lab technicians:

How curiosity, love of experimentation and meticulousness are helping Josefin Fuchs to complete her apprenticeship as a physics lab technician at the Max-Born-Institute. Josefin Fuchs loves physics. “I was already a…

No Need to Travel Far for Cool Jobs

How Adlershof supports career transitions between science, business and management:

Due to its hundreds of high-tech companies, leading research institutes and start-up hubs, Adlershof is a land of opportunity for students and graduates of Berlin’s Humboldt-Universität. Most often, they are not aware…

MagForce AG Announces Successful Share Capital Increase from Authorized Capital

MagForce AG, a leading medical device company in the field of nanomedicine focused on oncology, today successfully completed the capital increase from authrized capital resolved on June 28, 2017. The Company’s share…

A “perfect” attosecond experiment

Physicists manage to completely describe the quantum-mechanical wave function of an ionized electron:

Novel experiments using ultrafast pulses are currently revolutionizing laser physics research. They deliver unprecedented insights into matter – into the structure and dynamics of electrons in atoms, molecules and in…

eagleyard continues to grow

EUR 2’0 million Investment into Automation and Laser Diode Assembly Technology:

eagleyard Photonics GmbH is expanding its technology platform with additional equipment for both, flexible tailoring and automated manufacturing of semiconductor laser diodes. In continuation of its R&D and production…

eagleyard charms small satellite MERLIN

Helping measuring methane gas concentration for a better understanding of climate change:

eagleyard Photonics GmbH enables SpaceTech GmbH/Immenstaad to build the LIDAR Frequency Reference Unit for German-French small satellite mission MERLIN (Methane Remote Sensing LIDAR Mission). With a scheduled launch…

New lab for electrochemical interfaces at BESSY II

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) is establishing together with the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG) the „Berlin Joint Lab for Electrochemical Interfaces“ (BElChem):

The Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) is establishing a joint lab together with the Max Planck Society (MPS) to study electrochemical phenomenon at solid/liquid interfaces. The Berlin Joint Lab for Electrochemical…

Extremely versatile – Tailored diode lasers, from the chip to the system

FBH presents its capability at “Laser World of Photonics” trade show and accompanying “CLEO Europe” conference:

The Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) presents novel developments and advances of its diode lasers and UV light-emitting diodes (LEDs) at the “Laser World of Photonics”. The event is hosted in Munich from June 26 – 29,…