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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Young Scientist Award 2014
LUM will award the Young Scientist Award during the International Workshop Dispersion Analysis and Material Testing 2014 in Berlin:
LUM GmbH is market leader in analytical instruments for direct and accelerated characterization of dispersions and particles. With the addition of another new instrument line, users can now characterize entire product…
BAM shows how toxic Gadolinium can enter the food chain
Demonstrating contrast uptake by plants:
The contrast agent gadolinium, which is used in medicine for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), may enter the food chain through surface water. This is the result of an investigation by the BAM Federal Institute for…
The best of two worlds: Solar hydrogen production breakthrough
Simple solar cell stored nearly five percent of solar energy:
Using a simple solar cell and a photo anode made of a metal oxide, HZB and TU Delft scientists have successfully stored nearly five percent of solar energy chemically in the form of hydrogen. This is a major feat as…
Attosecond electron dynamics in molecules
One of the visions guiding current research on the application of attosecond (1 as = 10-18s) laser pulses to molecules is the possibility of controlling molecular processes by manipulating valence electrons on…
Fundamental Insights in Catalyst Research at Adlershof’s BESSY II
HZB is watching catalysts at work – at the atomic scale:
Developing materials with novel catalytic properties is one of the most important tasks in energy research. It is especially important to understand the dynamic processes involved in catalysis at the atomic scale,…
BioVendor benefits from using SCIENION’s integrated product portfolio
Combined sciDROP PICO and sciDROP NANO technologies used for developing multiplex tests in microtiter plates:
SCIENION AG and BioVendor Laboratorni medicina a.s. announced that BioVendor is using SCIENION’s complementary product portfolio for the production and detection of immunoassays.Czech Republic Brno-based BioVendor…
Dr. Ben J. Lipps designated as Chairman of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer of MagForce AG
The Supervisory Board of Magforce AG (Frankfurt, XETRA: MF6), a leading medical device company in the field of oncology, has appointed Dr. Ben J. Lipps, former CEO and Chairman of Fresenius Medical Care, as Chairman…
New top quality high-power laser diodes
eagleyard Photonics supplies pulsed Seeder now at 1030 nm:
eagleyard Photonics expands its high-quality pulsed laser family by its new DFB 1030 nm seed laser. This additional laser complements the already worldwide successfully established DFB 1064. This type of laser diode…
SOLON contracted for 1.2 MW solar system on landfill
18° landfill surface inclination requires specialized system design:
SOLON Energy GmbH is to construct a 1.2 MW solar system on the disused area of the Oberhaugstett landfill (administrative district of Calw, Baden-Württemberg). The project was commissioned by AWG Abfallwirtschaft…
Register now for the "Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Exhibition"
30.10. - 3.11.2013 in ANTALYA:
Join the RENSEF Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Exhibition, the new exhibition that we begin in Turkey, Antalya. RENSEF is organized with the aim of introducing Tourism and Agriculture Investors of the…
Adlershof at Intersolar June 19-21 / Booth B2.250
WISTA-MANAGEMENT GMBH will open the Centre for Photovoltaics and Renewable Energy (ZPV) in the science and technology park:
The attractive building follows an "architecture of dialogue" that focuses on transparency, social encounters and communication. Its central design element is the building-high, well-lit foyer with its galleries,…
Polymer-coated catalyst protects "artificial leaf"
HZB Scientists produce hydrogen by means of solar energy:
Due to the fluctuating availability of solar energy, storage solutions are urgently needed. One option is to use the electrical energy generated inside solar cells to split water by means of electrolysis, in the…
Adlershof Special 29: Photonics and Optical Technologies
New ideas in the Photonics Centre:
Things are really moving in the Photonics Centre // A perfect match // We need more space // Key to new production technologies // Multipurpose fibres // Medical provisions // Excellent research // Adlershof in…
A perfect match
Editorial by Dr. Wilhelm Kaenders, President of TOPTICA Photonics AG:
TOPTICA can boast today over a dozen Nobel laureates in Physics, not least of all last year’s winners Serge Haroche (ENS Paris) and Dave Wineland (NIST Boulder, USA). What many do not know: It is Berlin high tech…