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Fresh and warm: hot dogs from a vending machine

MeiCook, a team from the Adlershof Founder’s Lab, wants to drive forward the development of the food industry:

With support from the Berlin Startup Scholarship, an international team made up of people from Armenia, Germany, and Turkey is developing the city’s first hotdog vending machine. The prototype is already in the…

Adlershof in your ears

The Science City in Adlershof is showcased by the FluxFM podcast “Weiß der Adler – Zukunft made in Adlershof”:

On an area covering 4.6 square kilometres, 28,000 people conduct research and work at the Science and Technology Park Berlin Adlershof. It is virtually impossible to keep track of all the innovation and new research…

Adlershof Journal May/June 2023

Come on in! How attractive are we to bright minds?:

Welcome succession: the next generation takes the helm // The networker: Adelina-Elisa Olbrich organises scientific exchange // Adlershof in your ears: a FluxFM podcast showcases the Science City …

In conversation with Alexander Ney

The manager of the IGAFA guest houses supports academics from all over the world in Adlershof:

Who could be better suited to be the manager of Internationales Begegnungszentrum (IBZ), a meeting centre and guest house for academics from all over the world, as someone who has travelled extensively himself and got…

The networker

Adelina-Elisa Olbrich hosts an event for scientific exchange in Adlershof:

There should be more networking. A place where “one can talk about research in an unconventional way.” Beyond the boundaries of one’s own professional world. This is particularly important in Adlershof, which unites…

Welcome succession

The next generation takes over the management of Ahlberg Metalltechnik and Legler Objekt & Konzept:

Mario Ahlberg and Heike Legler have created two very successful companies, Ahlberg Metalltechnik GmbH and Legler Objekt & Konzept GmbH. They are both stepping back to let the next generation take the helm – and…

A veteran of Adlershof

Biophysicist Helge Neumann says goodbye – the long-standing head of the WISTA International Office has carried the Adlershof model out into the world:

There are countless issues that Helge Neumann has addressed during his time in Adlershof. The biophysicist has been part of WISTA now for over 30 years. As different as his projects were, they were all characterised…

3B Pharmaceuticals enters into a Global Exclusive Licensing Agreement for its FAP-Targeting Peptide Technology

Licensing agreement with Novartis includes exclusive worldwide rights to develop and commercialize therapeutic and imaging applications for 3BP's FAP-targeting technology:

3B Pharmaceuticals GmbH (3BP), a private German biotechnology company developing targeted radiopharmaceutical drugs and diagnostics for oncology indications, announced that it has entered into an amended and restated…

Fast and flexible solar energy from the printer

Innovation platform Solar TAP develops innovative solutions for photovoltaic applications and intends to bring them into use quickly:

Lighter, more flexible and adaptable – the innovation platform Solar TAP develops innovative solutions for photovoltaic applications. The aim is to make surfaces already used in agriculture, the building sector and…

Researchers at HU and Ferdinand-Braun-Institut make an important step towards the quantum internet

A cornerstone for 1000-fold improved communication rates to bridge long distances:

Diamond material is of great importance for future technologies such as the quantum internet. Special defect centers can be used as quantum bits (qubits) and emit single light particles that are referred to as single…

How much cadmium is contained in cocoa beans?

Team at BESSY II investigated heavy metal contamination of cocoa beans by combining different X-ray fluorescence techniques:

Cocoa beans can absorb toxic heavy metals such as cadmium from the soil. Some cultivation areas, especially in South America, are polluted with these heavy metals, in some cases considerably. In combining different…

Novel epitaxy equipment for the growth of nuclear spin-free quantum materials at the IKZ

The equipment was commissioned to push the limits of material properties for quantum technologies:

Silicon (Si) and germanium (Ge) are the workhorses of modern semiconductor technology, where decades of science and technology development yielded advanced device fabrication of extremely pure materials. This…

Neighbourhood concepts for more sustainable mobility

Reiner Lemoine Institut and Localiser are planning charging infrastructure at HOWOGE locations in Berlin:

RLI and Localiser RLI GmbH are supporting the housing association HOWOGE in a project to develop neighbourhood concepts for more sustainable mobility in Berlin. In this context, a new subproject started in March: RLI…

Prof. Jan Plefka receives ERC Advanced Grant

European Research Counsil stellt 2,2 Mio. Euro für das Projekt GraWFTy zur Forschungen in der Gravitationswellenphysik zur Verfügung:

Jan Plefka receives a prestigious Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). He and his team at the Department of Physics and IRIS Adlershof of HU Berlin will receive 2.2 million euros over the next five…

HZB researchers receive ERC Advanced Grant

European Research Council funds he work of quantum physicist Jens Eisert and materials scientist Catherine Dubourdieu:

Prof. Dr. Jens Eisert receives the ERC Advanced Grant of 1,8 million euros over five years for his project DebuQC. The quantum physicist conducts research at the Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems at Freie…

Berlin Adlershof: Record growth despite skills shortage and multiple crises

Positive development despite interlocking crises/ Remarkable increase particularly in employment:

Despite various interlocking crises, the Science and Technology Park in Berlin Adlershof was able to grow significantly in 2022. Revenues and budgetary resources increased to €3.63 billion (2021: €3.21 billion),…

Berlin Adlershof: Facts and figures

Berlin Adlershof is Germany’s largest and most successful science and technology park as well as Berlin’s largest media location – embedded in an overall urban development concept. Spanning an area of 4.61km², the…

PicoQuant Donates 5000 EUR to Berliner Tafel e.V.

The donation included contributions from the company and PicoQuant employees:

PicoQuant donated 5000 EUR to the Berliner Tafel e.V. charity. The organization works to combat hunger and poverty in Berlin, providing food and support to those in need. Frederik Siegmann, Head of Marketing of…

HZB receives funding to make innovations usable more quickly

Helmholtz Association funds innovation platforms on accelerator technologies and photovoltaics research with 4.2 million euros:

The Helmholtz Association has selected three new innovation platforms that will now be funded. HZB is involved in two of them: The Innovation Platform on Accelerator Technologies HI-ACTS is intended to open up modern…

A new hydro-social reality in Colombia

In the Water4Whom project, HU scientists study the effects of mega-dams:

“Colombian mega-dams are creating a new hydro-social reality,” says Prof. Tobias Krüger, Co-Director of IRI THESys and Principal Investigator in the Water security for Whom? research project. “The question that…