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Grid-friendly use of heat pumps leads to a reduction in grid expansion costs
RLI analyses the effects of increased flexibility of heat pumps through higher output and heat storage capacity:
Delayed expansion of the electricity grids jeopardizes the rapid implementation of the energy system transformation. More flexibility through heat pumps and heat storage in the electricity grid could counteract this…
Better coordination of emergency services in buildings
DLR tracking system makes people and surrounding structures visible:
Emergency responders operating in buildings or industrial plants should not only know their exact location. In order for a mission to be coordinated, it is also important that the location of each individual team…
Leibniz Association funds research into high-purity fluoride crystals
IKZ young scientist Dr. Hiroki Tanaka receives the funding of Leibniz Junior Research Groups in Leibniz Competition 2024:
After a competitive selection process, Dr. Hiroki Tanaka's research proposal titled 'Photonics with ultra-pure fluoride crystals' has been awarded funding for the next five years under the esteemed Leibniz Junior…
MAIUS-2 mission launched with FBH laser modules on board
Compounds of Bose-Einstein condensates were investigated on board a sounding rocket in order to measure the properties of the atoms with high precision:
The MAIUS-2 mission rocket was launched into space on December 2, 2023 from Kiruna, Sweden. On board the sounding rocket 75 experiments were scheduled in which compounds of so-called Bose-Einstein condensates, based…
H2-ready power plants prepared for operation with hydrogen?
RLI study shows challenges and solutions for the conversion of gas-fired power plants:
Hydrogen (H2) plays an important role in the renewable energy system to secure electricity generation. New and existing power plants must therefore be made ready for H2 operation. They should become H2-ready. However,…
Boosting PET recycling with higher standards for laboratory experiments
Researchers evaluated enzymes that break down plastic so that they can be put into industrial use more quickly:
Many enzymes promise to break down plastic. But what works well in the lab often fails on a large scale. Now a new study by Gert Weber, HZB, Uwe Bornscheuer, University of Greifswald, and Alain Marty, Chief Scientific…
Carl-Ramsauer Award for PhD student from MBI
Dr Lisa-Marie Kern receives the prize of the Berlin Physical Society for her outstanding dissertation:
Each year, the Berlin Physical Society bestows the Carl-Ramsauer Award to a maximum of four PhD students from Berlin and Brandenburg universities. Dr Lisa-Marie Kern from TU Berlin is one of the 2023 prizewinners who…
Securing skilled personnel in the high-tech sector – internationally recognized
Jens Hofmann (proANH e.V.) honoured with the “IEEE Technical Skills Educator Award” of the IEEE Photonics Society:
Jens Hofmann, Chairman of the Board of proANH e.V., has been awarded the IEEE Technical Skills Educator Award. The IEEE Photonics Society presented the prize yesterday evening at its annual conference in Orlando,…
HZB aims to become greenhouse gas neutral by 2035
The research institute presents verified greenhouse gas balance as a basis for savings measures:
HZB is aware of its social responsibility. Now, HZB’s Greenhouse Gas Report is here, after being externally verified, and identifies the main sources of emissions. The report provides the basis for significantly…
Tibidabo Scientific Industries Announces the Acquisition of LLA Instruments
The Adlershof-based LLA Instruments specialises in products that support various applications in the detection and identification of materials:
Tibidabo Scientific Industries Ltd (“Tibidabo”), a global leader in highly differentiated technology for scientific research, aerospace, and industrial markets, announced the successful acquisition of LLA Instruments…
Marketplace + drop-off station + package service point
The NachbarschaftsBox, or neighbourhood box, set up by Berliner Stadtreinigung (BSR), Berlin’s municipal waste company, and Charlottenburger Baugenossenschaft, a housing cooperative, has countless functions:
For people who live in Berlin, it’s a familiar sight. “Zu verschenken” (to give away) is scribbled on cardboard boxes in front of buildings or on hallways. They often contain books, shoes, children’s clothes, and…
New beamline for VUV radiometry
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt increases availability for different measurement tasks at the Metrology Light Source:
A new beamline for radiometry in the vacuum ultraviolet spectral range (VUVR) was successfully commissioned at the Metrology Light Source (MLS). By quickly redirecting the radiation to three different measuring…
Berlin is on the Baltic
“SOKO Wismar” is investigating in Adlershof:
The police station of the fictional special investigations unit “SOKO Wismar” of the eponymous crime series is a long way away from the seaside town of Wismar. It’s located in Studio 20c in Berlin Adlershof, 260…
That’s not what it’s about
Essay by Dilek Güngör, journalist and writer from Berlin:
Vera says she won’t have time on Wednesday. Vera says she had been there every Wednesday so far, and was often the first, which was because she had the shortest way from the office to Beppo’s, she knew that. The rest…
In conversation with Dr Kathrin Buchholz
The environmental engineer is head of public relations at the Berlin-Brandenburg State Laboratory:
“Communication with a focus on science” is the metier of environmental engineer Kathrin Buchholz. She has worked for the scientific office of the Adlershof-based research network IGAFA, headed the business office of…
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Materially enabling the circular economy
At TechConnect Adlershof, scientific institutions, innovators, and companies discussed how new materials enable a circular economy:
When someone like Patrick Teuffel matter-of-factly uses the words “ongoing progress” to describe the workings of his industry - instead of the ubiquitous “ongoing process” – it says very clearly something about how…
Let’s talk about AI
Mathematician Mario Koddenbrock uses artificial intelligence to develop practical everyday solutions:
Mario Koddenbrock, a mathematician and an expert in pattern recognition at the Society for the Advancement of Applied Computer Science, investigates artificial intelligence (AI) and develops real-world applications…
MO-SPACE: communicating securely with quanta
With his start-up, aerospace engineer Michael Ullrich wants to provide the highest standard for secure communication:
Not everything that rushes through the airwaves is intended for other people’s eyes and ears. Administration, businesses, and the military have always relied on information being confidential. Because of this,…
The trail of the roses
Jakob Engel investigates supply chains at the Department of Geography at Humboldt-Universität:
On his research journeys, he would hear people say, “We don’t do email in Africa!” Time and time again, Engel had to become quite inventive to obtain the information he needed for his studies. In his doctoral thesis,…
Happy Birthday BESSY II
A conversation about 25 years of the high-brilliance radiation source in Adlershof:
BESSY II is a synchrotron, a storage ring, a high-brilliance radiation source. Or as Bernd Rech puts it: a high-tech X-ray microscope. For 25 years, it has been helping researchers from all over the world to uncover…