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A very special molecule
MBI researchers investigate the peculiar properties of water:
Researchers at the Max Born Institute are investigating the peculiar properties of water: They are researching fundamental physical and biophysical processes on ultrafast time scales. There is no life without water.…
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Data for the expansion of wind power and photovoltaic plants
RLI publishes comprehensive package with potential areas:
Geodata can help with the expansion of renewable energies and thus in the acceleration of the energy transition. The Reiner Lemoine Institute (RLI) is now publishing a comprehensive data package with potential areas…
Science up close at Adlershof Technology Park
At long last, the “Long Night of the Sciences” could take place once again:
Thousands of visitors flocked to the “Long Night of the Sciences”, which took place on 2 July in Berlin and Potsdam. The fact that the Science and Technology Park Adlershof again was once again one of the crowd…
Adlershof Journal July/August 2022
Everything flows. We get to the bottom of water:
The pollutant investigator: Markus Venohr researches for cleaner waters // “Do not tarry, water carry”: CliWaC is sketching out the future of water // Dolphin sounds for underwater internet: Diving robots from…
New OECD test guideline for determining the particle size of nanomaterials
Work by BAM, BAuA and UBA provides decisive milestone for standardised testing of nanomaterials:
The OECD has published a new test guideline for the measurement of spherical and fibrous nanomaterials. It is an important building block for the implementation of legal requirements for chemicals, such as the REACH…
Detecting fluorescence signals from nanoscale thin films
New measurement technique from INNOVENT e.V. and Ferdinand-Braun-Institut opens up a variety of possibilities in product labeling:
Researchers from INNOVENT e.V. and Ferdinand-Braun-Institut gGmbH have developed a measurement technique that allows to detect nanoscale fluorescent thin films for the first time without using expensive laboratory…
Atomic displacements in High-Entropy Alloys examined
High-entropy alloys of 3d metals have intriguing properties that are interesting for applications in the energy sector:
An international team at BESSY II has now investigated the local order on an atomic scale in a so-called high-entropy Cantor alloy of chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt and nickel. The results from combined…
Successful "Women in Natural Science School 2022 – Energy for (your) future"
30 scientists from 14 countries held meeting in Blossin:
About 30 women of 14 different nationalities from all career levels who are active in different areas of natural sciences – from astrophysics to biochemistry, and from environmental science to mechanical engineering –…
Bruker introduces new EDS detectors for elemental analysis in electron microscopes
With XFlash® 7, users benefit from further increased analytical performance, higher productivity and lower cost of ownership:
Bruker Corporation introduces the new XFlash 7 detector series for its QUANTAXTM energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDS) systems, enabling chemical analysis of material samples in electron microscopes with ultimate…
Calculating the "fingerprints" of molecules with artificial intelligence
HZB team uses self-learning graphical neural networks to correctly interpret experimentally obtained measurement data:
With conventional methods, it is extremely time-consuming to calculate the spectral fingerprint of larger molecules. But this is a prerequisite for correctly interpreting experimentally obtained data. Now, a team at…
Insights into fundamental processes in non-linear optics
At MBI, a pump-probe experiment was demonstrated to study non-linear multi-photon ionization processes on attosecond timescales:
An international team of researchers from the Max Born Institute in Berlin, University College London and ELI-ALPS in Szeged, Hungary, has demonstrated attosecond-pump attosecond-probe spectroscopy to study non-linear…
Mixing laser- and x-ray-beams
A team of researchers from MBI and DESY observed a new kind of wave mixing process involving soft x-rays:
Unlike fictional laser swords, real laser beams do not interact with each other when they cross – unless the beams meet within a suitable material allowing for nonlinear light-matter interaction. In such a case, wave…
Prof. Oussama Moutanabbir honoured with the IKZ International Fellowship Award 2022
The scientist receives the award for his pioneering contributions to the field of SiGe-based Quantum Materials:
The future is Quantum. Quantum technologies are unfolding and the associated research and developments on high‑quality quantum materials are driving this revolution. The Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchung (IKZ) is…
Ride Sharing Revival via App
Test project in Adlershof starting in mid-June / Bonus for residents and employees:
Everyone who drives to work in Adlershof knows the chaotic traffic situation in the morning: long traffic jams and no free parking spaces. When you look around, you quickly notice that there is often just one person…
Reliable semiconductors for space, satellites and quantum technologies
The Ferdinand-Braun-Institut will showcase its developments at the ILA from 22 to 24 June 2022 in Berlin:
From June 22 to 24, 2022, the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik (FBH) will present reliable semiconductors for applications in the fields of space, satellites and quantum technology…
SCIENION appoints Frauke Hein as CEO
Hein to lead as SCIENION plans for long-term profitable growth:
SCIENION GmbH, a BICO company and the precision liquid handling technology company powering life sciences and diagnostics for the future of health, today appointed Dr. Frauke Hein as co-Chief Executive Officer (CEO)…
Kathrin Goldammer appointed to Berlin Climate Protection Council
The council advises the Berlin Senate and the House of Representatives on issues of climate protection and energy policy:
RLI Managing Director Kathrin Goldammer had been appointed as a member of the Berlin Climate Protection Council by Berlin Senate’s resolution on 29th March 2022. Bettina Jarasch who is Senator for Environment,…
HZB and Sasol cooperate for sustainable aviation fuels
International consortium to advance decarbonisation of the aviation sector:
The company Sasol and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) will lead a consortium to develop and optimise next-generation catalysts that will play a key role in decarbonising the aviation sector through sustainable aviation…
Shutdown at BESSY II
New supply technology ensures long-term operation of the electron storage ring in Adlershof:
The X-ray source BESSY II is in a three-month period of shutdown. During this period, the low voltage main distribution panel in the supply building outside the electron storage ring is being renovated. This will…
Opening of the AdMaLab at IRIS Adlershof
The incubator programme for materials science start-ups encourages interdisciplinary cooperation:
On 12 May 2022, representatives of INAM e.V. and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin welcomed numerous guests from business, politics, research and teaching to the opening event of the incubator programme “AdMaLab – The…