News Archive
Fostering young talent
Chemist Guido Heinrich evaluates medication and young researchers:
Some things you just never forget. Like that test kit used to detect traces of blood in food. Back then, the initial question was: how can vegetarians be sure that there is no meat on their plate? The solution was…
‘Basic trust’ is the key
Mobile and remote work is more than a modern corporate must-have:
Mobile and remote work is more than modern corporate must-have. In today’s world of work, it is also an issue of employer branding. However, it also requires some preliminary work, trust, and special management skills…
Compulsory attendance
Surveying the mood of Adlershof-based manufacturing companies:
Remote working is a blessing for many faced with the coronavirus pandemic. But not everybody can enjoy this privilege. How are Adlershof-based companies dealing with the crisis? How are they coping with an uncertain…
How to make working remotely work
Since the coronavirus pandemic, many more companies are starting to appreciate the value of working digitally – Pokeshot sets off to show them how to make it work:
Normally, they would have met in Am Studio 2 in Adlershof, where Pokeshot has its headquarters. However, now, during the pandemic, it is better to keep a safe distance. Instead of shaking hands, waving hands pop up on…
A boost for digital innovation
The first digital semester at Berlin’s Humboldt-Universität:
All lectures with compulsory attendance have been cancelled, the libraries are closed, and most employees are working from home: on 13 March 2020, the coronavirus pandemic forced Humboldt-University into emergency…
The fake news pandemic
Dr. Peter Strunk about how to handle the ‘infodemic’:
Whether it’s climate change deniers, election interferers, or neo-Nazis inciting hatred against refugees - their most important tool for manipulating the public is the peddling of fake news and conspiracy theories on…
Maximum capacities at the theoretical limit
Chemist Michael J. Bojdys' proposal for an ERC Proof of Concept Grant for the project “LiAnMAT” has been retained for funding:
On April 27, the European Research Council (ERC) announced the recipients of the Proof of Concept (PoC) Grant scheme: one of them is Michael J. Bojdys, materials chemist and junior research group leader at IRIS…
Turning wonder into meteorological intelligence
Adlershof start-up MeteoIQ prepares weather forecasts as a basis for business decisions:
At MeteoIQ, the name says it all: the three founders have specialised on the smart use and useful preparation of weather data for customers from the insurance, construction, and energy sector. The Adlershof-based…
New chances for the working-from-home model
Remote work viewed from a legal perspective. Inquired with Isabel Harnoth, law student at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin:
Working from home has many advantages for employees and employers alike. But there is a problem: there is a lack of compliance with working hours as well as occupational safety. Both sides must be able to rely on…
New interaction between light and matter discovered at BESSY II
Discovery interesting for future information technologies:
A German-Chinese team led by Gisela Schütz from the MPI for Intelligent Systems has discovered a new interaction between light and matter at BESSY II. They succeeded in creating nanometer-fine magnetic vortices in a…
PicoQuant combines high timing precision with ultrashort dead time
New versions of the high-throughput multichannel event timer MultiHarp 150 with 10 ps digital resolution are now available:
PicoQuant releases three new models of the high-throughput multichannel event timer MultiHarp 150: MultiHarp 150 4P, 8P, and 16P. The units with either 4, 8, or 16 detection channels offer improved timing precision…
Corona research at BESSY II
Two days of measuring operation to find the right key:
The Berlin Synchrotron Source BESSY II of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) will resume operation for two days. Scientists intend to use the intense X-ray radiation from BESSY II to search for active substances…
BESSY II: Ultra-fast switching of helicity of circularly polarized light pulses
Fast switching can make processes in magnetic materials visible and allows completely new experiments at the electron storage ring:
At the BESSY II storage ring, a joint team of accelerator physicists, undulator experts and experimenters has shown how the helicity of circularly polarized synchrotron radiation can be switched faster – up to a…
Growing importance of nuclear medicine for the treatment of cancer
Debiopharm expands its radiopharmaceutical footprint with an exclusive in-licensing agreement of 3B Pharmaceutical’s targeted CAIX radiotherapy:
Debiopharm, a Swiss-based biopharmaceutical company announced having entered into a worldwide, exclusive license & research agreement with 3B Pharmaceuticals (3BP), a German biotechnology firm, to further the…
MagForce AG announces plans for further NanoTherm Treatment Centre
Therapy for brain tumour patients will also be available in Thuringia:
MagForce AG, a leading medical device company in the field of nanomedicine focused on oncology, and the Hufeland Klinikum GmbH, announced the conclusion of a joint cooperation agreement and the planned opening of a…
Coronavirus: BESSY II data accelerate drug development
Scientists have decoded the three-dimensional architecture of the main protease of SARS-CoV-2:
A coronavirus is keeping the world in suspense. SARS-CoV-2 is highly infectious and can cause severe pneumonia with respiratory distress (COVID-19). Scientists are doing research in order to prevent the viruses from…
Europlanet launches 10 million euro research infrastructure supporting planetary science
DLR Adlershof participates in the programme with two laboratories for planetary research with globally unique capabilities:
Europlanet 2024 RI will provide open access to the world's largest group of facilities for planetary simulation and analysis, as well as a global network of small telescopes, data services and support for the…
3D nano-metrology with X-ray fluorescence and scattering techniques
PTB researchers develop new algorithm for the fast reconstruction of atom distributions in 3D nanostructured surfaces:
Over the last years, PTB has developed a new method for atom-specific reconstruction of periodically nanostructured surfaces. Recent studies have shown experimentally that it is possible to reconstruct and identify…
Advanced Materials Startup ORELTECH Receives Angel Investment from Hüttenes hoch drei GmbH
H3 promotes its commitment to the use of new materials and to the environment:
ORELTECH is a Berlin startup and trailblazer in the field of advanced metallization techniques. The young company is disrupting the existing market for functional (printed) electronics through a novel, highly…
Adlershof Journal March/April 2020
Technology for Future: Adlershof is working on concrete solutions:
The ‘techlash’ as a momentum for change: Active technology design // Stopping health problems: Affordable vaccines, better diagnostics, personalized therapies // Berlin's forgotten dream factory: 100 years of movie…