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Adlershof Scientists in the Top 10 of Physics 2013

MBI achieves breakthrough with observation of hydrogen atoms:

The top 10 breakthroughs in physics in 2013 have been announced today. Director Marc Vrakking of the Max Born Institute, Phd-student Aneta Stodolna from FOM Institute AMOLF in the Netherlands, and colleagues from…

BESSY II Research: Charge Order competes with superconductivity

Results of guest researchers from Princeton and Vancouver in Science Express:

Charge carriers in cuprate high-Tc superconductors form nanostripes that suppress superconductivity, as shown by guest researchers from Princeton and Vancouver using synchrotron radiation at BESSY II. Superconductors…

HERCULES has started

European collaboration will pave the way to the next generation of c-Si based solar cell devices with efficiencies of 25 %:

Sixteen leading European research institutes, universities and partners from industry have joined forces in order to collaborate closely on the development of next generation of crystalline silicon based solar cells…

Producing high performance solar cells at lower cost

Dr. Sebastian Brückner graduates “summa cum laude” on solar cells made from III-V semiconductors:

Solar cells made from III-V semiconductors achieve the highest efficiency of all solar cells. Researchers recently celebrated a new world record in which HZB was involved: They successfully developed a solar cell that…

SCIENION’s sciFLEXARRAYER Awarded

Product Technology Innovation Award by Materials Science Society AVS:

SCIENION AG announced that AVS, a professional society dedicated to the science and technology of materials, interfaces and processing, has awarded SCIENION’s sciFLEXARRAYER dispenser with a Product Technology…

Pfeiffer Vacuum develops Helium Recovery Units for reducing helium costs

Lower operating costs / Efficient processes that conserve resources / Operates independently from the leak detection system connected:

Helium test gas is an essential part of customized leak detection systems. It is a non-renewable, limited supply commodity with costs increasing yearly due to growing demands for higher quality parts in many…

SCIENION introduces line dispenser for membrane materials

...with full drop formation control at Medica 2013:

SCIENION AG announced the launch of the sciLINER, the first dispenser to print lines on membranes with full visual drop detection. With up to four channels, a minimum dispensing volume of 0.1 µl/cm and a flow rate of…

Successful story for WESTT SOLUTIONS

Engine manufacturer Price Induction installed an educational engine bench at the NASA in Cleveland:

The success of the WESTT educational tools of the engine manufacturer Price Induction is now established worldwide: the virtual engine test bench WESTT CS/BV has just been installed at the NASA in the USA, at the…

MagForce AG installs NanoActivator® at the University Hospital Münster

MagForce AG (Frankfurt, Xetra: MF6), a medical technology company that focuses on the field of oncology and is a leader in the nanotechnology sector, today announced the installation of the second NanoActivator®. The…

Pfeiffer Vacuum receives an important development contract for the ITER fusion reactor

Developing new vacuum pumps essential for the fusion reactor:

Pfeiffer Vacuum has been awarded an important contract to develop special vacuum pumps for the ITER fusion reactor. With their bid, Pfeiffer Vacuum successfully managed to win out over well-known international…

Adlershof STP-CEO Hardy R. Schmitz new IASP Advisory Council President

The international network supports areas of innovation and science&technology parks:

Hardy R. Schmitz took on the role of IASP Advisory Council President from Jane Davies at the 30th IASP World Conference celebrated in Recife, Brazil, in October 2013. IASP would like to thank Jane Davies for her…

Is there a second earth?

Astrophysicists at the German Aerospace Center discovered the most extensive planetary system to date:

A team of astrophysicists at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und- Raumfahrt; DLR), together with German and other European colleagues, has discovered the most extensive planetary system to…

High concentrated dispersions and packed sediments X-rayed

German Federal Office for Radiation Protection granted type approval for Separation Analyser made by LUM:

The German Federal Office for Radiation Protection granted the type approval pursuant to the German X-ray ordinance (RöV) for the new Separation Analyser LUMiReader X-Ray. The type approval of 2 August 2013, published…

Major leap towards graphene for solar cells

Surprising result: Graphen retains its properties even when coated with silicon:

Graphene has extreme conductivity and is completely transparent while being inexpensive and nontoxic. This makes it a perfect candidate material for transparent contact layers for use in solar cells to conduct…

Adlershof Special 31: Real Estate

A sea of possibilities:

A model district on the upswing // A vibrant part of the city

Success as incentive

Editorial by Michael Müller, Senator for Urban Development and the Environment:

“Looking at more. Together“ is the motto of this issue of Adlershof Special. Over the past two decades, the State of Berlin has contributed to this “more“ by specific investments targeted at transport connections and…

A vibrant part of the city

Adlershof is more than a centre for technological innovation and media:

Above all, Berlin Adlershof is an urban zone pulsating with life where 23,000 people are out and about on the streets each day. Berlin’s smartest neighbourhood Adlershof is growing in all respects. Having been a…

EUROPA-CENTER, Stage III

35,000 square metres office complex:

Built on stilts, they do not block the view of Adlershof’s “old twins“, the sphere-shaped thermo-constant laboratories which have long been the town’s landmark. What makes EUROPA-CENTER AG’s new office buildings on…

A clever addition to the Technology Park

The new industrial park at Segelfliegerdamm:

For a long time, the premises of the former nationally owned company Medizinische Geräte Berlin on Segelfliegerdamm had been a sorry sight. It now serves as an impressive example of how a partially contaminated strip…

Future Living about to be launched

70 flats with future-oriented technical equipment:

“General interest in our cross-generational Living Labs is keen,“ declares Klaus D. Krebs, satisfied. The architect from Berlin is responsible for the project “Future Living Berlin“ which is being developed at the…