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Kathrin Schülein © WISTA Management GmbH
04.11.2021

A happy ending for Theater Ost

A cultural mainstay of Adlershof finds safety in its old, new home:

Ever since the Berlin Wall fell, the landmarked building on Moriz Seeler Strasse was up for sale on the condition that it was used either for culture or media. “What was missing,” says Kathrin Schülein from Theater…

W. Prasser, Logicalis © WISTA Management GmbH
29.10.2021

Fast, faster, Adlershof!

The Technology Park is on the way to becoming the best-connected place within a 1,000 kilometre radius. This will soon include an exclusive 5G campus network that will create some crucial benefits. :

This is where future is made. And it could not be made without high bandwidth, robust connections, and little to no latency. In short: it could not be made without 5G. The newest mobile network generation.…

F. Lerch, B. Ludwig © WISTA Management GmbH
28.10.2021

Exhibitions, workshops, and a job fair – the Photonics Days Berlin Brandenburg in Adlershof

In addition to online events, 2021 welcomed back people meeting at face-to-face events :

Photons are massless. They are the smallest possible package of energy of any electromagnetic radiation. Due to their properties as light quanta, their name comes from the Greek work “phos” for “light”. Today, photons…

J. Kutsche/B. Springer, Conventions © WISTA Management GmbH
28.10.2021

It’s all about content

Conventions, the congress service of WISTA Management GmbH, gives events in Adlershof a new profile:

The Science and Technology Park has been busy tightening its brand focus. Appearance, content, message. WISTA Management GmbH’s conference service, too, has received an update. Under the new name, Conventions, it not…

Topological insulator © HZDR/ Juniks
26.10.2021

Quantum material to boost terahertz frequencies

New study elucidates fundamental enigma of topological insulators:

They are regarded as one of the most interesting materials for future electronics: Topological insulators conduct electricity in a special way and hold the promise of novel circuits and faster mobile communications.…

Roland Müller BESSY © HZB/private
25.10.2021

Life Time Achievement Award for Roland Müller

The physicist from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin has advanced many projects on control systems at accelerators:

Accelerator and control systems expert Roland Müller received the ICALEPCS Lifetime Achievement Award. In the more than thirty years of his career at BESSY, the physicist has advanced many projects on control systems…

Prof. Hecht, HU Berlin, Bild: IRIS Adlershof
20.10.2021

Stefan Hecht elected as a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences

The internationally renowned and award-winning scientist receives renewed recognition:

The European Academy of Sciences (EURASC) has elected Prof. Stefan Hecht, Ph.D., Director of the DWI - Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials, Guestprofessor at the Department of Chemistry of HU Berlin and…

20.10.2021

Excellent work life balance: Third audit berufundfamilie certificate in a row for the IKZ

The seal of quality is awarded for a strategically designed family- and life-phase-conscious personnel policy:

For the third time in a row Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ) has been awarded with the audit berufundfamilie certificate on September 30, 2021. The certificate is awarded by the Board of Trustees of…

Map of Germany potential for wind energy © RLI
19.10.2021

PV and Wind Area Calculator shows potential for expanding renewable energies in Germany

New online tool developed by Reiner Lemoine Institute on behalf of Agora Energiewende was published:

To achieve its climate targets, Germany must use two percent of its surface for wind energy. But conflicts over site selection for new wind turbines and species protection are currently hampering expansion. The think…

Credit: IRIS Adlershof
15.10.2021

Advances in organic semiconductor research improve performance of light-emitting diodes (OLED)

Team of researchers investigated the synthesis, structure, optical properties of poly(triazine imide):

A team of researchers from King’s College London, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), headed by Prof. Michael J. Bojdys, who is a member of…

ISLC2021 ©FBH/N. Vlach
15.10.2021

The laser community met at ISLC2021

Ferdinand-Braun-Institut organised this year’s International Semiconductor Laser Conference, one of the most renowned conferences in the field of semiconductor lasers:

More than 100 international scientists joined the five-day International Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC) in Potsdam. Roughly the same number of participants tuned in online on a daily basis. The conference…

Hexagonal boron nitride layers. Credit: MBI/FVB
13.10.2021

Ultrafast and coupled – atomic vibrations in the quantum material boron nitride

An international collaboration of scientists presents detailed experimental and theoretical results on ultrafast dynamics of coupled phonons:

Materials consisting of a few atomic layers display properties determined by quantum physics. In a stack of such layers, vibrations of the atoms can be triggered by infrared light. New experimental and theoretical…

Tobias Henschel, winner HZB Technology Transfer Prize 2021 © HZB / M. Setzpfand
12.10.2021

Tobias Henschel wins the HZB Technology Transfer Award 2021

Digital bracelet with integrated transparent photovoltaics convinced the jury:

At first glance, it looks like an ordinary wristwatch. But its glass taps the energy of the sun. A research group at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin has made this possible. Their transparent photovoltaics have now even made…

LUMiSpoc®. Credit: LUM GmbH
08.10.2021

LUM GmbH nominated for the Berlin Brandenburg Innovation Prize 2021

The Innovation Award 2021 is endowed with 10,000 euros per award winner:

The company LUM GmbH submitted the innovation LUMiSpoc® as part of this year's competition from the states of Berlin and Brandenburg and was nominated as one of ten companies for the innovation award. The LUMiSpoc®…

Laser wakefield acceleration (simulation) © Joshua Ludwig, cc 4.0 Wikimedia
04.10.2021

Beam diagnostics for future laser wakefield accelerators

Applications of “tabletop particle accelerators” for medicine and research brought closer by a new method which was developed by a team from HZB and PTB:

For decades, particle accelerators have been getting bigger and bigger. In the meantime, ring accelerators with circumferences of many kilometres have reached a practical limit. Linear accelerators in the GHz range…

Diode laser stack © FBH/schurian.com
27.09.2021

FBH presents new diode laser and UV LED developments at the Photonics Days Berlin Brandenburg

From October 4 - 7, 2021, the conference will be held in hybrid format / Exhibition on October 6-7 in Berlin-Adlershof:

The four-day conference brings together experts from photonics, optics, microsystems technology, and quantum technology. Scientists from the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut will present the latest results on high-power diode…

Artistic impression experiment © M. Eisebitt
24.09.2021

Tracking down antiferromagnets

Researchers at the Max Born Institute have succeeded in studying an antiferromagnetic sample at a laser-driven laboratory source:

Antiferromagnets are magnetically ordered, but their magnetization exactly cancels out. That is why even their discoverer, Nobel laureate Louis Néel, could not imagine any application for this class of materials.…

Illustration Smart Home © D. Mahnkopf / WISTA Management GmbH
16.09.2021

You're doing really great: How a digital voice helps me on my way

Essay by Dilek Güngör, journalist, and writer from Berlin:

You can do this. It’s easy. Take your time. Haven’t you noticed how your stamina has improved? You could climb mountains. For four months now, I've been taking the stairs in our house as often as I could. On the…

Beate Mekiffer © WISTA Management GmbH
16.09.2021

The minus sign represents something positive

In conversation with Beate Mekiffer, who coordinates innovation projects at WISTA Management GmbH:

To Beate Mekiffer, the minus sign represents something positive. For eleven years now, WISTA Management GmbH’s energy expert has been working on making the high-tech site Adlershof more energy efficient. She does so…

Meike Jipp © WISTA Management GmbH
16.09.2021

The mobility thinker

Meike Jipp develops concepts for the traffic of the future in Adlershof:

The bus is right on time. Passengers embark. The bus gets them to their desired destination. Or at least to the nearest point of transfer. It goes without saying that green electricity powers the vehicle. It is also…