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FBH and UVphotonics developed versatile LED irradiation system
Plug and play solution for surface treatment – from disinfection to medical treatments:
For disinfection purposes, the compact system can be equipped with UV LEDs to eliminate germs on critical surfaces such as mobile phones. It can also be assembled with LEDs providing the optimum emission spectrum for…
Turning science fiction into science fact
Professor Jürgen P. Rabe, director of the Integrative Research Institute for the Sciences IRIS Adlershof, about building bridges, joint labs, and a new research building:
Ten years of IRIS Adlershof: what exactly goes on here? Jürgen P. Rabe: It all begins with asking good questions – questions that impose themselves on us, that we can provide answers to by using our scientific…
A hub for basic research, teaching, and industrial application
How the Integrative Research Institute for the Sciences IRIS Adlershof supports many different technology start-ups :
For almost two decades now, Prof. Emil List-Kratochvil has been dealing with a technology that many think holds a promise for the future: printed electronics. The Austrian-born solid-state physicist has been…
Focusing on advanced materials
A graduate school in Adlershof offers top qualification and turns teams into families:
Advanced materials are a cutting-edge field. Diodes, solar cells, transistors, and storage elements – they are all based on state-of-the-art electronic materials. The products containing these ‘advanced and novel…
The power of the spoken word: Language is a valuable tool
Essay by Paulina Czienskowski, independent journalist from Berlin:
Language is our tool – it shapes the life-world of all of us. If we wish to contribute to this, we must be diligent and attentive when using it There are days when I wish I had a remote control to simply switch off…
In conversation with Yvonne Dertinger, an intercultural trainer
viadrina sprachen GmbH in Adlershof not only conveys language but also intercultural differences:
Though language trainers are anything but rare, they are in high demand. Nuances of a language are best taught one-on-one, says Yvonne Dertinger. She has been teaching German as a foreign language for 13 years, and…
The language enthusiast
Saša Petrović is a technology manager at the Photovoltaics Centre in Adlershof:
What was is that brought her to Adlershof in the end? It all came down to two things that Saša Petrović had loved since her days at school. Her enthusiasm for languages, especially German. And a knack for the natural…
Hey, foreign language!
How do machine translations fare in providing accurate translations?:
Using smartphone-based translation apps or Google Translate on their computers are invaluable tools to many. The software is continuously improving. But how does it work? What are its limitations? And will our…
Of wild numbers and snapshots in space
Two natural scientists told us how they carry their scientific insight out into the world:
Colourful experiments, spectacular images, and elegant equations. There are countless ways of communicating insights from the natural sciences to the general public. But what applies to the applied natural sciences…
Detective work against dementia
Adlershof Start-up Predemtec is working on a procedure for early detection of Alzheimer’s:
Based on blood analysis and its own algorithms, Predemtec AG has been working on a procedure for early detection of Alzheimer’s Disease since 2011. Their team has identified six biomarkers that, in their concentration…
Getting the words out
The German courses at IGAFA are not about perfect grammar – more importantly, they help to start conversations with others:
‘At the office, everything is very international and we speak a lot of English,’ says Ardian Gojani, who came to the Adlershof-based Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) three years ago and…
Spoken pauses and respect
About the effects of gender-sensitive language:
Gender-inclusive language – some find too much fuss is being made about it, others say it is still not enough. How do Adlershof-based scientists and entrepreneurs address the issue? Late in May, (social) media was…
Serious research, light presentation: Why media training is so important
The applicants for Adlershof’s Dissertation Award receive professional coaching:
Three newly graduated PhD students competed for the Adlershof Dissertation Award at the Erwin Schrödinger Centre of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU). They had only 15 minutes for each presentation, followed by a…
The asbestos scouts: On the hunt for the hazardous fibres
The analytics company LFM (Labor für Mikroanalytik) examines building materials for hazardous substances in low concentrations:
Labor für Mikroanalytik (LFM), an analytics company, was founded in Adlershof just one year ago. The main task of its employees is to trace asbestos and other hazardous mineral fibres. Their services are in high…
MBI researchers set new record for energy scaling of near-infrared light pulses
New compressor delivers above-terawatt 1.5-cycle pulses at kilohertz repetition rate:
Researchers at the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI) have reached a new milestone in few-cycle pulse generation, breaking a 10-year-old record and achieving…
Optimize opto-electronic devices with new compact measuring system
HZB team receives Field Study Fellowship from the Helmholtz Association for the further development of the “LumY Pro” measuring device:
In order to develop efficient opto-electronic devices such as solar cells or LEDs, it is crucial to improve the quality of the semiconductors. To achieve this, it is necessary to determine the luminescence yield of…
First solar cells from an inkjet printer, now light-emitting diodes too
Team of HZB and HU Berlin succeeds in inkjet printing of perovskite LED:
A team of researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin has succeeded for the first time in producing light-emitting diodes (LEDs) from a hybrid perovskite semiconductor…
ARIA invests € 2 Million in Inuru
Active packaging manufacturer will use funds to build a production line for sustainable luminous packaging and labelling products:
Inuru announced a € 2.3 Million Series-A funding round, led by the Warsaw based venture capital fund ARIA, to accelerate the production of affordable active packaging and labeling products. Inuru will use the fund to…
MagForce AG and affiliated European clinics support World Brain Tumor Day on 8 June
At virtual events, patients receive advice on treatment approaches with NanoTherm Therapy:
MagForce AG, a leading medical device company in the field of nanomedicine focused on oncology, offering the NanoTherm Therapy System for the treatment of brain tumors, announced that they will together with…
LUM quality management system again certified according to ISO 9001:2015
LUM GmbH is a leading international provider of innovative measurement technology for particle characterization in the nano and micro range, for dispersion analysis and for materials testing:
Effective May 20, 2020, LUM continues to be certified, now for the scope: Design, production and marketing of measurement- and analysis techniques for particle, dispersion and materials characterization as well as…