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Adlershof Journal March/April 2023
Inspiring. How we enthuse each other:
The honorary sweeper: Kurt Kann-Klara keeps the historical airfield clean // Green Chemistry: Marek Chęciński aims at making methanol production more resource-friendly // FOSSGIS conference: Collaborative geographic…
Speeding up diagnostics! Entangled photon pairs to help fighting cancer
FBH scientists from Adlershof will develop the required diode lasers and quantum light modules:
Cancer is the second leading cause of death and the most feared disease in aging Western societies, representing the greatest challenge to modern medicine. Since cancer cannot be prevented, early and differentiated…
Eight million euros for the 3D printing revolution by xolo
Xolo’s novel technology enables the production of intricate components in mere seconds:
The DeepTech & Climate Fonds (DTCF) has successfully closed its first investment in a series A financing round. Together with the HZG Group, Onsight Ventures and the current investor SquareOne, DTCF is investing eight…
Maria Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship for HZB Researcher Artem Musiienko
In his HyPerGreen project, the researcher aims to improve the efficiency of lead-free perovskite solar cells:
Dr. Artem Musiienko has earned a prestigious Maria Skłodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship for his research project HyPerGreen. In the group of Prof. Antonio Abate, HZB, Musiienko will explore and improve lead-free…
3rd International Conference on UV LED Technologies & Applications – ICULTA 2023 in Berlin
Meet the UV LED Community: The program is set and registration for participants is now open.:
From April 23 to 26, 2023, the UV LED community will meet for the third time at the International Conference on UV LED Technologies & Applications in Berlin, Germany. The internationally recognized conference series…
Purest germanium might pave the way for quantum -computations and -communications
IKZ joins hands with HU and DLR to reveal new physical properties at the quantum limit and to develop a technological base for new generation single-electron devices:
Germanium (Ge) has been demonstrated as the purest material that human beings could prepare among all semiconductor materials. Ultra-high purity germanium (u-HPGe) crystalline material with a net charge carrier…
Stability of perovskite solar cells reaches next milestone
With an improved material structure, a team from HZB achieves efficiencies of up to 24.6%:
Perovskite semiconductors promise highly efficient and low-cost solar cells. However, the semi-organic material is very sensitive to temperature differences, which can quickly lead to fatigue damage in normal outdoor…
Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft with DLR instruments on its way to Europe’s spaceport in Kourou
ESA mission spacecraft launches to Jupiter in April to study the planet and its icy moons, especially Ganymede:
"Trois, deux, un – et décollage!" This is how the last three seconds will be counted down in the control centre in Kourou, French Guiana, this April before one of the last Ariane 5 launch vehicles lifts off from…
International team of scientists develops new microscopy method
New method delivers high-resolution real-time video from the microcosm:
A team of scientists, led by researchers from the Max Born Institute in Berlin and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin in Germany and from Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the…
Where the future is materialising
Researchers are investigating hybrid materials at the new Center for the Science of Materials Berlin (CSMB):
A place of innovation: Researchers of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and other Berlin-based research institutes are investigating new materials as part of the new Center for the Science of Materials Berlin (CSMB).…
En route to carbon-neutral aviation
An innovative project for sustainable kerosine has been launched at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin:
The transition to clean energy, or Energiewende, in transportation has begun. We are moving away from fuels that are damaging to the climate like petrol or diesel and towards carbon-neutral energy sources, including…
The earth surveyor
Christian Freier works on quantum sensors in Adlershof:
A German, an American, an Australian. And an idea that equally fascinated the three of them. It was about basic research in physics, which, in this case, was to create a then-novel measurement procedure based on using…
Great challenges, great future
The Science City in Adlershof is booming. Space has become scarce. Has this success story been told? Far from it. Why? Because there are so many new things happening in Berlin’s southeast. The future is exciting.:
Adlershof: a blueprint for technology parks across the world from America to China. A success story. Have we reached the end of it? A smile flickers across the lips of Roland Sillmann, the CEO of WISTA Management…
Adlershof Journal January/February 2023
Back to the Future – The next chapter:
Where the future materialises: New research centre for hybrid materials // Together, aware of history, open and future-oriented: The president of Humboldt-Universität in conversation // En route to carbon-neutral…
Together, historically aware, open-minded, and future-oriented
In conversation with Julia von Blumenthal, who has been president of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) since 1 October 2022:
Adlershof Journal: What priorities have you set for your term in office? Julia von Blumenthal: We as a society are facing enormous challenges due to the multitude of current crises and developments – just think for a…
The digital city – the future of places generating future innovation
Essay by Dr. Hans-Hermann Albers, architect, urban researcher, and consultant from Berlin:
For almost two decades now, the digitalisation of cities has been a stand-out issue in the international discourse around urban development. On the one hand, this discussion is about constructing entirely new “cities…
Heat from the depths of the earth
BTB is pursuing a storage project to improve the sustainability of Berlin’s energy supply:
In a pilot project that is one of its kind in Germany, BTB GmbH, an energy provider, wants to make district heating supply more climate-friendly by integrating a seasonal geothermal heat storage facility. Exploratory…
Step by step
The start-up Pendulum is simplifying gait analysis:
Staying fit into old age – who wouldn’t want that? However, the first signs of diseases are typically only visible to people who have the necessary training and expertise. Medical professionals call these changes…
A hint of Sicily in Adlershof
A German-Italian food truck serves up gourmet sandwiches and burgers:
Once upon a time, a Sicilian and a German cook met at an Austrian restaurant. Together, they founded “FOOD – Taste of the world on the road”, a food truck serving gourmet sandwiches, which has been a permanent fixture…
“Ours is not a supporting role but a main role”
Anne Becker of Adlershofer Fundus, Adlershof’s prop and costume inventory, about the striking similarities to the hierarchical world of the film “The Ordinaries”:
A visit to Adlershofer Fundus can be overwhelming. On an area of 4,000 square metres in a cellar of Ernst-Augustin-Strasse 7, you will find the crowns of kings and knight’s armour, bus stop signs, old books, bags,…