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BabyLux, the light that brightens the lives of premature babies

First results of the European project BabyLux obtained in Milan and Copenhagen are encouraging:

For the first time, two advanced biophotonic technologies – near-infrared time-resolved spectroscopy (TRS) and diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) – have been combined and the already tested prototypes were…

Trends and pathways to high-efficiency perovskite solar cells

Scientists from Helmholtz-Zentrum provide an overview of the advancement of the class of materials in renowned scientific journal:

Perovskite solar cells have been the big surprise over the last while: inside of only a few years, their efficiency level has been increased from just under 10 % to fully 22 %. There has never been such rapid progress…

Healthy cooking with inexpensive gas sensors

SCIENION and the COLODOR consortium announce the development of sensors for the detection of toxic volatile organic compounds in modern cooking equipment:

SCIENION AG announced its first steps into direct marketing of consumer products. SCIENION, with four other partners, are developing technology for inexpensive sensing of toxic compounds in the gasphases of airfryers…

Three-dimensional graphene

Experiment at BESSY II shows that optical properties are tuneable:

An international research team has for the first time investigated the optical properties of three-dimensional nanoporous graphene at the IRIS infrared beamline of the BESSY II electron storage ring. The experiments…

Better cathode materials for Lithium-Sulphur-Batteries

An HZB team led by Prof. Dr. Yan Lu is working on efficient and environmentally friendly electricity storage media:

A team at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) has for the first time fabricated a nanomaterial made from nanoparticles of a titanium oxide compound (Ti4O7) that is characterised by an extremely large surface area, and…

HZB and Freie Universität Berlin establish the joint research group “X-Ray Microscopy”

In May this year, the joint research group “X-Ray Microscopy” was launched, combining the expertise of teams led by Prof. Dr. Gerd Schneider (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Helge Ewers (Freie Universität…

Adlershof Journal May/June 2017

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Interview with Michael Müller: What are the future priorities of the Berlin Senate in Adlershof //  Free Wi-Fi: Managed Hotspot Services at the Technology Park //  Surgical Security: New gloves will prevent injuries…

When I was a Call Centre Fräulein: My job in customer service

Essay by Lea Streisand, Berlin-based columnist, radio host and writer:

There was a time when I had a real job. It’s been a while. This was back when I was still at university and didn’t know what I wanted to be. Becoming a writer was not an option. Everybody knows you can’t earn money…

In conversation with Bernd Haase

Building strategist and partner at the Vollack Gruppe:

He is a partner at the Vollack Group. He calls himself a building strategist. In our interview, he tells us what that means and why he thinks the igloo is the most beautiful building in the world. The family man, who…

The Data Lover

Businesswoman Christin Schäfer is living her dream in Adlershof:

It’s the little things that have the greatest effects. The hidden details and bite-sized information. Observed from above, they can reveal structures and patterns and even help to answer moral dilemmas. For example,…

Founders on the Fast Lane

The A² Adlershof Accelerator is entering its second round:

A² stands for the Adlershof Accelerator. The programme aims at bringing together young and established companies and is now entering its second round. The focus stays on energy. Stefan Thon has a dream: his wish that…

What are the future priorities of the Berlin Senate in Adlershof

Interview with Berlin’s governing mayor Michael Müller:

Adlershof Journal: As a Berliner, you have known Adlershof long before you became mayor. When did you first visit the Science City and what was the biggest surprise in the site’s development in the last few years to…

Free Wi-Fi Everywhere

Managed Hotspot Services at the Technology Park Adlershof:

The abl social federation GmbH is currently moving but their new offices in Adlershof are still quite empty. This will change very soon. As the prime contractor of the project “Free Wifi for Berlin”, the start-up,…

TV-Show "My Berlin" in Adlershof

Start-up Boreal Light brings clean drinking water and eco-electricity to the poorest regions of the world:

Raquel from TV-Berlin interviews Hamed Beheshti...

Scholarly Bits and Bytes

The library of the Humboldt-Universität in Berlin is sought after more than ever:

Librarians are in no way being made obsolete by the digital age. At the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, they give tips on efficient online research, digitise old books and support researchers with publishing their…

The Mothership

Concert films and music videos from the Adlershof Media City:

Back when he was in school, Markus Mörtz used to hand in presentations on video. This passion for photography and moving images was handed down from his father, Frank Machel, who was likewise infected with the “movie…

Adlershof Speaks Many Languages

Viadrina sprachen GmbH have opened a branch in Adlershof:

It doesn’t get any more realistic: “Language training with paramedics means keeping it together in stressful situations,” says David Furmanek, the head of viadrina sprachen GmbH. In a case of a real emergency, every…

Surgical Security

New gloves developed by “Smarterials Technology” will prevent needlestick injuries:

Probably the dearest wish of patients and relatives before the door to the surgery closes is that everything may go well. But not only patients, but doctors are also dangerously exposed. “An estimated half a million…

Call for applications: Postdoc fellowships in Analytical Sciences

Extended deadline: June 15, 2017:

The School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof (SALSA) at Humboldt-Universität Berlin is announcing a call for postdoc fellowships in selected areas of Analytical Sciences. Research areas of interest include…

New switching process for green IT

Physicists at BESSY observe efficient magnetic switching process in non-volatile spintronics devices:

Physicists achieved a robust and reliable magnetization switching process by domain wall displacement without any applied fields. The effect is observed in tiny asymmetric permalloy rings and may pave the way to…