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Efficient soil analysis – high-tech for sustainable agriculture
Mobile sensor platform from Leibniz Institutes ATB and FBH can precisely detect the composition of soil on the move:
Precise information about agricultural soils is key to managing them more efficiently and sustainably. Researchers at the Leibniz institutes FBH and ATB have recently enhanced an existing sensor platform for mobile…
Creative comics against biodiversity loss
BioYouToon, an Erasmus+ project, aims to sensitise young people and raise awareness of biodiversity:
The project consortium of BioYouToon, an EU-funded Erasmus+ project, met at the end of March 2025 to share the results developed during the funding period. The highlight was five Webtoon Comics, available online in…
Catalysis research with the X-ray microscope at BESSY II
Scientists studied changes in catalysts during the synthesis of ammonia from waste nitrates:
Contrary to what we learned at school, some catalysts do change during the reaction: for example, certain electrocatalysts can change their structure and composition during the reaction when an electric field is…
Owen C. Ernst awarded the DGKK Young Scientist Prize 2025
IKZ graduate honoured by the German association for crystal growth DGKK:
This year, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kristallzüchtung und Kristallwachstum e.V. (DGKK) awards IKZ graduate Dr. Owen C. Ernst with the Young Scientist Award, endowed with 2500 €, for his outstanding scientific…
Bruker introduces a new EBSD detector for advanced materials characterization
eWARP combines direct electron detection and CMOS technologies:
Bruker announces the launch of eWARP, a new detector for Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) that marks the advent of a new era in EBSD technology. Featuring a revolutionary Bruker-engineered camera that combines…
Magnetic ‘microflowers’ enhance magnetic fields locally
Flower-shaped microstructures offer amazing potential for a wide range of applications:
A flower-shaped structure only a few micrometres in size made of a nickel-iron alloy can concentrate and locally enhance magnetic fields. The size of the effect can be controlled by varying the geometry and number of…
The future of energy: recommendations from science to politics
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin involved in drafting position papers on energy and materials research and circular economy:
Experts from HZB have contributed their expertise to the position papers briefly presented here. The topics include the development of innovative materials for a sustainable energy supply and the circular economy.…
Dr Kristin Klaue receives 2024 Adlershof Dissertation Award
The chemist lays the foundation for targeted, light-based medicine with photoswitchable molecules:
On 20 March 2025, the Adlershof Dissertation Award was granted for the 23rd time in a row. Dr Kristin Klaue received the 3,000 euro prize, which is donated and organised annually by the research network IGAFA e. V.,…
Green Methanol: C1 secures another €20 million to commercialize the circular raw material of the future
Construction of a demonstration plant is scheduled to begin in 2025:
Cleantech company C1 Green Chemicals AG has successfully secured €20 million in fresh capital to bring its groundbreaking green methanol catalysis technology to market. Green methanol can be used to defossilize three…
Agreement on EUV reflectometry between PTB and ZEISS extended until the end of 2029
Cooperation strengthens the European technology network:
PTB's laboratory for metrology with synchrotron radiation in Berlin-Adlershof is an important node in the network of European research infrastructure that has helped to enable the monopoly position of European…
New Young Investigator Group funded by BMBF at HZB
The physicist Dr Artem Musiienko aims to significantly accelerate the development of tin-based perovskite solar cells:
In the COMET-PV project, Dr Artem Musiienko aims to significantly accelerate the development of perovskite solar cells. He is using robotics and AI to analyse the many variations in the material composition of…
Hera space probe photographs Mars during flyby
The ESA mission is on its way to the Didymos asteroid system:
On 12 March 2025, the European Space Agency (ESA) Hera space probe conducted a flyby of Mars. This event marks a significant milestone on Hera's journey to the Didymos asteroid system, where researchers aim to gain…
Adlershof Journal March/April 2025
A changing tech oasis: This is how Adlershof stays on course for the future:
ESSAY by Ebba Lund: A promising future for innovation spaces worldwide IN CONVERSATION WITH Daniel Rosón Eichelmann, who wants to network stakeholders in a more targeted way PROFILE The IT developer: Georg Wrobel…
skills4chips—The talent factory for a future industry
The Microtec Academy will be expanded to form a national educational academy for microelectronics and microsystems technology:
Microelectronics has long been an essential part of our lives. Countless small and large everyday devices have a beating heart made of silicon and other semiconductors. And while Germany plays a leading role in…
Dr. Michelle Browne receives Daimler and Benz Foundation Fellowship
At HZB, she is developing better catalysts for the production of green hydrogen:
Michelle Browne heads a Helmholtz Young Investigators Group on electrocatalysis at HZB. She has now been selected as a fellow of the Daimler and Benz Foundation. She will receive 40,000 euros over the next two years…
Counting with butterflies
Stefanie Lieschke runs the BIP Creativity Daycare Centre on the campus:
How can you tell if a child is gifted, and more importantly, in which area? In the 1970s, Hans-Georg Mehlhorn developed a novel teaching method based on talent, intelligence, and personality—the German words resulting…
Artificial twisted-crystalline structures created at the IKZ
Novel complex crystal structures expand the possibilities of modern materials science:
Novel complex crystal structures beyond what could be grown with traditional methods can be created using layer transfer. This applies in particular to twisted crystalline oxide structures. The microscopic structure…
Magnets for smart minds
Why tech hubs will continue to be important drivers of growth:
Are technology parks becoming obsolete in an era of hybrid work? Not at all. Head to Adlershof to experience how tech hubs bring together smart minds to create thriving companies. Soon, JPT Peptide Technologies GmbH…
Cleaner coatings for ships
Clean Ocean Coatings is developing an environmentally friendly alternative:
“Water is life, and that life will inevitably show itself,” says Christina Linke. Any object that ends up in the ocean will soon be colonised. First, a biofilm forms, followed by algae, and eventually barnacles. “In…
No two days are the same
They are three out of 34,000: What it means to work in Germany’s largest technology park:
Monday, 7.30 amStephan Möllers has been up for two hours. Setting off from Panketal, he’s now on the S8 train on his way to Adlershof. At Storkower Straße station, Alina Schmalz gets on the train, too. A few moments…