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The Pocket-Sized Laboratory

The start-up diamond inventics finds legionella at record speed:

Precise, fast, energy and water-saving and about the size of a credit card. An innovative chip system can detect pathogenic microorganisms in water samples on the ground. The test was developed by diamond inventics, a…

5G can pave the way for the digital revolution

Test field for studying the impact of 5G on the energy sector at Adlershof and in Bonn:

According to Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson and distribution network operator Stromnetz Berlin, 5th generation (5G) communication networks could have a significant impact on the energy sector. The partner companies are…

Lattice of nanotraps and line narrowing in Raman gas

Decreasing the emission linewidth from a molecule is one of the key aims in precision spectroscopy. One approach is based on cooling molecules to near absolute zero. An alternative way is to localize the molecules on…

The view into the crystal

MBI scientists recorded ultrasmall atom motions with ultrashort x-ray pulses:

Periodic motions of atoms over a length of a billionth of a millionth of a meter (10-15 m) are mapped by ultrashort x-ray pulses. In a novel type of experiment, regularly arranged atoms in a crystal are set into…

Science is International

Statement of the Science Organisations in Germany to the executive order of President Trump:

The generation of scientific insights is contingent upon discourse that is forthright, unfettered and international. It hinges on the interdisciplinary personal exchange between academic disciplines, nations and…

Mars' North Pole – Chronicle of the Martian climate

A colour mosaic of Mars' north polar cap was created from 32 images acquired by the HRSC camera:

Mars' northern hemisphere is currently experiencing winter. A newly generated colour mosaic depicts the extraordinary, almost perfectly symmetrical pattern of Mars' north polar ice cap, 1100 kilometres in diameter.…

Green light for upgrading BESSY II into a variable-pulse-length storage ring (BESSY-VSR)

General Assembly of the Helmholtz Association unanimously endorses the realisation of a worldwide unique accelerator project at the synchrotron radiation source BESSY II:

The General Assembly of the Helmholtz Association unanimously supports Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin’s proposed concept for upgrading BESSY II into a variable-pulse-length storage ring (BESSY VSR). The body of chairpersons…

Solar based hydrogen generation: EU-project PECSYS aiming for technological breakthrough

Development of demonstrators measuring up to ten square meters in area planned:

The HZB is coordinating a Horizon 2020 EU project that is expected to develop an economically feasible technology for solar based hydrogen generation. Solar energy shall thereby be converted into chemical energy that…

Quantum optical sensor for the first time tested in space – with a laser system from Berlin

For the first time ever, a cloud of ultra-cold atoms has been successfully created in space on board of a sounding rocket. The MAIUS mission demonstrates that quantum optical sensors can be operated even in harsh…

The mobile phone that charges itself

PVcomB will help mass-produce the raw photovoltaic materials used in Wysips® technology / Sunpartner Technologies and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin sign license agreement:

The French company Sunpartner Technologies has been developing innovative solar solutions for nearly 10 years. One of these is Wysips,® an invisible or transparent photovoltaic film that transforms any surface into…

Finally united: Adlershof scientists combine seemingly disparate intuitive pictures of laser physics

MBI researchers show unified time and frequency picture of ultrafast atomic excitation in strong fields:

The insight that light sometimes needs to be treated as an electromagnetic wave and sometimes as a stream of energy quanta called photons is as old as quantum physics. In the case of interaction of strong laser fields…

TRUMPF Laser GmbH expands its Berlin Adlershof branch

Market leader in high-performance diode lasers acquires company specialised on pilot production / Growing interest of large companies in the research and development competencies in Berlin:

The Berlin Adlershof-based branch of TRUMPF Laser GmbH has been focusing on the pre-product development of diode lasers since October 2015. The company has now acquired the c2go inprocess solutions GmbH in Adlershof,…

7.4 million euros from the EFRE fund

HZB is setting up a new application laboratory for developing superconducting accelerator components:

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin is receiving 7.4 million euros from the European Regional Development Fund (EFRE). The money is being used to set up the application laboratory “SupraLab@HZB” for the advancement of…

Amplification of relativistic Electron Pulses by Direct Laser Field Acceleration

Controlled direct acceleration of electrons in very strong laser fields can offer a path towards ultra-compact accelerators. Such a direct acceleration requires rectification and decoupling of the oscillating…

Younicos concludes 2016 with record results

Battery storage company closes deals totaling 75 MW:

Energy storage pioneer Younicos was awarded contracts for a total of 75 megawatts (MW) in 2016, its first year under the stewardship of CEO Stephen L. Prince. Compared to 2015, this represents a record 400% growth…

Adlershof Journal January/February 2017

Knowledge isn’t built in a day: Ideas and innovation need time to grow:

Fishing Peptides: Innovative cleaning procedures for natural substances with a therapeutic effect // Child’s play? Early practice helps to master patience // Measuring Emotions How sensors help people with anxiety…

Don’t hurry: Things to learn from children’s book heroes

Essay by freelance journalist Paulina Czienskowski:

There is much to learn from watching the heroes of children’s books. One thing stands out: patience. They often go out in search of things. On their journeys through their reality, they show young people the many…

In conversation with Katharina  Kitsos

The restaurant­ owner is bringing Greek cuisine to Adlershof:

Local admirers of the Mediterranean cuisine are enthusing about her homemade Greek specialties. Together with her husband Nikolaos, she opened her restaurant “Olympia” on Rudower Chaussee 5 in November 2016. The two…

The Crystal Grower

Mario Brützam matures crystals at IKZ:

It all comes down to the exact temperature. If the mass is too hot, the nucleus dissolves like a sugar cube in coffee. If it’s too cool, the crystals form “spontaneously” and are useless to their grower. When asked…

The world belongs to those that wait

On the perseverance of entrepreneurs and scientists from Adlershof:

Hardly any job ad nowadays is complete without mentioning “perseverance” in the requirements. But what does that mean in practice? Is it the key to success? We have asked entrepreneurs and scientists from Adlershof…