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The future of BESSY
What the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin is planning for the X-ray source in Adlershof:
At the end of February 2024, a team at HZB published an article in Synchrotron Radiation News (SRN). They describe the next development goals for the light source as well as the BESSY II+ upgrade programme and the…
The chip designers
Blueprints of integrated circuits are being developed in Adlershof:
It should be common knowledge by now that microchips are at the heart of every computer, tablet, or smartphone. They execute the commands that our apps and operating systems give them. But there are still many more…
In conversation with Johannes Klick
The managing director of Alpha Strike Labs puts hackers out of business:
Last year, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and Berlin’s Museum of Natural History were hit by hacker attacks, and memories of a security breach at the Berlin School of Technology are still quite fresh. “The threat level in…
The digital thinker
Manouchehr Shamsrizi deals with the social impact of technology:
He is not easy to pin down. Not to one field of expertise. Not to one place. Manouchehr Shamsrizi lives with his wife and young daughter in Hamburg-Wellingsbüttel, where he was born into a Persian immigrant family in…
More time for care through digitalisation
NOVENTI Care develops software to meet the complex requirements of the healthcare industry:
“Digitalisation in care has nothing to do with robots,” says Julius Knoche with a laugh. Whenever the topic comes up, people seem to think of talking automatons with arms and legs to support people with special needs,…
The digital revolution is the autists taking revenge on the narcissists
Essay by Christoph Holz, a self-confessed nerd, a writer, and a keynote speaker:
“Did you really think I was going to be normal?” said Elon Musk, owner of the social media platform X and co-founder of several companies, when he made his appearance on Saturday Night Live. Why is it that IT nerds…
5th IKZ Winter School connects players from science and industry
50 participants from Germany and abroad met in Adlershof to discuss materials & devices for power electronics:
Power electronics is a booming industry market due to electromobility in automotive and the ramp up of renewable energy supply. The market is characterized by different materials & device technologies depending very…
Blossoming landscapes in IT
Is the digital transformation stalling in Germany? Not in Adlershof it isn’t.:
The campus is well-positioned, and its companies and research facilities are setting standards. Nonetheless, they have not been immune to the shortage of skilled workers. The corridors of GFal Society for the…
Adlershof Journal March/April 2024
This is the future: Quantum computing, machine learning and cybersecurity:
In conversation with Johannes Klick, who puts hackers out of business // KURO – A new start-up is breathing life into the construction industry // Valuable breaks: Adlershof’s green canteen …
NanoMECHs project at HU Berlin receives 1.5 million euros in funding
Research group at the Department of Chemistry wants to develop molecular machines that produce new materials:
Three young researchers at Humboldt-Universität (HU) have been accepted for Emmy Noether funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG). Dr Michael Kathan, who conducts research in the field of synthetic chemistry…
Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin is a bicycle-friendly employer
With the certificate, the research institute aims to be more attractive to employees and improve its carbon footprint:
Since 2017, the German Cyclists' Federation (ADFC) has been awarding the EU-wide "Bicycle-Friendly Employer" certification. The Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin has now been awarded the coveted silver seal. With this, the HZB…
New instrument for optoelectronics records 14 parameters in one go
HZB physicist develops measurement process for characterising semiconductors that saves valuable time:
An HZB physicist has developed a new method for the comprehensive characterisation of semiconductors in a single measurement. The “Constant Light-Induced Magneto-Transport (CLIMAT)” is based on the Hall effect and…
Sodium-ion batteries: How doping works
Researchers from HZB and Humboldt-Universität discover two competing mechanisms that determine the stability of cathodes:
Sodium-ion batteries still have a number of weaknesses that could be remedied by optimising the battery materials. One possibility is to dope the cathode material with foreign elements. A team from HZB and…
As easy as counting to ten – a new rule for catalysts’ design
Scientists from three British universities and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) discover new rule for catalyst design:
A collaborative team from three British universities and from Humboldt-Universität have discovered a very simple rule to design single-atom alloy catalysts for chemical reactions. The ‘ten electron rule’ helps…
Funding of basic research for green energy of the future
Establishing a research group between Seoul and Berlin:
Professor Wonwoo Nam is an Einstein Visiting Fellow of the Einstein Foundation Berlin and has received the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, which is linked to a research stay at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin…
Reconstruction of atomic electron densities
PTB researchers have further developed the procedure and the mathematical methods for visualising the spatial distribution of electrons in the atom:
Reconstructing the spatial electron density of atomic systems not only provides new insights into quantum mechanics, but also advances in areas such as material science and functional surfaces. In the photoelectric…
Molecular orbitals determine stability
Team at HZB has elucidated the influence of the electronic structure on the stability of fumarate, maleate and succinate dianions:
Carboxylic acid dianions (fumarate, maleate and succinate) play a role in coordination chemistry and to some extent also in the biochemistry of body cells. An HZB team at BESSY II has now analysed their electronic…
ESA approves Venus EnVision mission
DLR is contributing a multispectral camera to map the mineralogy and perform measurements in the venusian atmosphere:
Venus, Earth's inner neighbouring planet, is a mysterious celestial body. Almost the same size as Earth, with only a slightly smaller mass and largely made up of the same materials as Earth, Venus has developed in a…
DLR’s Mars camera – 20 years of operations
The first image was transmitted to Earth on 10 January 2004:
An extraordinary success story, and a long-lasting one at that. For 20 years now, DLR's High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board the European Space Agency (ESA) Mars Express orbiter has been providing the science…
Ultrafast excitations in correlated systems
Team of researchers presented new ideas for ultrafast multi-dimensional spectroscopy of strongly correlated solids:
An international team of researchers from the European XFEL together with colleagues from the Max Born Institute in Berlin, Universities of Berlin and Hamburg, The University of Tokyo, the Japanese National Institute…