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A slightly younger Moon
Scientists from DLR and the University of Münster found that Earth's natural satellite is almost 100 million years younger than previously thought:
The Moon formed a little later than previously assumed. When a Mars-sized protoplanet was destroyed in a collision with the young Earth, a new body was created from the debris ejected during this catastrophe – the…
New headquarters: Jonas & Redmann is investing 25 million euros in Adlershof Technology Park
Berlin-based mechanical engineering firm builds new company building on 23,000 m² site in record time / Company moves into the production halls in July:
Jonas & Redmann is building a new company headquarters in Johannisthal, an urban district in the Berlin borough of Treptow-Köpenick. The new production and office space is located on a 23,000 square-metre site at…
Start for new Center for Catalysis Research in Adlershof
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) initiates architectural competition for an innovative laboratory and office building:
The Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) is launching a major new project with an interdisciplinary architectural competition: An innovative laboratory and office building for catalysis research, in which the scientific…
MBI generates infrared pulses with excellent beam quality and outstanding pulse stability
Record parameters for amplified ultrashort pulses at 2-µm wavelength and kilohertz repetition rates :
Power-scalable ultrafast laser sources in the midwave-infrared (MWIR) are a key element for basic research and applications in material processing and medicine. Optical amplifiers based on chirped pulse amplification…
Adlershof Journal July/August 2020
Let’s talk! Innovation starts with finding the right words:
Digital translators: Will learning languages soon become obsolete? // Language as a tool: the power of the spoken word // Detective work against dementia: early diagnosis of Alzheimer's
Light from inside the tunnel
Physicists from the University of Rostock and MBI Berlin reveal a so-far overlooked nonlinear optical mechanism:
Steering and monitoring the light-driven motion of electrons inside matter on the time-scale of a single optical cycle is a key challenge in ultrafast light wave electronics and laser-based material processing.…
FBH and UVphotonics developed versatile LED irradiation system
Plug and play solution for surface treatment – from disinfection to medical treatments:
For disinfection purposes, the compact system can be equipped with UV LEDs to eliminate germs on critical surfaces such as mobile phones. It can also be assembled with LEDs providing the optimum emission spectrum for…
Turning science fiction into science fact
Professor Jürgen P. Rabe, director of the Integrative Research Institute for the Sciences IRIS Adlershof, about building bridges, joint labs, and a new research building:
Ten years of IRIS Adlershof: what exactly goes on here? Jürgen P. Rabe: It all begins with asking good questions – questions that impose themselves on us, that we can provide answers to by using our scientific…
A hub for basic research, teaching, and industrial application
How the Integrative Research Institute for the Sciences IRIS Adlershof supports many different technology start-ups :
For almost two decades now, Prof. Emil List-Kratochvil has been dealing with a technology that many think holds a promise for the future: printed electronics. The Austrian-born solid-state physicist has been…
Focusing on advanced materials
A graduate school in Adlershof offers top qualification and turns teams into families:
Advanced materials are a cutting-edge field. Diodes, solar cells, transistors, and storage elements – they are all based on state-of-the-art electronic materials. The products containing these ‘advanced and novel…
The power of the spoken word: Language is a valuable tool
Essay by Paulina Czienskowski, independent journalist from Berlin:
Language is our tool – it shapes the life-world of all of us. If we wish to contribute to this, we must be diligent and attentive when using it There are days when I wish I had a remote control to simply switch off…
In conversation with Yvonne Dertinger, an intercultural trainer
viadrina sprachen GmbH in Adlershof not only conveys language but also intercultural differences:
Though language trainers are anything but rare, they are in high demand. Nuances of a language are best taught one-on-one, says Yvonne Dertinger. She has been teaching German as a foreign language for 13 years, and…
The language enthusiast
Saša Petrović is a technology manager at the Photovoltaics Centre in Adlershof:
What was is that brought her to Adlershof in the end? It all came down to two things that Saša Petrović had loved since her days at school. Her enthusiasm for languages, especially German. And a knack for the natural…
Hey, foreign language!
How do machine translations fare in providing accurate translations?:
Using smartphone-based translation apps or Google Translate on their computers are invaluable tools to many. The software is continuously improving. But how does it work? What are its limitations? And will our…
Of wild numbers and snapshots in space
Two natural scientists told us how they carry their scientific insight out into the world:
Colourful experiments, spectacular images, and elegant equations. There are countless ways of communicating insights from the natural sciences to the general public. But what applies to the applied natural sciences…
Detective work against dementia
Adlershof Start-up Predemtec is working on a procedure for early detection of Alzheimer’s:
Based on blood analysis and its own algorithms, Predemtec AG has been working on a procedure for early detection of Alzheimer’s Disease since 2011. Their team has identified six biomarkers that, in their concentration…
Getting the words out
The German courses at IGAFA are not about perfect grammar – more importantly, they help to start conversations with others:
‘At the office, everything is very international and we speak a lot of English,’ says Ardian Gojani, who came to the Adlershof-based Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) three years ago and…
Spoken pauses and respect
About the effects of gender-sensitive language:
Gender-inclusive language – some find too much fuss is being made about it, others say it is still not enough. How do Adlershof-based scientists and entrepreneurs address the issue? Late in May, (social) media was…
Serious research, light presentation: Why media training is so important
The applicants for Adlershof’s Dissertation Award receive professional coaching:
Three newly graduated PhD students competed for the Adlershof Dissertation Award at the Erwin Schrödinger Centre of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU). They had only 15 minutes for each presentation, followed by a…
The asbestos scouts: On the hunt for the hazardous fibres
The analytics company LFM (Labor für Mikroanalytik) examines building materials for hazardous substances in low concentrations:
Labor für Mikroanalytik (LFM), an analytics company, was founded in Adlershof just one year ago. The main task of its employees is to trace asbestos and other hazardous mineral fibres. Their services are in high…