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MagForce AG Announces Successful Share Capital Increase from Authorized Capital
MagForce AG, a leading medical device company in the field of nanomedicine focused on oncology, today successfully completed the capital increase from authrized capital resolved on June 28, 2017. The Company’s share…
A “perfect” attosecond experiment
Physicists manage to completely describe the quantum-mechanical wave function of an ionized electron:
Novel experiments using ultrafast pulses are currently revolutionizing laser physics research. They deliver unprecedented insights into matter – into the structure and dynamics of electrons in atoms, molecules and in…
eagleyard continues to grow
EUR 2’0 million Investment into Automation and Laser Diode Assembly Technology:
eagleyard Photonics GmbH is expanding its technology platform with additional equipment for both, flexible tailoring and automated manufacturing of semiconductor laser diodes. In continuation of its R&D and production…
eagleyard charms small satellite MERLIN
Helping measuring methane gas concentration for a better understanding of climate change:
eagleyard Photonics GmbH enables SpaceTech GmbH/Immenstaad to build the LIDAR Frequency Reference Unit for German-French small satellite mission MERLIN (Methane Remote Sensing LIDAR Mission). With a scheduled launch…
New lab for electrochemical interfaces at BESSY II
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) is establishing together with the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG) the „Berlin Joint Lab for Electrochemical Interfaces“ (BElChem):
The Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) is establishing a joint lab together with the Max Planck Society (MPS) to study electrochemical phenomenon at solid/liquid interfaces. The Berlin Joint Lab for Electrochemical…
Extremely versatile – Tailored diode lasers, from the chip to the system
FBH presents its capability at “Laser World of Photonics” trade show and accompanying “CLEO Europe” conference:
The Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) presents novel developments and advances of its diode lasers and UV light-emitting diodes (LEDs) at the “Laser World of Photonics”. The event is hosted in Munich from June 26 – 29,…
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...