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Atomic displacements in High-Entropy Alloys examined
High-entropy alloys of 3d metals have intriguing properties that are interesting for applications in the energy sector:
An international team at BESSY II has now investigated the local order on an atomic scale in a so-called high-entropy Cantor alloy of chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt and nickel. The results from combined…
Successful "Women in Natural Science School 2022 – Energy for (your) future"
30 scientists from 14 countries held meeting in Blossin:
About 30 women of 14 different nationalities from all career levels who are active in different areas of natural sciences – from astrophysics to biochemistry, and from environmental science to mechanical engineering –…
Bruker introduces new EDS detectors for elemental analysis in electron microscopes
With XFlash® 7, users benefit from further increased analytical performance, higher productivity and lower cost of ownership:
Bruker Corporation introduces the new XFlash 7 detector series for its QUANTAXTM energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDS) systems, enabling chemical analysis of material samples in electron microscopes with ultimate…
Calculating the "fingerprints" of molecules with artificial intelligence
HZB team uses self-learning graphical neural networks to correctly interpret experimentally obtained measurement data:
With conventional methods, it is extremely time-consuming to calculate the spectral fingerprint of larger molecules. But this is a prerequisite for correctly interpreting experimentally obtained data. Now, a team at…
Insights into fundamental processes in non-linear optics
At MBI, a pump-probe experiment was demonstrated to study non-linear multi-photon ionization processes on attosecond timescales:
An international team of researchers from the Max Born Institute in Berlin, University College London and ELI-ALPS in Szeged, Hungary, has demonstrated attosecond-pump attosecond-probe spectroscopy to study non-linear…
Mixing laser- and x-ray-beams
A team of researchers from MBI and DESY observed a new kind of wave mixing process involving soft x-rays:
Unlike fictional laser swords, real laser beams do not interact with each other when they cross – unless the beams meet within a suitable material allowing for nonlinear light-matter interaction. In such a case, wave…
Prof. Oussama Moutanabbir honoured with the IKZ International Fellowship Award 2022
The scientist receives the award for his pioneering contributions to the field of SiGe-based Quantum Materials:
The future is Quantum. Quantum technologies are unfolding and the associated research and developments on high‑quality quantum materials are driving this revolution. The Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchung (IKZ) is…
Ride Sharing Revival via App
Test project in Adlershof starting in mid-June / Bonus for residents and employees:
Everyone who drives to work in Adlershof knows the chaotic traffic situation in the morning: long traffic jams and no free parking spaces. When you look around, you quickly notice that there is often just one person…
Reliable semiconductors for space, satellites and quantum technologies
The Ferdinand-Braun-Institut will showcase its developments at the ILA from 22 to 24 June 2022 in Berlin:
From June 22 to 24, 2022, the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik (FBH) will present reliable semiconductors for applications in the fields of space, satellites and quantum technology…
SCIENION appoints Frauke Hein as CEO
Hein to lead as SCIENION plans for long-term profitable growth:
SCIENION GmbH, a BICO company and the precision liquid handling technology company powering life sciences and diagnostics for the future of health, today appointed Dr. Frauke Hein as co-Chief Executive Officer (CEO)…
Kathrin Goldammer appointed to Berlin Climate Protection Council
The council advises the Berlin Senate and the House of Representatives on issues of climate protection and energy policy:
RLI Managing Director Kathrin Goldammer had been appointed as a member of the Berlin Climate Protection Council by Berlin Senate’s resolution on 29th March 2022. Bettina Jarasch who is Senator for Environment,…
HZB and Sasol cooperate for sustainable aviation fuels
International consortium to advance decarbonisation of the aviation sector:
The company Sasol and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) will lead a consortium to develop and optimise next-generation catalysts that will play a key role in decarbonising the aviation sector through sustainable aviation…
Shutdown at BESSY II
New supply technology ensures long-term operation of the electron storage ring in Adlershof:
The X-ray source BESSY II is in a three-month period of shutdown. During this period, the low voltage main distribution panel in the supply building outside the electron storage ring is being renovated. This will…
Opening of the AdMaLab at IRIS Adlershof
The incubator programme for materials science start-ups encourages interdisciplinary cooperation:
On 12 May 2022, representatives of INAM e.V. and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin welcomed numerous guests from business, politics, research and teaching to the opening event of the incubator programme “AdMaLab – The…
100 percent renewable energy for Uganda
Reiner Lemoine Institut starts country report on behalf of the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF):
How can Uganda’s energy system be transformed into a system that runs on 100 percent renewable energy? This question will be answered by the Reiner Lemoine Institute on behalf of the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)…
How electron spin coupling affects catalytic oxygen activation
New THz EPR spectroscopy method allows insights into previously inaccessible spin-spin interactions and the function of novel catalytic and magnetic materials:
A team at the EPR4Energy joint lab of HZB and MPI CEC has developed a new THz EPR spectroscopy method to study the catalytic activation of molecular oxygen by copper complexes. The method allows insights into…
Jan Lüning heads HZB Institute for Electronic Structure Dynamics
New institut develops techniques and infrastructures to investigate the dynamics of elementary microscopic processes in novel material systems:
The HZB Institute for Electronic Structure Dynamics, newly founded on 1 May, develops experimental techniques and infrastructures to investigate the dynamics of elementary microscopic processes in novel material…
The path to a real healthcare system
Essay by Dr. Paul Hammer, founder and CEO of BIOMES NGS GmbH:
Germany came in second behind Japan in a study rating the national health care systems of 24 OECD countries (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) conducted by the British job agency for medical…
In conversation with Axel Gutzmer
The trained plumbing and heating installer and graduate facility manager supervises two technology centres in the fields of biotechnology and environmental technology in Adlershof:
As the head of the two Centres of Biotechnology and the Environment, Axel Gutzmer is responsible for a total of 80 companies with around 1,000 employees who work in the fields of medicine/biomedicine, pharmaceutics,…
The peptide architect
Nadja Berger is conducting research on a novel vaccine platform in Adlershof:
A company in the start-up phase. A newly developed procedure, unique in the world. A young chemist. Nadja Berger had spent two years at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and wanted to head off to new…