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Winner of this year’s poster prize, Juliane Scholl from BAM, within a group of people
13.11.2024

Adlershof Research Forum 2024: Innovations and strategic impulses for the science campus

AFF poster prize was awarded to Juliane Scholl:

Almost 100 scientists, young researchers and founders came together to the Adlershof Research Forum on 11.11.2024 at Erwin Schrödinger Centre to discuss current developments and challenges facing the science location…

HU psychologist Markus Wettstein © WISTA Management GmbH
13.11.2024

Feeling ever younger

Researchers of Berlin’s Humboldt-Universität show: People today feel younger than the generations before them:

A glance in the mirror tells us that felt age must not match our chronological age. A 37-year-old suffering from sciatica might exclaim: “I feel like I’m 80!” But how old do 70-year-olds feel whizzing by on racing…

Jean Blondeau and Ute Franke, 5micron © WISTA Management GmbH
13.11.2024

Next, please

How can business succession succeed? We asked around:

Generational succession is a critical moment—particularly for owner-managed small and medium-sized companies. We asked around how to make business succession a success. While many are already considering retirement,…

Enes Savas and Linda Walczak, Nearay © WISTA Management GmbH
12.11.2024

Building bridges across cultures

The start-up Nearay from the Adlershof Founder’s Lab wants to better connect cultural communities:

“People with multicultural backgrounds and newcomers often struggle to find communities from their own cultural circles,” says Enes Savas. “The information is scattered everywhere. Searching for it can be…

Stefan Jonas and Lutz Redmann © WISTA Management GmbH
11.11.2024

Deciding together

Stefan Jonas and Lutz Redmann have been successfully running a special-purpose machinery company for 35 years:

It is clear today that their decision to relocate from Moabit to Johannisthal was the right one. Four years ago, there were concerns, as Stefan Jonas recalls. One of them was whether employees from the northern part…

Björn Globisch © WISTA Management GmbH
08.11.2024

In conversation with Björn Globisch

The PhD physicist is the head of research and development and frontend at TOPTICA EAGLEYARD:

The laser diodes of TOPTICA EAGLEYARD find use in manifold areas of the industrial sector, the biosciences, the spaceflight industry, and research. After stints at Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut (HHI) and a junior…

07.11.2024

Scientists caution irreversible climate damages when it comes to overshooting 1.5°C

A study coordinated by Humboldt-Universität has analysed so-called overshoot scenarios and warns of their consequences for the climate and the environment:

Even if it is possible to reverse the rise of global temperatures after a temporary overshoot of 1.5°C, some climate damages triggered at peak warming will be irreversible. These are the findings of 30 scientists…

BAM department head Carsten Engelhard © WISTA Management GmbH
06.11.2024

The molecule sleuth

Carsten Engelhard monitors the reliability of chemical analyses:

Searching for a needle in a haystack. Is that the appropriate metaphor? It could make it easier for a layperson to understand how Carsten Engelhard spends his workdays. In both research and teaching, his home has been…

Vials with fluorescent reference materials. Quelle: BAM
06.11.2024

BAM develops new standards for the surface analysis of nanoparticles

New EU project launched for greater security in the use of nanoparticles:

In a new EU project, the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) is developing standardized measurement methods for investigating the surfaces of nanoparticles. The goal is to further improve the…

Layer structures of two PVDF/PLLA mixtures in nano-IR imaging © TU Eindhoven/HZB
05.11.2024

New procedure for better thermoplastics

Research team at BESSY II was able to increase the performance of environmentally friendly materials:

Bio-based thermoplastics are produced from renewable organic materials and can be recycled after use. Their resilience can be improved by blending bio-based thermoplastics with other thermoplastics. However, the…

Illustration "My Generation": D. Mahnkopf © WISTA Management GmbH
05.11.2024

No youth movement of its own

Essay by author Lea Streisand on the concept of generation:

Generational shift. I had to google the word to begin with, boomer in spirit that I am.1 At least, I didn’t look it up in a dictionary because that definitely would’ve exposed me as geriatric. I’ve never been…

Two researchers in a laboratory working with a diode laser © FBH/Matthias Baumbach
01.11.2024

New Educational Initiative for the German Chip Industry

Ferdinand-Braun-Institut will coordinate a national academy for microelectronics and microsystem technology:

Securing skilled workers for the chip industry – with this goal in mind, the nationwide flagship project “Skilled workers for microelectronics: skills4chips” funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research…

Experiment HP³ (Heat Flow and Phys­i­cal Prop­er­ties Pack­age), pro­vid­ed by DLR for the In­Sight mis­sion. Credit: DLR (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)
31.10.2024

Explanation found for encrusting of the Martian soil

Temperature measurements of the HP³ Mars mole have provided new insights:

Mole, the Martian mole: for four years it had a small but highly regarded 'career' in planetary research. The experiment, unprecedented in the field, was named after the recognisable tunnel-digging mammal, but its…

Dr. Sara Hetzel and Dr. Alexandra Quitmann | Photos: David Ausserhofer and Verena Brandt
30.10.2024

Forschungsverbund Berlin honours young female scientists with the Marthe Vogt Award

The awardees are bioinformatician Dr. Sara Hetzel and mathematician Dr. Alexandra Quitmann:

In 2024, the Forschungsverbund Berlin e. V. (FVB) will honor two early career researchers with the Marthe Vogt Award, endowed with €3,000. Both Dr. Sara Hetzel and Dr. Alexandra Quitmann have presented outstanding…

Cover of the final report © IRIS Adlershof
29.10.2024

Research institute IRIS Adlershof ended

After 15 years, the funding phases for the “Integrative Research Institute for the Sciences” at HU Berlin have been completed:

Since its founding in 2009, the Integrative Research Institute for the Sciences of Humboldt University in Berlin – IRIS Adlershof – looks back on 15 years of successful work. IRIS Adlershof has developed into an…

A researcher in a laboratory © Flo Force Fotografie, Hahn-Schickard & IMTEK Universität Freiburg
28.10.2024

Hydrogen: Breakthrough in alkaline membrane electrolysers

Research team developed a highly efficient and very inexpensive AEM electrolyser:

A team from the Technical University of Berlin, HZB, IMTEK (University of Freiburg) and Siemens Energy has developed a highly efficient alkaline membrane electrolyser that approaches the performance of established PEM…

Dr. Andreas Fiedler, Project Manager of ‘All-GO-HEMT’ (left), Gallium oxide wafer (right)
28.10.2024

BMBF funds IKZ project for efficient power electronics with around 2 million euros

“All-GO-HEMT” project aims to make a significant contribution to sustainable energy generation:

Led by Dr. Andreas Fiedler, the “All-GO-HEMT” project aims to develop modulation-doped β-(AlₓGa₁₋ₓ)₂O₃/Ga₂O₃ heterostructures that exhibit high electron mobility. With total project funding of almost 2 million euros,…

The Chiquitano dry forest in Bolivia © Tobias Kümmerle/HU Berlin
25.10.2024

HU Geographer studies investments in environmental and biodiversity conservation in South America

Cross-national analysis shows how funds can be used more efficiently to protect tropical forests:

Scientific studies on the protection of tropical rainforests and dry forests show three trends over the last few decades: since the 1990s, the forest cover has shrunk by an estimated 65,000 to 95,000 km2. At the same…

Perovskite materials for photovoltaic applications © M. Setzpfandt/HZB
24.10.2024

International alliance for reproducibility of perovskite solar cells

TEAM PV to drive further development and comparability of low-cost solar modules:

Ten teams at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin are building a long-term international alliance to converge practices and develop reproducibility and comparability in perovskite materials. The TEAM PV project is funded by the…

Crystal glass 3D print made using Xolography © xolo
22.10.2024

Swarovski and xolo develop a new method for crystal glass manufacturing

The aim is to directly print crystal glass components using Xolography:

The Austrian-based company Swarovski, leader in crystal and jewelry manufacturing, has partnered with Adlershof start-up xolo, a pioneer in volumetric 3D printing technology. The project aims to directly print crystal…