FBH contributes its expertise in the development of innovative UV light-emitting diodes and related irradiation systems:
The newly launched Leibniz Lab "Pandemic Preparedness: One Health, One Future" combines excellent interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research from 41 Leibniz Institutes. For the first time in Germany,…
The IKZ researcher receives the award for achievements in the field of oxide and fluoride dielectrics and laser crystals:
Oxide and fluoride crystals are pivotal in many different areas of photonics. They are well-suited host materials for laser-active ions, can serve in optical Faraday insulators and also for non-linear frequency…
Germany's largest science and technology park remains an important pillar of Berlin's economy :
The Berlin Adlershof Science and Technology Park continued its positive development in 2023. Revenues and budget funds grew by a solid 7.1 % to € 3.9 billion (2022: € 3.6 billion). The number of employees remained…
The physicist has been awarded the Dissertation Prize of the Condensed Matter Section of the German Physical Society:
In recognition of her outstanding scientific work and its excellent presentation, Dr. Lisa-Marie Kern has been awarded the Dissertation Prize of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM) of the German Physical Society (DPG).…
The young scientist was honored for his outstanding scientific achievements in the field of crystal growth:
This year, the German Association of Crystal Growth (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kristallzüchtung und Kristallwachstum, DGKK) honors IKZ postdoctoral researcher Dr. Ta-Shun Chou with the Young Scientist Award for his…
New technique enables experiments in the ultraviolet spectral region at very feeble light levels:
In a recent publication in Nature, researchers at the Max Born Institute (MBI) in Berlin, Germany, and at Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching report on a new technique for deciphering the properties of…
The physicist will establish the Department of Precision Physics at the institute:
Professor Dr. Nathalie Picqué is establishing a new department as Director at the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI) in Berlin, Germany. Her appointment at the end of 2023 is…
Research team manipulates the material’s resistivity with light – a way for opto-electronic ultrafast switching in future microelectronics:
Materials that refuse to fit into theory are often the most fascinating. They challenge researchers to try harder to understand their peculiar behavior, especially when their properties are promising for technological…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
HZB team developed new measurement method for temperature differences in the sub-millikelvin range:
A team at HZB has developed a new measurement method that, for the first time, accurately detects tiny temperature differences in the range of 100 microkelvin in the thermal Hall effect. Previously, these temperature…
Jan Ruschel investigates short-wave UV light sources in Adlershof:
He could have done something completely different. “Way back in the day, I thought I might become an artist,” says Jan Ruschel. Quite a few brows were furrowed at his grammar school in Berlin when he chose a very…
Laserlab-Europe provides transnational access to the best laser research facilities in Europe:
The ongoing war in Ukraine is severely hampering experimental research at their national facilities. It is therefore all the more important to help Ukrainian scientists continue their research in these difficult…
Experts from the Fit4Nano project provide an overview of the state of research into finely focussed ion beams and a roadmap for future developments:
Processing materials on the nanoscale, producing prototypes for microelectronics or analysing biological samples: The range of applications for finely focused ion beams is huge. Experts from the EU collaboration…