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Solar-cell façade at HZB undergoes real-life testing The solar cladding not only meets part of the power requirement, but is also a realistic laboratory in and of itself: an HZB team is monitoring the long-term behaviour of the modules under varying environmental conditions.
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Carl-Ramsauer-Award for excellent dissertation Dr. Raphael Jay has received this year's Carl-Ramsauer-Prize of the German Physical Society of Berlin (DPGzB). The prize honours outstanding dissertations in physics and related fields and will be awarded during a festive colloquium on 18 November.
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Climate Strike on Friday: HZB-Direktor welcomes engagement für climate... "I find it remarkable and encouraging that more and more citizens are joining the protests of the younger generation and calling for a turnaround for climate protection," says Prof. Bernd Rech, Scientific Director of the HZB.
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HZB is member of the IGAFA initiative in Adlershof Since September 2020, the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin is again a member of IGAFA - the Initiative of Non-University Research Institutions in Adlershof.
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HZB and TU Berlin: New joint research group at BESSY II Birgit Kanngießer is setting up a joint research group to combine X-ray methods in laboratories and at large-scale facilities.
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Radio Teddy berichtet über Experimente aus dem HZB Radio Teddy bringt ab sofort jeden Samstag um 14:40 kurze Reportagen aus dem HZB. Auf einer Webseite zum "Experiment der Woche" sind Videoreportagen zu sehen.
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HZB newspaper lichtblick published In the new lichtblick we look with Bernd Rech, spokesman of the scientific management az HZB, at the upcoming funding period of the Helmholtz Association, the POF IV.
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A new cooling tower flying to BESSY's roof Early September a huge crane near BESSY II could be seen from afar. A series of pictures for you to discover the exciting installation of the fourth cooling tower.
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New Materials for Energy Storage: ERC Starting Grant for Tristan Petit ERC Starting Grant for Tristan Petit. At BESSY II, the materials researcher is using this grant to investigate a new class of materials for storing electrical energy, the so-called MXenes.
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The shutdown at BESSY II: busy activity in the ring The storage ring BESSY II is down for nine weeks this year while urgent maintenance is being performed and new components are being installed. That sounds like a lot of down time, but there is a long list of work to be done.
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Research team provides concrete approach to improve the performance of CIGS... What causes losses in thin-film solar cells? For the first time, a team of researchers has been able to confirm an assumption - and provide information on how CIGS thin-film solar cells can be optimized.
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Best electrolyser/photovoltaics combinations demonstrated in test fields One of the most promising ways to increase the availability of solar energy is to convert excess production into hydrogen. The PECSYS project has investigated the best possible material and technology combinations to facilitate such an operation.
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Humboldt-University Berlin appoints Jan Lüning Prof. Dr. Jan Lüning, Scientific Director at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), was appointed to an S-W3 professorship at Humboldt University in Berlin in July.
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Seminar für Architekt*innen Bauwerkintegrierte Photovoltaik: Architektur –... Im September veranstaltet die Beratungsstelle für BIPV „BAIP“ zusammen mit der Architektenkammer Niedersachsen ein Seminar für Architekt*innen zum Thema Bauwerkintegrierte Photovoltaik: Architektur-Gestaltung und Ausführung
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Facts, Research, Expertise: Helmholtz Climate Initiative starts new website New website of the Helmholtz Climate Initiative - www.helmholtz-klima.de
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Launch of new catalysis centre in HZB-Adlershof The HZB is launching a major new project with an interdisciplinary architectural competition: An innovative laboratory and office building for catalysis research, in which the cooperation between HZB and the Max-Planck-Society is to be expanded.
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Enjoy your holidays: Video greetings from Bernd Rech, vol. 4 The summer holidays have been startet, time to catch our breath and recharge our batteries. In a video message Bernd Rech reports from the Scientific Retreat , and he wishes everyone nice holidays.
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Optimize opto-electronic devices with new compact measuring system In order to develop efficient opto-electronic devices such as solar cells or LEDs, it is crucial to improve the quality of the semiconductors. To achieve this, it is necessary to determine the luminescence yield of the semiconductor material. For this ...
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New lichtblick online The new journal provides insights into the work of the BESSY III project team, into the work of proton therapy in corona times and presents the exciting findings in the life sciences that are being gained at BESSY II.
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Start your accelerator tour - the Long Night of Science in a different way We take you on a virtual journey through our accelerator BESSY II.
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HZB has now its own app The new HZB App allows you to quickly access news, jobs and events, but also find about operational data of BESSY II.
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They are back: Sheep and goats graze the Wannsee campus again Now is the perfect time for the sheep and goats to return from their winter quarters! Until late autumn, they will now graze the near-natural HZB campus in Wannsee and serve the natural preservation of the landscape.
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New charging points for electric cars installed in Adlershof On 14 May 2020, two charging points for electric cars were installed near the BESSY II main building. Soon, employees will also have the opportunity to charge their private cars at one of the charging points.
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04.05.2020 - #Corona: HZB resumes operation step by step the HZB has been converted to minimal operations on 20 March. The User operation at BESSY II is suspended until 31.05.2020.
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Video greetings from Bernd Rech, vol. 3 After six weeks of minimal operation, life is slowly returning to both locations. In a video message Bernd Rech tells us that he is very much looking forward to the open laboratories and new results.
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Corona research: Consortium of Berlin research and industry seeks active... The Berlin biotech company Molox GmbH and a team at HZB have initiated a consortium of regional research groups and BASF. They want to identify a starting point for the development of a potential active substance against the new coronavirus.
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Freie Universität Berlin appointed Johannes Reuther as W2 professor On April 6, 2020 Freie Universität Berlin appointed Johannes Reuther to the joint W2 professorship "Theory of Novel Quantum Materials”.
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Happy Easter Holidays! After three weeks of home office and minimal operation, Bernd Rech addresses all employees again with a short video message. He thanks them for their creativity and open-mindedness and wishes everyone a Happy Easter!
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Corona research at BESSY II: Two days of measuring operation to find the right... New measurement campaign helps to accelerate the search for active ingredients
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HZB donates urgently needed protective equipment for doctors’ surgery The HZB donates 65 boxes filled with protective equipment for medical practices to the Kassenärztliche Vereinigung.
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Working in the home office - important IT tools and hints for IT security Due to the current corona situation, many colleagues work in their home offices. We introduce the most important tools.
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Neue lichtblick erschienen: Jetzt online lesen Als wir die lichtblick vor zwölf Tagen in den Druck gegeben haben, war die Welt noch eine andere. Doch vielleicht ist die lichtblick gerade jetzt auch ein Zeichen für ein Stück Normalität in unnormalen Zeiten. Wir wünschen viel Spaß beim Lesen.
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New Helmholtz Young Investigator Group at HZB Topological solitons occur in magnetic quantum materials and can contribute to extremely energy-efficient switching processes. Büttner wants to develop a new imaging technique at BESSY II to study these quasi-particles.
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Important News about the Radiation Safety Requirements As of 1st April 2020, the experiment hall of BESSY II will no longer be a controlled area but a surveillance area and the users are no more required to have the status as radiation workers.
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20 percent more patients were treated with proton therapy in 2019 For more than 20 years, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) have jointly offered the irradiation of eye tumors with protons. In 2019, more patients were treated in Berlin-Wannsee than ever before. 276 patients - 20 ...
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Berlins außeruniversitäre Forschungseinrichtungen schließen sich zusammen Berlins außeruniversitäre Forschungseinrichtungen schließen sich zur BR 50 (Berlin Research 50) zusammen. Sie wollen künftig gemeinsam Strategien für die Forschung und den Austausch mit Politik und Gesellschaft zu entwickeln.
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Call for Application “Helmholtz young investigator groups” We are looking for excellent scientists who are interested in working independently on a topic and building up their own group at an early stage of their career.
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New detector accelerates protein crystallography Compared to the old detector the new one is better, faster and more sensitive. It allows to acquire complete data sets of complex proteins within a very short time.
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Doctoral student receives Erhard Höpfner Thesis Award On 11 February 2020, Max Grischek received the Erhard Höpfner Thesis Prize, worth 2000 euros, which is awarded by a jury of the Berlin Scientific Society for outstanding master theses.
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CIGSe thin-film solar cells: EU Sharc25 project increases efficiency The increases have been achieved through post-processing with alkali elements, and the procedures are suitable for industrial-scale production.
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Unique X-ray experiments for school classes: The X-ray mobile will arrive at... From 5 to 13 March 2020, pupils can conduct experiments on X-rays and radiation at the HZB's school laboratory in Berlin-Adlershof. The public is invited to attend on 12 March.
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Farewell to the research reactor BER II: brochure on 50 years of neutron... You can download the publication "BER II 1973-2019" on our website.
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Bewerbertag am 23. Januar für die Ausbildung Fachinformatiker*in Wir bieten zwei Ausbildungsplätze als Fachinformatiker/Systemintegration ab September 2020 an. EInfach vorbeikommen und vorstellen!
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HZB is now using green electricity Since 1 January 2020, HZB is drawing 100 per cent of its electricity from renewable energies. This reduces CO2 emissions by around 14,400 tons per year. This is an contribution for climate protection.
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Ernst-Eckhard-Koch-Award and Innovation Award for Research in Synchrotron... This year, the circle of friends of the HZB awarded the Ernst Eckhard Koch Prize to two young scientists for their outstanding PhD theses. The European Synchrotron Radiation Innovation Award went to a team of physicists from DESY and PSI.
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Operation of the BER II research reactor ends on 11 December 2019 After 46 years of successful research with neutrons, the operation of the Berlin research reactor BER II will be discontinued on 11 December 2019. This date was announced by the HZB Supervisory Board on 25 June 2013.
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Invitation: Climate change - from knowledge to action Public debate on climate change with Fridays for Future and Scientists for Future, HZB and PIK. Thursday, 5.12.2019, 17:00 at Bunsen-Auditorium in Adlershof
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More information from microscopy images by computing power Ptychography 4.0 is a pilot project of the Helmholtz Incubator Funding Programme. The goal is to use “virtual lenses” to correct imaging errors and thus considerably increase the resolution of images in microscopy.
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Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Gisela Schütz on 2nd Dez Lecture: „On the fantastic future of magnetic nanomaterials: Insights with soft x-rays“, 2nd Dez., 3.30 pm
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HZB-Award for Technology Transfer 2019: A chip with many application options Klaus Lips (HZB) and Jens Anders (Univ. of Stuttgart) have won the 2019 HZB Technology Transfer Prize. Their microchip – just a few square millimetres in size – was chosen from among the eleven candidate projects.
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Berlin Science Award: Young Talent Award for Steve Albrecht The Governing Mayor of Berlin did award Prof. Dr. Steve Albrecht this year with the "Nachwuchspreis" (Young Talent Award) of the Berliner Wissenschaftspreis for his research on novel tandem solar cells.
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HZB Postdoc awarded prize for best presentation at ICMSET 19 Dr. Lifei Xi was awarded a prize for the best presentation at the 8th International Conference for Materials Science and Engineering Technology (ICMSET 19) in Singapore.
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Reaching climate targets with building integrated Photovoltaics There is now a wide range of façade elements that generate photovoltaic electricity. So far, however, such building-integrated PV modules have rarely been installed. The Advisory Centre for Building Integrated PV (BAIP) wants to change this.
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New instrument at BESSY II commences user operation A new instrument became available to the users of BESSY II on Oct. 28, 2019. The new beamline and apparatus for spin- and angular-resolved photoemission in the Russian-German Laboratory at BESSY II have successfully completed their test phase.
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Jahrestagung FVEE zu aktuellen Herausforderungen der Energiewende Auf der Tagung zeigen die Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler u.a. auch aus dem HZB den dringenden Handlungsbedarf auf. Leitplanke für alle Maßnahmen der Politik sollten die Klimaziele von Paris sein.
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HZB awards prize for technology transfer project On 15 November, the best innovation project from the HZB will be awarded the Technology Transfer Prize 2019. The award ceremony is open to the public and will take place at 2 p.m. in the BESSY II auditorium in Berlin-Adlershof.
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Poster award for Götz Schuck At the 5th International Conference on Perovskite Solar Cells and Optoelectronics (PSCO19) Dr. Götz Schuck received a prize for his poster contribution.
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Helmholtz Association promotes HZB cooperation with Slovenia on perovskite... The topics of the cooperation are tandem solar cells made of perovskite and silicon and, in particular, their precise characterisation.