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Helmholtz anniversary exhibition opens in Potsdam Helmholtz, who was born in Potsdam, is considered one of the most influential natural scientists of his time. 31 August is the 200th anniversary of his birth and we celebrate this with an exhibition.
Pouch cell Lab
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Battery research - SkaLiS project funded with 2.2 million euros The SkaLiS project aims to develop lithium-sulphur battery cells that are significantly more stable and powerful.
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Faster development of efficient solar cells and LEDs thanks to HZB spin-off Spin-off launches ready-to-use measurement instrument for optoelectronic devices
We now also offer virtual tours.
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Virtual visits at HZB and 360° Panorama We open our doors virtually for you and provide insights into the research labs at HZB.
Felicia Laberer is nominated as a canoeist for the 2021 Paralympics in Tokyo. She has been practicing the sport since 2018.
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Colleague Felicia Laberer takes part in the Paralympics! Our colleague Felicia Laberer has been selected to take part in the 2021 Paralympics in Tokyo. At HZB, the 20-year-old is currently an apprentice as an office management assistant.
Inauguration of the new research building of the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nuremberg for Renewable Energies (HI ERN) in Erlangen on Wednesday 14.07.2021
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Hi ERN - New headquarters of the Helmholtz Institute in Erlangen inaugurated Inauguration of Hi ERN new building: Another address for cutting-edge research inaugurated.
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DAPHNE - Data for Photon and Neutron Experiments 19 scientific institutions in Germany want to develop common standards for software, data exchange and data repositories to make such research data permanently available for further research. HZB is also participating.
DESY researcher Wiebke Ewert shows on a so-called electron density map where a drug candidate (green) binds to the main protease of the corona virus (blue).
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Synchrotrons accelerate corona research Information by the German Committee Research with Synchrotron Radiation (KFS). Synchrotron light sources were originally built to study particles. Today, they are even used in the fight against COVID-19.
Cover of the Helmholtz Photon Science Roadmap.
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Tailwind for top research in Germany Tailwind for top research in Germany
VIPERLAB is funded under the European Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020 (Grant No 101006715).
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VIPERLAB: EU project aims to boost perovskite solar industry in Europe HZB is coordinating a major European collaborative project to open up new opportunities for the European solar industry. The VIPERLAB project involves 15 renowned research institutions from Europe, as well as Switzerland and Great Britain.
The launch event for the opening of the CatLab took place on 21 June. f.l.t.r.: Prof. Dr. Bernd Rech (HZB), Dr. Stefan Kaufmann (BMBF), Prof. Dr. Robert Schlögl (MPG)
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CatLab - Starting signal for a new generation of catalysts New joint research platform of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and the Max Planck Society starts operation
Renske van der Veen has a lot of experience with ultrafast x-ray measurements.
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Renske van der Veen heads new department "Atomic Dynamics in Light-Energy... The chemist is an expert in time-resolved X-ray spectroscopy and electron microscopy and studies catalytic processes that enable the conversion of solar energy into chemical energy.
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Hörtipp: Genies – das Vermächtnis von Virchow und Helmholtz Wir möchten Ihnen eine interessante Folge des rbb-Podcast „Talking Science“ empfehlen: Die beiden Universalgenies Rudolf Virchow und Hermann von Helmholtz haben die Wissenschaft am Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts geprägt.
CIGS PV modules are integrated into the façade of the HZB testing hall in Berlin-Adlershof. A team analyses the yield and development of the modules under real conditions.
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Berlin Energy Days: Integrated photovoltaics - active areas for the energy... On Wednesday, 28 April 2021, experts from the HZB advisory office BAIP and other research institutions will present these options.
The first image taken by MYSTIIC: a standard image used to calibrate and measure the resolution of the new STXM.
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MYSTIIC at BESSY II: New X-ray microscope put into operation A new X-ray microscope has started operation at the Energy Materials in situ Lab (EMIL). It is a scanning transmission X-ray microscope designed to examine both sample surfaces and bulk sample.
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Virtual tours: Experience the HZB in 360 degrees! Despite Corona, we would like to provide you with insights into HZB. Simply follow our 360-degree tours and experience how we conduct research at the BESSY II accelerator.
Radio TEDDY presenter Leo hosts the "Experimentierkasten" on air and explains everything very simply so that everyone can join in.
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The Radio TEDDY experimental show with the HZB - tune in on Saturdays at 2.40... The Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and Radio TEDDY continue their successful cooperation. In the next round, we will provide ideas for six exciting experiments that the Radio TEDDY moderator Leo will conduct for the children in front of the radio.
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New issue of "lichtblick" online Many interesting topics await you again, including an interview on VSR-Demo, the results of the home office survey and much more.
The new audit logo for long-time certified companies
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HZB re-certified as a compatibility-friendly company again Not only since the Corona pandemic, HZB has supported its employees in balancing professional and private tasks. Now, HZB has been awarded again: the certificate of the audit berufundfamilie has been confirmed for another three years.
Artificial and natural interzones on a tooth restored with non-degradable biomaterials are exposed to mechanical (left: stresses acting in compression, tension and shear) and biological challenges (right: bacterial attachment, penetration, and other interactions with biological media).
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Dental materials science: HZB is part of a research project funded by DFG Partners also include the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), a research center for energy materials research, and the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (MPI-KG), which is located in Potsdam.
Overview: Number of patients treated with prontons at HZB from 1998 to 2020.
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The 4000th eye tumour patient treated with protons at HZB On 19 February 2021, the 4000th eye tumour patient received irradiation with protons, performed by a joint team from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
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The HZB Graduate Center is here now The HZB "DR coordination” is now the HZB Graduate Center. Since the beginning of 2018, the DR coordination has been continuously expanding the offers and standards at the HZB for doctoral researchers and their advisors. The ideas and suggestions that ...
Part of the IRIS research labs will be equipped for research on catalysts. Photo
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HZB and Humboldt University agree to set up a catalysis laboratory The IRIS research building offers optimal conditions for the research and development of complex material systems.
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Call for Application “Helmholtz young investigator groups” We are looking for young excellent scientists looking for leadership! Apply by Feb. 28.
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21.01.: Seminar zu klimaneutralem Planen, Bauen und Betreiben Photovoltaik im Gebäudekonzept integrieren | DGNB Seminarreihe Klimaneutrales Planen, Bauen und Betreiben 21.Januar 14:30 - 16:00 Uhr
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Corona Update 07.01.2021 / restriced operation HZB resumed user operation at BESSY II and CoreLabs under elevated safety precautions. We inform about our hygiene and distancing rules.
For the measurement campaign, two couplers were mounted in a horizontal test position under a local clean room tent.
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Accelerator Physics: HF-Couplers for bERLinPro prove resilient A first measurement campaign with optimised couplers at bERLinPro shows that the goal can be achieved.
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December issue of lichtblick Christmas is coming soon. Because we won’t have a get-together this time, cartoonist Jörg Hafemeister has brought Christmas to HZB in his “Wimmelbild”. You will discover many events on the poster that have accompanied us this year.
Martin Bluschke (MPI for Solid State Research, TU Berlin) receives the Ernst Eckhard Koch Prize from Mathias Richter for his outstanding dissertation.
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Ernst Eckhard Koch Prize and Innovation Award Synchrotron Radiation The Friends of HZB awarded the Ernst Eckhard Koch Prize to Dr. Martin Bluschke. The European Innovation Award for Synchrotron Radiation went to a team of four physicists for their work on the FERMI FEL at Elettra.
Two structure powder diffractometers next to each other: the high structure powder diffractometer SPODI (above) in the MLZ experimental hall will be neighbouring FIREPOD.
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Two neutron instruments from HZB move to Munich Now the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) in Munich is taking over two scientific instruments from the HZB. The Federal Ministry of Science and Research (BMBF) is funding the relocation and adaptation.
1st Place: h4a Gessert + Randecker Architekten
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Architectural Design drafts for new CatLab Center awarded CatLab is to become an international beacon for the development of novel catalyst materials and green hydrogen. After an architectural competition four winning designs have now been selected, all sustainable and climate friendly.
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CatLab - A beacon for future hydrogen research With CatLab, the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and two Max Planck Institutes are building a research platform for catalysis to achieve innovation advances in hydrogen research
Christina Herold (right) accepted the award on behalf of the instructors at HZB. Together with the HZB, eight companies in Berlin were honoured by the employment agency for outstanding training.
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HZB is one of the best trainers in Berlin The Berlin-South Employment Agency has awarded the Helmholtz Centre Berlin for an innovative procedure to select applicants not only on the basis of their grades, but also to include communicative and social skills.
View into the experimental hall of the electron accelerator BESSY II at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin. Researchers carry out experiments at approximately 50 beamlines. The aim of the cooperation between the University of Kassel and the HZB is to use artificial intelligence to evaluate these data more efficiently.
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University of Kassel and HZB establish Joint Lab for the use of artificial... The University of Kassel and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin are setting up a joint laboratory for the use of artificial intelligence, where they will improve the analysis of data from experiments performed at BESSY II.
The participants after signing the cooperation agreement between IKZ and HZB in corona-conform distance: (from left to right) Dr. Andreas Popp (IKZ), Dr. Manuela Urban (FVB), Dr. Peter Gaal (IKZ), Prof. Dr. Catherine Dubourdieu (HZB), Prof. Dr. Thomas Schröder (IKZ), Prof. Dr. Bernd Rech (HZB), Thomas Frederking (HZB).
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HZB & IKZ bundle their competencies In crystalline energy and quantum materials On September 11, 2020, the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and the Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ) signed a cooperation agreement to advance joint research on energy and quantum materials.
Dr. Raphael Jay has received this year's Carl-Ramsauer-Prize of the German Physical Society of Berlin.
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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.
This is how the extension hall will look after the scaffolding has been removed. The blue modules enclose the building like a bracket.
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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.
"I am convinced that we must act on climate change to prevent dramatic developments," says Bernd Rech. The technologies are available, and research is already working on further options. You can start the video by clicking the picture.
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Climate Strike on Friday: HZB-Direktor welcomes engagement for 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.
Prof. Birgit Kanngießer heads a joint research group on X-ray methods, which is funded by TU Berlin and HZB.
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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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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.
Radio Teddy hat eine eigene Webseite für das Experiment der Woche eingerichtet, auf der die Videos gezeigt werden.
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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.
The truck transporting the crane arrives early on Wednesday, September 2. Grey clouds over Adlershof, but that doesn't stop the team from setting up the crane.
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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.
Dr. Tristat Petit receives the ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council for his research on a new class of materials for the storage of electrical energy, the so-called MXenes.
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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.
Preparing the Undulator "castling": Next year, the undulator will be set up in a different location. So that it then goes quickly, the wiring is now being done.
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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.
Integrated PV-EC device during performance tests in the outdoor test bed for realistic operating condition.
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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.