A central research facility of the Technical University of Berlin is being prepared for the coming decades: With support from the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the State of Berlin, the plasma etching system in the cleanroom of the Center for Nanophotonics is being extensively renovated with a…
Optical quantum chips are considered key components of future communication and computer technologies. Their production has so far been complex because the sources needed for individual particles of light – so-called semiconductor quantum dots – formed randomly on the chip and initially had to be lo…
Satellites rely on reliable energy storage: when they pass through Earth's shadow in their orbit, their solar cells cannot generate energy. Batteries bridge these phases and support operation even when onboard, temporarily, more power is needed than the solar cells can supply. In the research projec…
The Charité – University Medicine Berlin and the Technical University of Berlin opened the research centers "Berlin Center for Advanced Therapies" (BeCAT) and "The Simulated Human" (Si-M) on April 22, 2026. The highly specialized buildings offer scientists excellent conditions for researching and de…
It sounds a bit like science fiction: a laboratory that can plan, conduct, and evaluate its experiments largely independently. In which computers and artificial intelligence (AI) control robots work together with state-of-the-art analysis devices. And in which no human has to burn the night hours fe…
An innovative microlaser concept based on so-called surface emitters (VCSEL) has been developed by the Department of "Optoelectronics and Quantum Devices" at TU Berlin under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Stephan Reitzenstein. The new microlasers are vertically structured laser diodes in which the uppe…
The new physics building with the Center for Integrated Photonics Research (CIPHOR) on the East Campus of the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) will be constructed according to the plans of the architecture firm Telluride. As part of an expert colloquium, the Senate Department for Urban Dev…
On Monday, June 23, 2025, the microsatellite QUICK³ from the Vandenberg Space Center (California, USA; GMT-7) was successfully launched into Earth's orbit. The mission aims to test new technologies for secure quantum communication and conduct a quantum physics experiment under space conditions. The…
As part of the European program REXUS (Rocket Experiments for University Students), a high-altitude research rocket was launched on March 11, 2025, from the Esrange Space Center near the Swedish town of Kiruna. Included: an experiment from TU Berlin testing innovative, 3D-printed fuel tanks for spac…
The TU Berlin InnoCube satellite makes spaceflight history: It is the first satellite to perform all its internal data traffic wirelessly via radio. The new technology reduces weight and sources of error and opens up entirely new possibilities for satellite integration and development. On Tuesday, J…
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