Aktuelles (2020)15 June 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterHamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics 2020 goes to Valery RubakovPhoto: PrivateIn recent years, research teams around the world have gained important insights into the origin of the universe. They often relied on the work of...12 June 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterWomen's Career Day: successful move into virtual spacePhoto: PrivateHow can I fix the camera during an online presentation so that the picture looks good? How do I get my voice under control? How do I generally present...12 June 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterCall for applications: dynaMENT mentoring enters the fifth roundPhoto: CUI/dynaMENTThe call for applications for the 5th round of dynaMENT Mentoring for Women in Natural Sciences is now open. The program has two lines: female junior...4 June 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterHARBOR building for top research in Hamburg completedPhoto: UHH/CUIIn the "Hamburg Advanced Research Centre for Bioorganic Chemistry" (HARBOR), around 120 scientists from the MIN Faculty (Mathematics, Informatics and...3 June 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterMaster’s thesis at Light & Schools awarded the Ernst Grimsehl-PrizePhoto: UHH, RRZ/MCC, MentzCaroline Compart has been honored with the Ernst Grimsehl-Preis. The prize was awarded by the "Verein der Freunde und Förderer der Physik an der...2 June 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterÁngel Rubio elected as fellow of the European Academy of SciencesPhoto: MPSDThe director of the Theory Department at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter and researcher in the Cluster of Excellence...28 May 2020|Advanced Imaging HighlightsTwo colour technique reveals how X-ray lasers damage biomoleculesPhoto: Nass, Gorel, Abdullah et al., „Nature Communications“, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15610-4, CC BY 4.0X-ray lasers can reveal the spatial structures of biomolecules that are hard to come by with other methods. However, the intense X-ray flashes...26 May 2020|Advanced Imaging HighlightsAlgorithms and gold particles boost molecular diffractionPhoto: Kartik AyyerX-ray single particle imaging (SPI) is a technique where the very bright X-ray pulses produced by XFEs are used to image single particles. When the...21 May 2020|Advanced Imaging HighlightsElectrons’ ballet in real timePhoto: DESY, Andrea TrabattoniImaging the structure of a molecule and capturing its dynamics during a chemical reaction with atomic resolution and in real time is one of the holy...19 May 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterAn overview in the data junglePhoto: DESY/Lucid Berlin/HPI/UHHWhat do X-ray light sources, particle accelerators, radio telescopes, cryo-electron microscopes and scientific simulations have in common? They...19 May 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterNew international research network on quantum dynamicsPhoto: CUI, Peter GartenQuantum dynamics in physics and chemistry is the focus of an international research network that has been established very recently under the guidance...14 May 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterNavigating a careerPhoto: UHH/pixabayAcquire key competencies for a successful career. Balancing the demands of work and family. Finding your way around Germany as an international...11 May 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterScientists X-ray coronavirus proteinsPhoto: PrivatResearch groups around the world are looking for possible active ingredients against the coronavirus. Scientists from the Universität Hamburg are also...7 May 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterCUI News in new design: first issue is availablePhoto: CUIThe latest issue of CUI News has been printed and is ready for distribution. With the new magazine we are continuing the successful series of the...6 May 2020|Advanced Imaging HighlightsRecord compression delivers ultra-short laser pulses Photo: Helmholtz-Institut Jena/DESY, Christoph HeylWith the help of a special “light compressor”, a team of researchers has produced ultrashort laser pulses at DESY. In collaboration with scientist...29 April 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterHenry Chapman becomes a Fellow of the Royal SocietyPhoto: DESY, Gesine BornThe Royal Society has elected Prof. Henry Chapman as a Fellow. The leading DESY scientist and professor at Universität Hamburg is a pioneer of...3 April 2020|Advanced Imaging HighlightsQuantum biology revisited: separating fact from frictionPhoto: Jürgen HauerReview by 18 leading researchers from 16 institutions in Science Advances demonstrates that inter-exciton coherences are too short-lived to have any...2 April 2020|Advanced Imaging HighlightsScientists X-ray coronavirus proteinsPhoto: Pete Linforth/PixabayResearch groups worldwide are intensively searching for starting points for active substances against SARS-CoV-2, as the corona virus was named by the...24 March 2020|Advanced Imaging HighlightsTiny double accelerator recycles energyPhoto: DESY, Science Communication LabA team of scientists has built a miniature double particle accelerator that can recycle some of the laser energy fed into the system to boost the...12 March 2020|Advanced Imaging HighlightsShaking off the correlated-electron traffic jamPhoto: Jörg Harms / MPSDAn international team of researchers from Switzerland, Germany, the USA and Great Britain has uncovered an anomalous metallic behavior in an otherwise...4 March 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterMax von Laue Prize for Prof. Tobias BeckPhoto: Michael RüttenProf. Dr. Tobias Beck has been awarded the Max von Laue Prize 2020 of the German Society for Crystallography (DGK). Beck received the prize at the...26 February 2020|Advanced Imaging HighlightsSneaking up on tiny crystals with electron diffractionPhoto: Robert BückerUnderstanding the structure of proteins is essential to obtain insight into their biological function. Due to their minute size and extreme fragility...25 February 2020|Advanced Imaging HighlightsElectrons in motionPhoto: Albert Ludwig University, FreiburgAn international team of scientists, with the participation of DESY, has succeeded in observing ultra-fast quantum interferences between electrons in...25 February 2020|Advanced Imaging HighlightsA step towards controlling spin-dependent petahertz electronics by material defectsPhoto: M.S. Mrudul, Indian Institute of Technology, BombayThe operational speed of semiconductors in various electronic and optoelectronic devices is limited to several gigahertz (a billion oscillations per...24 February 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterThe dynaMENT participants visit XFELPhoto: European XFEL/PRAt the end of February, the European XFEL invited participants of the dynaMENT program to a guided tour and "Meet & Greet" on their campus in...17 February 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterFrancesca Calegari heads a new international network on Attosecond ChemistryPhoto: DESY, Gesine BornFrancesca Calegari leading scientist at DESY and professor at the Universität Hamburg is vice chair of a new EU-funded international network on...30 January 2020|Advanced Imaging HighlightsResearch team finds possible new approach for sleeping sickness drugsPhoto: University of Lübeck/DESY, Lars RedeckeUsing ultra-bright X-ray flashes, a team of researchers has tracked down a potential target for new drugs against sleeping sickness: The scientists...28 January 2020|Advanced Imaging HighlightsTowards a non-carbon futurePhoto: Lange groupA group of scientists led by Holger Lange from the Universität Hamburg has analyzed the different effects underlying plasmon-enhanced catalysis. The...21 January 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterDresselhaus awardee: research and teaching are a good combinationPhoto: UHH/CUI, Peter GartenEducation had a high value in Prof. Alicia Palacios' family. And although there was a lack of female role models, especially in the natural sciences...14 January 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterBetween light and matterPhoto: Girls' DayOn Girls' Day on Thursday, 26 March 2020, CUI will again offer schoolgirls the opportunity to gain an insight into research at the Cluster of...9 January 2020|Advanced Imaging HighlightsResearchers observe ultrafast birth of free radicals in waterPhoto: DESY, Caroline ArnoldUsing extremely short X-ray flashes, an international team of researchers has for the first time ever observed details of the ultrafast chemical...Previous articles
