Aktuelles (2021)27 May 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterMultiple Sclerosis: one disease, 1.000 faces, three research projectsPhoto: create jobs 51/Shutterstock.comAround 250.000 people in Germany suffer from multiple sclerosis. Despite the very individual courses, all cases have one thing in common: MS is not...26 May 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterJames McIver accepts assistant professor position at Columbia UniversityPhoto: MPSDDr. James McIver, the leader of the Non-Equilibrium Transport in Quantum Materials group, has accepted an assistant professor position with the...20 May 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsA perfect gap in Majorana’s worldPhoto: UHH/MIN/SchneiderResearchers from the Department of Physics and the Cluster of Excellence “CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter” have revealed how electronic bands form...20 May 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsUltrafast lasers can protect a DNA building block from light-induced dissociationPhoto: U. De Giovannini, MPSDAn international research team led by Francesca Calegari, who is a leading scientist at DESY and a Professor at Universität Hamburg, has demonstrated...18 May 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterOn the situation of young researchers in Germany: BuWiN reinforces the cluster's strategyPhoto: wbv-Verlag / Marion Schnepf and Andreas KochHow are young researchers doing in Germany? How are the conditions under which young researchers live and work? The recently published "Bundesbericht...18 May 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsNew approach to calculate electron traffic jam in transition metal dichalcogenidePhoto: Dongbin Shin, MPSDThough they both consist only of H2O molecules, water and ice exhibit apparently distinct characters: The former is solid and the latter is the very...11 May 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterNature Publication on Coronavirus Research at Universität HamburgPhoto: The Coronavirus Structural Task Force / K. Nolte and SciStyle.com / T. SplettstößerFighting the coronavirus has changed the way the international scientific community works together and intensified collaboration. Dr. Andrea Thorn...7 May 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterNew overview of professorial search proceduresPhoto: UHH/MIN/FrickhoefferSince April, the MIN Faculty has been publishing an up-to-date overview of ongoing professorial search procedures on the Office of the Dean’s website...6 May 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterCUI News: New insights into basic researchPhoto: CUIThe latest issue of CUI News is ready. For the first time, we are making the magazine available online first. As soon as the pandemic allows, printed...6 May 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterMildred Dresselhaus Guestprofessorship 2021: call for nominations and applicationsPhoto: Columbia University, Collage Jana BackhausApplications and nominations for the "Mildred Dresselhaus Guest Professorship Program 2021" are now open. The aim of the program is to promote...3 May 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterIndividual support for young researchersPhoto: DESY, Lars Berg / privatThe Cluster of Excellence CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter has launched a new funding concept: The aim of the "Young Investigator Group Leader" concept...28 April 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterNew Doctoral Program in Structural Biology and Infection ResearchPhoto: Unistra/Catherine SchröderResearchers from Universität Hamburg and the University of Strasbourg have established a Franco-German program for doctoral researchers working at the...Contribution from the university's newsroom27 April 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterInsights into the colorful world of chemistryPhoto: Girls' DayThis year's "Girls' Day" at the "Molecules & Schools" chemistry lab was all about colors. For the "Insight into the colorful world of chemistry"...22 April 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterÁngel Rubio becomes Fellow of the European Physical SocietyPhoto: MPSDProf. Ángel Rubio, the Director of the Theory Department of the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter and researcher in the...22 April 2021|Advanced Imaging of Matter"Picture a Scientist" – A film evening at Women's Career DayPhoto: kinofreundWho actually does science? Why is it that many automatically still think about a male scientist? In the documentary “Picture a Scientist” a biologist...21 April 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsNew theory of one-dimensional anyons on an optical latticePhoto: pixabayPhysicists at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern and Universität Hamburg were able to demonstrate theoretical and experimentally accessible...21 April 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsLighting it up: Fast material manipulation by laserPhoto: Samuel BeaulieuResearchers from the Fritz Haber Institute in Berlin and the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter have found out that...15 April 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsNanoantennas pave the way to compact petahertz oscilloscopesPhoto: N. Abedzadeh, MITA team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, Boston, USA), DESY, the University of Hamburg and the University of...2 April 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsResearchers identify promising candidates for COVID drugsPhoto: DESY/SciComLabAn international team of researchers, which on behalf of Universität Hamburg is coordinated by Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Betzel and Prof. Dr. Arwen...23 March 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterCall acceptedPhoto: privateProf. Dr. Tim Wehling has accepted the call to the W3 professorship "Computational Theory of Condensed Matter" at the Cluster of Excellence "CUI...17 March 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsSeeing protein crystals in a different lightPhoto: Jörg Harms, MPSDAn international team of researchers among others from the Max Planck institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter in Hamburg, the University of...10 March 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsPerspectives of synchrotron radiation in biologyPhoto: American Chemical SocietyWhat could be done with X-rays, in particular synchrotron radiation, for biologically motivated experiments? What are the opportunities and...10 March 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterMental health webinars: how to better cope with the pandemicPhoto: pixabayThe pandemic is putting a strain on the mental health of many. To provide support in the situation, the Cluster offers two webinars on mental health...22 February 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterStatement of the spokespersons of the clusterPhoto: CDC/ Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAMOn 18. February 2021 Universität Hamburg published a press release on its main website supporting a document published by Prof. Roland Wiesendanger on...11 February 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterCall acceptedPhoto: privateDr. Ralf Riedinger has accepted the call to the W1-TT-W2 professorship on “Experimentalphysik mit dem Schwerpunkt Quantenoptik" / "Experimental...10 February 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsQuantum beats for zeptosecond timingPhoto: L. Bocklage/DESYQuantum systems will be crucial to future technologies. However, in order to use such systems in practical applications, it is necessary to control...10 February 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterNetwork against the coronavirusPhoto: Judith Flurer / RVZSince the end of 2020, structural biologist Dr. Andrea Thorn and her team have been strengthening the diverse Corona research at Universität Hamburg...9 February 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsLong live superconductivity! Short flashes of light with sustaining impactPhoto: Jörg Harms / MPSDSuperconductivity – the ability of a material to transmit an electric current without loss – is a quantum effect that, despite years of research, is...9 February 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsSwitching nanolight on and offPhoto: Ella Maru StudioAn international research team involving the Theory department of the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter has developed a...2 February 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsTwisted van der Waals materials as a new platform to realize exotic matterPhoto: Jörg Harms / MPSDResearchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, the RWTH Aachen University and the Flatiron Institute, Columbia...26 January 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsElectron refrigerator: Ultrafast cooling mechanism discovered in novel plasmaPhoto: Mario GroßmannResearchers from the Cluster of Excellence “CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter” have achieved a breakthrough: They created a completely new type of...22 January 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsA new natural platform for realizing flat-band quantum phenomena and topological statesPhoto: Carmen Rubio-VerdúElectrons in solids can have only certain energies, called bands. In recent years, it was shown experimentally that the range of energies allowed for...21 January 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsNew method for atomic-scale mapping of magnetic nanostructuresPhoto: UHH, Lucas SchneiderScientists from the Institute for Nanostructure and Solid State Physics at Universität Hamburg have invented a new experimental method for...18 January 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsClocking the movement of electrons inside an atomPhoto: Daniel Haynes / Jörg HarmsScientists dramatically enhance the achievable resolution at free-electron lasers with a new technique, which has been published in Nature Physics...15 January 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsNanomaterials from a 3D X-ray perspectivePhoto: DESY/SeyrichA new X-ray technique can be used to produce high resolution images of nanocrystals in real time as they are growing, something that has not been done...14 January 2021|Advanced Imaging Highlights'Moiré metrology' - a new tool to map the interaction between atomically thin layersPhoto: Dorri HalbertalWhen two atomically thin layers of a material are stacked and twisted slightly on top of one another, they can develop radically different properties...13 January 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsKicking atoms induces transparencyPhoto: © University of Trieste / INSRLAll photo-electronic devices work on the basis that the materials inside them absorb, transmit and reflect light. Understanding the photo properties...5 January 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsA clear path to better insights into biomoleculesPhoto: Kartik Ayyer / Jörg HarmsAn international team of scientists, led by Kartik Ayyer from the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter has obtained some of...Previous articles
