Aktuelles (2019)18 December 2019|Advanced Imaging of MatterMildred Dresselhaus Guest Professorship: call for nominationsPhoto: Columbia University, Collage Jana BackhausThe call for nominations or self-applications to the “Mildred Dresselhaus Guest Professorship 2020” is now open. Acknowledging Mildred Dresselhaus’...17 December 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsUsing corkscrew lasers to separate mirror moleculesPhoto: DESY, Andrey YachmenevMany of the molecular building blocks of life have two versions that are mirror images of one another, known as enantiomers. Although seemingly...3 December 2019|Advanced Imaging of MatterGöttingen Academy Award for Tobias BeckPhoto: Renate SchüttProf. Dr. Tobias Beck was awarded the Academy Prize 2019 for Chemistry at the annual celebration of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen. Beck...21 November 2019|Advanced Imaging of MatterAward for two outstanding female scientistsPhoto: UHH/CUI, Peter GartenProf. Ruth Signorell and Prof. Alicia Palacios were awarded the Mildred Dresselhaus Prize at the annual conference of the Cluster of Excellence "CUI...21 November 2019|Advanced Imaging of MatterCUI Young Researchers Workshop 2020Photo: Kevin KeilerBringing together PhDs and Postdocs, bridging scientific gaps, providing great opportunities for exchanging ideas – these are the main goals of the...21 November 2019|Advanced Imaging of MatterHighly Cited Researchers 2019Photo: UHH; DESY; UHH, DinglerThree scientists from the Department of Physics at the Universität Hamburg are on the now published list of "Highly Cited Researchers 2019" of the Web...19 November 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsFirst molecular movies at European XFELPhoto: European XFEL / Blue Clay StudiosIn a paper published yesterday in Nature Methods, scientists show how to effectively use the high X-ray pulse repetition rate of the European XFEL to...14 November 2019|Advanced Imaging of MatterQuantum Physics Researcher wins €137,036Photo: MicrosoftAustrian physicist Matthias Troyer has yesterday been awarded the Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics. At a ceremony held at Planetarium Hamburg...5 November 2019|Advanced Imaging of MatterGreat Honor for Francesca CalegariPhoto: DESY, Gesine BornFrancesca Calegari was elected as a Fellow Member of The Optical Society (OSA) at the Society’s recent Board of Directors meeting. Calegari, who is a...4 November 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsLaser pulses create topological state in graphenePhoto: Benedikt SchulteIn topological materials, electrons experience a twisted world. Instead of simply moving straight ahead when feeling a force, they may be pushed...11 October 2019|Advanced Imaging of MatterEight million euros for research into light-matter interactionsPhoto: European XFELThree researchers from the Universität Hamburg, Uppsala University in Sweden and Radboud University in the Netherlands will receive an eight million...25 September 2019|Advanced Imaging of MatterUniversity anniversary exhibition openedPhoto: UHH/CUI, AdlerYesterday in the new university museum in the main building the exhibition "100! Geschichte und Gegenwart der Universität Hamburg" has been opened. In...24 September 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsHow molecular footballs burst in an X-ray laser beamPhoto: DESY, Zoltan JurekAn international research team has observed in real time how football molecules made of carbon atoms burst in the beam of an X-ray laser. The study...24 September 2019|Advanced Imaging of MatterNaNaX 2019Photo: UHH/ParakFrom 16 to 20 September, the first NaNaX took place in Hamburg, focusing on current topics in the field of nanoparticles. For the ninth time...20 September 2019|Advanced Imaging of MatterMemorial symposium for Wilfried WurthPhoto: DESYOn Friday, friends and colleagues of Prof. Dr. Wilfried Wurth paid him their last respects at a memorial symposium held at the Center for...Contribution from the news channel MIN-en19 September 2019|Advanced Imaging of MatterMentoring program dynaMENT enters fourth round and will be expandedPhoto: UHH/MIN/FuchsThe fourth round of the program dynaMENT "Mentoring for Women in Natural Sciences" was kicked off with a festive event at the Center for Free-Electron...Contribution from the news channel MIN-en17 September 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsHappy hour for time-resolved crystallographyPhoto: Jörg Harms / MPSDResearchers from the Department of Atomically Resolved Dynamics of the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) at the...13 September 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsThe working of a Molecular String PhonePhoto: Jörg Harms / MPSDResearchers from the Department of Atomically Resolved Dynamics of the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter at CFEL in...4 September 2019|ForschungPhysicist will do research on the transformation of light into electricityPhoto: UHH/OhmeAs one of nine researchers, the physicist Dr. Daria Gorelova has received a "Freigeist-Fellowship" by the Volkswagen foundation and will do research...21 August 2019|Advanced Imaging of MatterInvitation to Mentoring Kick-off CeremonyPhoto: dynaMENTA successful career in a research field is more than just delivering optimal results at work. Visibility and networking is paramount when pursuing a...16 August 2019|Advanced Imaging of MatterPhysics Project Days for high school studentsPhoto: UHH/MIN, Heiko FuchsFor the second time, the Physics Project Days (August 14-17, 2019) will take place at the Universität Hamburg. The four-day physics workshop on the...14 August 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsHow bacteria absorb vital ironPhoto: UHH, Tidow groupA research team from the Department of Chemistry at the Universität Hamburg has succeeded in analyzing the structure of a special protein that helps...12 August 2019|Advanced Imaging of MatterThis has something to do with pressure!Photo: UHH/CUI, SchonefeldThe "Light & Schools" school laboratory's holiday course on research introduced children of primary school age to physical topics in a playful way...30 July 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsScientists film molecular rotationPhoto: DESY, Evangelos Karamatskos/Britta LiebaugScientists have used precisely tuned pulses of laser light to film the ultrafast rotation of a molecule. The resulting “molecular movie” tracks one...19 July 2019|Advanced Imaging of MatterWe are excellent!Photo: UHH/SchöttmerUniversität Hamburg is a University of Excellence. The official announcement was made by the Federal Minister of Education and Research, Anja...Contribution from the university's newsroom16 July 2019|Advanced Imaging of MatterCall acceptedPhoto: Renate SchüttDr. Tobias Beck has accepted the call for the W1 TT W2 professorship for "Inorganic or Physical Chemistry with a Focus on Structure and Dynamics of...11 July 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsExperimental mini-accelerator achieves record energyPhoto: DESY, Gesine BornScientists at DESY and Universität Hamburg have achieved a new world record for an experimental type of miniature particle accelerator: For the first...8 July 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsArtificial intelligence identifies quantum phase transitionsPhoto: UHH/Sengstock groupResearchers from Universität Hamburg have used machine-learning techniques for improving the identification of quantum phase transitions from...4 July 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsScientists develop second sound theoryPhoto: UHH, Mathey groupSound moves at different speeds depending on whether it passes through air, water or another liquid. In superfluid helium, it can even be heard twice...26 June 2019|Advanced Imaging of MatterFour great daysPhoto: Redaktion NdWFor four days, Hamburg's universities and science institutes turned the Rathausmarkt into a public campus. The Universität Hamburg had the largest...19 June 2019|Advanced Imaging of MatterThe Fascination of SciencePhoto: UHH/CUI, AdlerWhy does the magnetic ball float? How to adjust a laser? Where do the students who attend "Light & Schools" come from? What applications are behind...13 June 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsLaser trick produces high-energy terahertz pulsesPhoto: DESY, Lucid BerlinA team of scientists from DESY and the Universität Hamburg has achieved an important milestone in the quest for a new type of compact particle...13 June 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsWith the right symmetry to more stable data bitsPhoto: UHH/MIN/WiebeA team from the Universität Hamburg in cooperation with Forschungszentrum Jülich and the Dutch University of Leiden has succeeded in magnetically...10 June 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsDiscovery of light-induced ferroelectricity in strontium titanatePhoto: Jörg Harms / MPSDLight can be used not only to measure materials' properties, but also to change them. Especially interesting are those cases in which the function of...4 June 2019|Advanced Imaging of Matter"Is it really important?"Photo: UHH/OhmeDo we have to know what happened in the split second after the big bang? Or why people started to scratch clay tablets? Together with the...31 May 2019|Advanced Imaging of MatterDiscussing the dynamics of atoms, ancient manuscripts, extreme weather and the big bangPhoto: UHH, KrätzigUnderstanding excellent research: on 3 June Senator Katharina Fegebank and UHH president Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Dieter Lenzen will present the four...29 May 2019|Advanced Imaging of Matter"Sommer des Wissens" on the Hamburg Town Hall SquarePhoto: congressaIn recent years, the "Nacht des Wissens" (Night of Science) and the "Tag des Wissens" (Day of Knowledge) have inspired numerous people alternately...23 May 2019|Advanced Imaging of MatterMildred Dresselhaus Prize Recipients 2019Photo: PrivateProf. Dr. Ruth Signorell, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and Prof. Dr. Alicia Palacios, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, will be awarded the 2019...23 May 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsX-rays show self-organization of nanocrystals livePhoto: DESY, Irina LoktevaUsing X-rays, a research team has watched live how nanocrystals organize themselves into a highly ordered layer. The study helps to better understand...23 May 2019|Advanced Imaging of MatterA great loss to the scientific communityPhoto: DESYThe Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging mourns the loss of of one of its most renowned members: Prof. Wilfried Wurth passed away unexpectedly at the...More articles
