Aktuelles (2021)17 December 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterDr. Saša Bajt honoured as Ambassador of SciencePhoto: STA, Daniel NovakovičDESY researcher Saša Bajt has been awarded the title Ambassador of Science of the Republic of Slovenia for her outstanding scientific achievements and...3 December 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterResearchers at Universität Hamburg will build the quantum computerPhoto: UHH/LutschQuantum computers promise considerable advantages over classical digital computers for certain tasks. The German Federal Ministry of Education and...29 November 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterNew LGBTQI* network “Science and beλond” is formedPhoto: pixabayA new cross-institutional network is to promote the exchange of LGBTQI* persons and allies. "Science and beλond" now started with a kick-off event...24 November 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsNew microscopy technique for quantum simulationPhoto: UHH/Felix HerbortResearchers from the Institute of Laser Physics at Universität Hamburg have developed a new technique for quantum gas microscopy that now allows...17 November 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterWolfgang Parak again among the "Highly Cited Researchers”Photo: UHH/DinglerProf. Wolfgang Parak from the Institute for Nanostructure and Solid State Physics at Universität Hamburg and researcher in the Cluster of Excellence...12 November 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterHaus der Lehre Wins Architecture PrizePhoto: hammeskrause architektenUniversität Hamburg’s Haus der Lehre—Light & Schools has been recognized as the 2020 building of the year by the Architekten- und Ingenieurverein...Contribution from the university's newsroom11 November 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterHamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics 2020 and 2021 awardedPhoto: © Joachim Herz Stiftung/Claudia HöhneIn the presence of Katharina Fegebank, Second Mayor and Science Senator of Hamburg, Eugene Demler and Valery Rubakov were honored yesterday with the...11 November 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterHybrid annual meeting gives food for thoughtPhoto: UHH/CUIDiscussing, networking, finding connections between the different research projects and working groups - these are traditionally the main goals of the...3 November 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsQuantum Physics in ProteinsPhoto: DESY, Niels BreckwoldtA new analytical technique is able to provide hitherto unattainable insights into the extremely rapid dynamics of biomolecules. The team of...28 October 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterJie Shan and Prineha Narang will receive the Mildred Dresselhaus Prize 2021Photo: P. Narang; privateSpecial honors for two outstanding female scientists: Jie Shan, professor of Applied and Engineering Physics and Physics at Cornell University (USA)...15 October 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsReview on ultrafast control of quantum materialsPhoto: MPSDA review involving a team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD), just published as a colloquium...14 October 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterClasses return to the school labPhoto: UHH/Light&Schools/SieglAfter a long break, the "Light & Schools" school lab has resumed its on-site offering on the Bahrenfeld campus. In the future, the focus will again be...11 October 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsSimplified way to predict quantum light-matter interactionsPhoto: Jörg HarmsWhen light interacts with matter, for example when a laser beam hits a two-dimensional material like graphene, it can substantially change the...28 September 2021|Advanced Imaging of Matter"Knowledge on tap": The 2021 vintage is launched purely digitallyPhoto: UHH/DesyHow dangerous are black holes? And how does mosquito mail help against virus outbreaks? In "Knowledge on tap," scientists from the University of...27 September 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsTwisted layers of MoS2 enable the engineering of novel states of matterPhoto: Martin ClaassenA team of researchers from Germany, China and the United States has discovered that two twisted layers of MoS2 can be used to control kinetic energy...21 September 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterOpening of the new HARBOR building on the Bahrenfeld campusPhoto: UHH/HansenToday, the research building "Hamburg Advanced Research Centre for Bioorganic Chemistry (HARBOR)" was opened on the Bahrenfeld campus. It provides...17 September 2021|Advanced Imaging of Matter„Yes, I can do that too! I am not alone when it will be difficult”Photo: UHH/ M. FeckVisibility and networking is paramount when pursuing a career in science - especially for female scientists, who often encounter structural...15 September 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsLaser loops create ultrafast electric currents in materialsPhoto: Jörg Harms, MPSDTheoreticians at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) predict that a unique laser source could produce highly...14 September 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsFilming antibiotic resistance in Slow-MotionPhoto: European XFELUsing the X-ray laser European XFEL an international team of researchers, including scientists from DESY and Universität Hamburg, has successfully...14 September 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsMagnetic field turns handed superconductor into liquid crystal-like nematic statePhoto: Tao Yu, MPSD HamburgResearchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) in Hamburg and RWTH Aachen University have suggested a...9 September 2021|Advanced Imaging of Matter“Using the interactions between light and matter to utilize in novel technologies”Photo: Oxford Martin School, Fisher StudiosProf. Dr. Dieter Jaksch will join the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences in the winter semester 2021/22 from the University of...23 August 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterAnkit Disa accepts professorship at Cornell UniversityPhoto: MPSD/Joerg HarmsMPSD researcher Ankit Disa has accepted a professorship at Cornell University in the United States. He has been working as an experimental physicist...23 August 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsStructure of membrane protein opens up possibilities for antibioticsPhoto: MIN/UHH/TidowA research team from the Department of Chemistry at Universität Hamburg has studied the membrane protein FoxB in the hospital germ "Pseudomonas...18 August 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterVisit to the quantum computer specialistsPhoto: UHH/Kira OsterOn the first stop of the Innovation Summer Tour, Science Senator Katharina Fegebank and Innovation Senator Michael Westhagemann today stopped at...14 August 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsTable-top electron camera catches ultrafast dynamics of matterPhoto: DESY, Timm RohwerScientists at DESY and Universität Hamburg have built a compact electron camera that can capture the inner, ultrafast dynamics of matter. The system...13 August 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsOverview of Floquet engineering of quantum gasesPhoto: UHH/Weitenberg, SimonetHow can we control a system and induce new properties at will? One important technique is periodic driving of the system, also known as Floquet...12 August 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsUltracold atoms spontaneously set into superfluid rotationPhoto: AG HemmerichUltracold bosonic atoms filled into the second Bloch band of a hexagonal optical lattice made of three interfering laser beams can form intriguing...11 August 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterOn the trail of a fictitious professor: new game about physics and the Bahrenfeld campusPhoto: CUI, Eileen SchwanoldThe new escape game of the school laboratory "Light & Schools" has passed its baptism of fire: For the first time, schoolgirls followed in the...5 August 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsAstonishing diversity: Semiconductor nanoparticles form numerous structuresPhoto: UHH, Stefan WernerThe structure adopted by lead sulphide nanoparticles changes surprisingly often as they assemble to form ordered superlattices. This is revealed by an...28 July 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsTrapped photons make strontium titanate ferroelectricPhoto: S. Latini / U. de GiovanniniPhotons trapped in a cavity can cause a crystal known as strontium titanate (SrTiO3) to become ferroelectric, according to a new study by the MPSD’s...20 July 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsA time crystal stabilized by dissipationPhoto: AG HemmerichScientists at Universität Hamburg have for the first time realized a time crystal phase stabilized by controlled dissipation. The researchers used an...20 July 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsX-ray view of self-organisation nanostructuresPhoto: Nature Communications, Grote/Zito/Frank et al. [Source see below] CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/For many applications, materials can be made a great deal more efficient by giving them a specific nanoscale structure. Materials that organise...15 July 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsShaking up fermions into higher Bloch bands shapes new generation of quantum simulatorsPhoto: AG HemmerichFor the first time, researchers at Universität Hamburg have loaded a fermionic quantum gas of neutral atoms into selected higher Bloch bands of an...15 July 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterCreating holograms without laser safety gogglesPhoto: privateDaniel Welsch has received the Ernst Grimsehl Prize of the Department of Physics at Universität Hamburg for the best master's degree in the course of...17 June 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterSeries for Young Researchers successfully completedPhoto: CUI, Graduate SchoolWith a series of "Young Researcher Meetings" that has just ended, the Graduate School has found a way to mitigate some of the disadvantages of the...16 June 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterQuantum researcher Eugene Demler receives Hamburg Prize for Theoretical PhysicsPhoto: Joachim Herz StiftungThe Russian-American researcher Eugene Demler is to receive the Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics 2021. Demler, who has been a physics professor...15 June 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsWhite Paper of the Centre for Molecular Water Science publishedPhoto: CMWSMore than 45 institutions from Europe and across the globe have joined in an initiative for a new research centre at DESY, unveiling the many secrets...9 June 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterMolecules & Schools at mint:pink - experiment with soap bubbles shows the diversity of chemistryPhoto: Molecules & SchoolsEven with very simple means, it is possible to show impressively what chemistry can do. For the mint:pink program day "Chemistry and Biochemistry,"...8 June 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsTeam hunts down elusive phonoriton with light trapped in a cavityPhoto: U. de Giovannini / S. Latini / J. Harms, MPSDScientists at the MPSD and the MIT have come up with a prediction that trapped light can be used to create a new kind of particle in a solid...7 June 2021|Advanced Imaging of MatterNew call for dynaMENT mentoringPhoto: dynaMENTThe call for applications for a new round of dynaMENT Mentoring for Women in Natural Sciences is now open. The program is designed for women in...More articles
