News20 March 2025|Advanced Imaging HighlightsInterfacing with the Brain: The Potential of NanotechnologyPhoto: UHH/Florian SchulzWhat are the approaches to connecting the human brain to a machine? In a study published in the journal ACS Nano, an international team of researchers...12 March 2025|Advanced Imaging of MatterMy name is... Katharina Höfel, Anti-Discrimination OfficerPhoto: UHH/KröningerA video series introduces new senior colleagues from administration and academia at the University of Hamburg. In the current video, Katharina Höfel...19 February 2025|Advanced Imaging HighlightsInnovations for Health: When Molecular Spectroscopy Meets Lasers and PhotonicsPhoto: Tim LaarmannA team led by DESY scientist Tim Laarmann has successfully detected the vibrational fingerprints of glucose molecules in aqueous solution using a...13 February 2025|Advanced Imaging HighlightsAdvancing quantum materials: A new approach to controlling electronic statesPhoto: J.M. Harms / MPSDA collaborative team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD), Nanjing University, Songshan Lake...12 February 2025|Advanced Imaging HighlightsQuantum correlation revealed by attosecond delayPhoto: RMT.BerguesLight-sensitive nanoparticles promise a wide range of applications, for example in the field of sensor technology or energy generation. However, these...11 February 2025|Advanced Imaging HighlightsQuantum-inspired computing drives major advance in simulating turbulencePhoto: Jaksch groupAn international research team assembled from the Universities of Oxford, Pittsburgh, Hamburg and Cornell have pioneered a new approach to simulate...11 February 2025|Advanced Imaging of MatterNew start-up launches innovative lubricant for bicycle chains on the marketPhoto: lu:biciNano researcher Artur Feld has developed an innovative wax-based lubricant that improves performance in cycling and has a more sustainable effect. The...6 February 2025|Advanced Imaging of MatterA fun film evening: 'Dreh meinen Film' impresses girls, parents and scientistsPhoto: CUIFor three days, the Bahrenfeld Campus was transformed into a lively film set. "Dreh meinen Film" was the name of the project to which the Cluster of...5 February 2025|Advanced Imaging of MatterQuantum materials research pioneers Jie Shan and Kin Fai Mak join MPSD as directorsPhoto: Julia Knop for MPSDProfessors Jie Shan and Kin Fai Mak, world leaders in the characterization and control of two-dimensional quantum materials, have become directors of...4 February 2025|Advanced Imaging of MatterFuture day in science for boys and girlsPhoto: kompetenzz.deHow does a nanomotor work? How are food samples analysed? How does programming work with the Calliope? At Girls‘ Day and Boys’ Day on 3 April 2025...3 February 2025|Advanced Imaging of MatterScience City: “We Are on a Par with Garching”Photo: University of HamburgThe Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld is changing faster than any other research center in Hamburg. On occasion, we ask University of Hamburg members to...Contribution from the university's newsroom28 January 2025|Advanced Imaging HighlightsA Global Vision for Helical X-Ray-Laser Pulses to Unveil Life’s Fastest MovementsPhoto: Physical Review Research, M. IlchenOver the past years, scientists worldwide have collaborated extensively to develop cutting-edge approaches with helical free-electron laser (FEL)...24 January 2025|Advanced Imaging HighlightsTerahertz pulses induce chirality in a non-chiral crystalPhoto: Zhiyang Zeng (MPSD)Chirality is a fundamental property of matter that determines many biological, chemical and physical phenomena. Chiral solids, for example, offer...21 January 2025|Advanced Imaging HighlightsA new frontier in understanding electron dynamics: imaging with attosecond short X-ray flashesPhoto: Stephan Kuschel, Tais GorkhoverA team of researchers from the University of Hamburg and collaborators has achieved a breakthrough by capturing images of individual nanoparticles...16 January 2025|Advanced Imaging of MatterMildred Dresselhaus Guest Professorship 2025: call for applications and nominationsPhoto: Columbia University, Collage Jana BackhausApplications and nominations for the Mildred Dresselhaus Guest Professorship Program 2025 are nor open. The aim of the program is to promote...7 January 2025|Advanced Imaging of MatterUniversity of Hamburg Early Career Researchers Win International CompetitionPhoto: privateA team of doctoral researchers and postdocs in the Department of Physics at the University of Hamburg have won the Airbus-BMW Group Quantum Computing...Contribution from the university's newsroom19 December 2024|Advanced Imaging of MatterPresentation of the Mildred Dresselhaus Prize 2024Photo: Eva PetersThe winners of the 2024 Mildred Dresselhaus Prize have expressed their gratitude for the award in very moving words. Prof. Sonia Coriani from the...19 December 2024|Advanced Imaging HighlightsLong-lived magnetic state induced by intense ultrashort laser pulsesPhoto: Sampson Wilcox, Research Laboratory of Electronics at MITResearchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) and MIT have successfully created a new, long-lasting magnetic...16 December 2024|Advanced Imaging HighlightsResearchers succeed in controlling quantum states in a new energy rangePhoto: Elettra Sincrotrone,TriesteAn international team of scientists, with participation of DESY and the cluster of excellence "CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter" has succeeded in...6 December 2024|Advanced Imaging HighlightsQuantum light in optical cavities enhances superconductivity in MgB₂Photo: I-Te LuResearchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter have made a groundbreaking advancement in light-controlled...Show all newsA project of Universität Hamburg in cooperation with