News (2023)28 September 2023|Advanced Imaging HighlightsIntense lasers shine new light on the electron dynamics of liquidsPhoto: Joerg M. Harms / MPSDThe behavior of electrons in liquids determines a vast range of chemical processes, and thus essential processes in organisms and the world as a...20 September 2023|Advanced Imaging of MatterdynaMENT starts eighth roundPhoto: Eva PetersThe dynaMENT mentoring program for women in natural sciences has started its eighth round at a festive event. While the participants of the previous...7 September 2023|Advanced Imaging of MatterFranz Kärtner Receives UNIPRENEURS AwardPhoto: UNIPRENEURSProf. Dr. Franz Kärtner, Professor at the Department of Physics at Universität Hamburg, has been honored by the UNIPRENEURS initiative for his...5 September 2023|Advanced Imaging of MatterArts & Science at XFEL and CFELPhoto: Florian Schulz, Holger LangeFollowing the successful Arts & Science exhibition of the Cluster of Excellence "CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter" in Hamburg's City Hall, the...23 August 2023|Advanced Imaging of MatterDOE Early Career Award for James McIverPhoto: Jörg Harms, MPSDJames McIver, MPSD research group leader and Assistant Professor of Physics at Columbia University in New York, has been awarded the prestigious Early...17 August 2023|Advanced Imaging HighlightsPairing of electrons in artificial atoms discoveredPhoto: Lucas SchneiderResearchers from the Department of Physics at Universität Hamburg observed a quantum state that was theoretically predicted more than 50 years ago by...10 August 2023|Advanced Imaging of MatterSaša Bajt honored as Senior Member of SPIEPhoto: Marta Mayer, DESYDESY researcher Dr. Saša Bajt has been named a Senior Member of the international society for optics and photonics SPIE. The society's award...31 July 2023|Advanced Imaging HighlightsAbsence of universal topological signatures in high harmonic generationPhoto: J.M. Harms/MPSDTopology plays an enormous role in modern condensed matter physics and beyond. It describes how solid materials can combine two very different and...19 July 2023|Advanced Imaging of MatterEqual Opportunity Prize 2023 awarded to the dynaMENT mentoring programPhoto: UHH/FeuerbötherThe mentoring program "dynaMENT: Mentoring for Women in Natural Sciences" has been awarded Universität Hamburg's Equal Opportunity Prize 2023. The...12 July 2023|Advanced Imaging of MatterAwards for Andrea Thorn, Mathias Fischer and Johannes WeidingerPhoto: Michael Zapf/BWFGBOn July 7, the Hamburg Teaching Award for the years 2022 and 2023 was awarded. The award winners from the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and...7 July 2023|Advanced Imaging of MatterWinner of the video contest in the category physicsPhoto: UHH/MIN/EsmekFranziska Esmek took first place in the physics category with her video "A new Method for analyzing DNA." In her animated video, created with Adobe...Contribution from the news channel MIN-en5 July 2023|Advanced Imaging HighlightsDisplaced electrons drive nanoparticle oscillationsPhoto: UHH/H. LangePhotocatalysis, sensors, solar cells: Plasmons promise a variety of applications if the processes triggered by optical excitation in the nanoparticles...3 July 2023|Advanced Imaging of MatterString theorist Edward Witten is awarded the Hamburg Prize for Theoretical PhysicsPhoto: OFC LLCThe American physicist Edward Witten will be awarded the Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics 2023. The professor emeritus at the Institute for...Contribution from the news channel MIN-en28 June 2023|Advanced Imaging HighlightsNew experiment reveals how ultrafast conversion of urea progressesPhoto: DESY, Ludger InhesterUsing a special X-ray source, a research team has succeeded in unraveling the first, extremely fast steps of the light-induced urea conversion. With...8 June 2023|Advanced Imaging HighlightsX-rays visualize how one of nature’s strongest bonds breaksPhoto: Raphael JayThe use of short flashes of X-ray light brings scientists one big step closer toward developing better catalysts to transform the greenhouse gas...6 June 2023|Advanced Imaging of MatterIUPAP Early Career Scientist Prize in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2023Photo: DuanFormer CUI researcher Prof. Hong-Guang Duan was awarded with the Early Career Scientist Prize in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 2023 by The...1 June 2023|Advanced Imaging of MatterMentoring: start of applications and information eventPhoto: dynaMENTThe new round of applications for the dynaMENT Mentoring for Women in Natural Sciences program is now open. This program is aimed at women in the...31 May 2023|Advanced Imaging of MatterNew video: The University of Excellence in BriefPhoto: Universität HamburgWhat does “University of Excellence” actually mean? Why was Universität Hamburg only one of a few universities selected and how is it using the grant...Contribution from the university's newsroom30 May 2023|Advanced Imaging HighlightsBiological specimens imaged with X-rays without damagePhoto: DESY/CFELA pollen grain showing the nanofoam within or a diatom with the individual geometric structures inside clearly visible: Using high-energy X-rays from...24 May 2023|Advanced Imaging of MatterTaking Stock After Three Years of the Excellence StrategyPhoto: UHH/von WiedingFunding for far more than 500 people and projects, 12 additional professors, new centers dedicated to sustainability, digitalization, and knowledge...Contribution from the university's newsroomPrevious articlesMore articlesA project of Universität Hamburg in cooperation with