News (2020)15 June 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterHamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics 2020 goes to Valery RubakovPhoto: PrivateIn recent years, research teams around the world have gained important insights into the origin of the universe. They often relied on the work of...12 June 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterWomen's Career Day: successful move into virtual spacePhoto: PrivateHow can I fix the camera during an online presentation so that the picture looks good? How do I get my voice under control? How do I generally present...12 June 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterCall for applications: dynaMENT mentoring enters the fifth roundPhoto: CUI/dynaMENTThe call for applications for the 5th round of dynaMENT Mentoring for Women in Natural Sciences is now open. The program has two lines: female junior...4 June 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterHARBOR building for top research in Hamburg completedPhoto: UHH/CUIIn the "Hamburg Advanced Research Centre for Bioorganic Chemistry" (HARBOR), around 120 scientists from the MIN Faculty (Mathematics, Informatics and...3 June 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterMaster’s thesis at Light & Schools awarded the Ernst Grimsehl-PrizePhoto: UHH, RRZ/MCC, MentzCaroline Compart has been honored with the Ernst Grimsehl-Preis. The prize was awarded by the "Verein der Freunde und Förderer der Physik an der...2 June 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterÁngel Rubio elected as fellow of the European Academy of SciencesPhoto: MPSDThe director of the Theory Department at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter and researcher in the Cluster of Excellence...28 May 2020|Advanced Imaging HighlightsTwo colour technique reveals how X-ray lasers damage biomoleculesPhoto: Nass, Gorel, Abdullah et al., „Nature Communications“, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15610-4, CC BY 4.0X-ray lasers can reveal the spatial structures of biomolecules that are hard to come by with other methods. However, the intense X-ray flashes...26 May 2020|Advanced Imaging HighlightsAlgorithms and gold particles boost molecular diffractionPhoto: Kartik AyyerX-ray single particle imaging (SPI) is a technique where the very bright X-ray pulses produced by XFEs are used to image single particles. When the...21 May 2020|Advanced Imaging HighlightsElectrons’ ballet in real timePhoto: DESY, Andrea TrabattoniImaging the structure of a molecule and capturing its dynamics during a chemical reaction with atomic resolution and in real time is one of the holy...19 May 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterAn overview in the data junglePhoto: DESY/Lucid Berlin/HPI/UHHWhat do X-ray light sources, particle accelerators, radio telescopes, cryo-electron microscopes and scientific simulations have in common? They...19 May 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterNew international research network on quantum dynamicsPhoto: CUI, Peter GartenQuantum dynamics in physics and chemistry is the focus of an international research network that has been established very recently under the guidance...14 May 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterNavigating a careerPhoto: UHH/pixabayAcquire key competencies for a successful career. Balancing the demands of work and family. Finding your way around Germany as an international...11 May 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterScientists X-ray coronavirus proteinsPhoto: PrivatResearch groups around the world are looking for possible active ingredients against the coronavirus. Scientists from the Universität Hamburg are also...7 May 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterCUI News in new design: first issue is availablePhoto: CUIThe latest issue of CUI News has been printed and is ready for distribution. With the new magazine we are continuing the successful series of the...6 May 2020|Advanced Imaging HighlightsRecord compression delivers ultra-short laser pulses Photo: Helmholtz-Institut Jena/DESY, Christoph HeylWith the help of a special “light compressor”, a team of researchers has produced ultrashort laser pulses at DESY. In collaboration with scientist...29 April 2020|Advanced Imaging of MatterHenry Chapman becomes a Fellow of the Royal SocietyPhoto: DESY, Gesine BornThe Royal Society has elected Prof. Henry Chapman as a Fellow. The leading DESY scientist and professor at Universität Hamburg is a pioneer of...3 April 2020|Advanced Imaging HighlightsQuantum biology revisited: separating fact from frictionPhoto: Jürgen HauerReview by 18 leading researchers from 16 institutions in Science Advances demonstrates that inter-exciton coherences are too short-lived to have any...2 April 2020|Advanced Imaging HighlightsScientists X-ray coronavirus proteinsPhoto: Pete Linforth/PixabayResearch groups worldwide are intensively searching for starting points for active substances against SARS-CoV-2, as the corona virus was named by the...24 March 2020|Advanced Imaging HighlightsTiny double accelerator recycles energyPhoto: DESY, Science Communication LabA team of scientists has built a miniature double particle accelerator that can recycle some of the laser energy fed into the system to boost the...12 March 2020|Advanced Imaging HighlightsShaking off the correlated-electron traffic jamPhoto: Jörg Harms / MPSDAn international team of researchers from Switzerland, Germany, the USA and Great Britain has uncovered an anomalous metallic behavior in an otherwise...Previous articlesMore articlesA project of Universität Hamburg in cooperation with