News (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. 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