Research Highlights31 July 2024|Advanced Imaging HighlightsHow to disable a penicillin killerPhoto: Andreas Prester, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf UKE)Antibiotic resistance is a major and particularly in recent years a growing challenge in medicine. Scientists around the world are searching for new...31 July 2024|Advanced Imaging HighlightsFrom a continuous to a discrete time crystalPhoto: AG HemmerichAn international team of physicists from Universität Hamburg, the University of the Philippines, and the University of São Paulo has recently observed...29 July 2024|Advanced Imaging HighlightsEuropean XFEL creates exotic matterPhoto: European XFELExperiments at European XFEL generate states of matter close to what occurs in the interior of planets or in the imploding capsule of an inertial...24 July 2024|Advanced Imaging HighlightsObserved live for the first time: photocatalysts switch off a virusPhoto: Mona Kohantorabi, DESY NanoLabAn international research team led by DESY scientists has been able to observe for the first time how the whitening agent titanium dioxide inactivates...17 July 2024|Advanced Imaging HighlightsPaving the way to extremely fast, compact computer memoryPhoto: Ella Maru StudioFor decades, scientists have been studying a group of unusual materials called multiferroics that could be useful for a range of applications...10 July 2024|Advanced Imaging HighlightsLight-induced Meissner effect in optically driven superconductorPhoto: Sebastian Fava, Jörg M. HarmsSuperconductivity is a fascinating phenomenon, which allows a material to sustain an electrical current without any loss. This collective quantum...2 July 2024|Advanced Imaging HighlightsOn the way to the quantum memory: research group stores X-ray flashesPhoto: DESY, Sven VeltenLight is an excellent carrier of information used not only for classical communication technologies but increasingly also for quantum applications...30 May 2024|Advanced Imaging HighlightsIntroducing: the first practical Terahertz-powered ultrafast photogunPhoto: DESYA team of researchers from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, DESY and Universität Hamburg have developed the first practical Terahertz (THz)-driven...29 May 2024|Advanced Imaging HighlightsUltrashort optical and X-ray pulses capture elusive intermediate in catalysisPhoto: Raphael JayAn international team of scientists has used visible and X-rays light to fully understand how the key intermediate structure forms before a...27 May 2024|Advanced Imaging HighlightsFrozen noble gas in the acceleratorPhoto: European XFELResearchers at European XFEL have taken a closer look at the formation of the first crystallisation of nuclei in supercooled liquids. They found: The...Show all news
