Research Highlights23 April 2024|Advanced Imaging HighlightsEuropean XFEL elicits secrets from an important nanogelPhoto: European XFELAn international team led by DESY scientist Felix Lehmkühler, who is a researcher in the Cluster of Excellence "CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter", has...5 April 2024|Advanced Imaging HighlightsCatching an ion with a quantum gasPhoto: L. Oghittu / Ph. Wessels-StaarmannHybrid quantum systems involving ultracold atoms and ions are a promising platform for quantum simulation and -computing. In a recently published...7 March 2024|Advanced Imaging HighlightsHow quantum effects drive photosynthesisPhoto: A. Jha and H.-G. DuanHow do the basic mechanisms of photosynthetic energy conversion work? In the journal Science Advances, an international team of researchers involving...16 February 2024|Advanced Imaging HighlightsFirst-ever X-ray attosecond experiment on liquidsPhoto: Linda YoungAn international team has performed an attosecond-scale experiment at an X-ray free-electron laser on liquid water for the first time, and the results...1 February 2024|Advanced Imaging HighlightsGroundbreaking model for the effects of radiation in water systemsPhoto: DESY/ Arturo Sopena MorosWhat happens when radiation hits water? A team of theoretical physicists in Hamburg has worked on data taken by colleagues from Argonne National...1 February 2024|Advanced Imaging HighlightsShort X-ray pulses reveal the source of light-induced ferroelectricity in strontium titanatePhoto: J. Harms, MPSDA team of researchers of the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) in Germany and the SLAC National Accelerator...25 January 2024|Advanced Imaging HighlightsUltrafast excitations in correlated systemsPhoto: O. Smirnova, A. LichtensteinAn international team of researchers has developed a variant of ultrafast multi-dimensional spectroscopy, taking advantage of the attosecond control...5 January 2024|Advanced Imaging HighlightsMedically relevant nanoparticles move faster in cells than expectedPhoto: Ferdinand Otto, UHHAn experiment led by a team of Universität Hamburg and DESY scientists has discovered that gold nanoparticles can move through liquid biological...5 December 2023|Advanced Imaging HighlightsEnhancing photocatalysis with supercrystalsPhoto: UHH, Florian SchulzHydrogen is the hope for a climate-friendly future. Currently, it is mostly produced by electrolysis of water with electricity, but there are other...30 November 2023|Advanced Imaging HighlightsHow an enzyme uses sunlight for DNA repairPhoto: A. Pateras, DESYDNA damage drives cancer, ageing, and cell death. Therefore, DNA repair is crucial for all organisms, and a deeper understanding of this basic...Show all news