Research Highlights5 June 2026|Advanced Imaging HighlightsA microscopic link between dense Rydberg gases and ultracold plasmasPhoto: UHH/GroßmannUnderstanding strongly interacting matter far from equilibrium requires both precisely defined initial conditions and a consistent description of how...26 May 2026|Advanced Imaging HighlightsToward a Robust Quantum ComputerPhoto: UHH/MINAn international research team led by a research group at the University of Hamburg has, for the first time, experimentally demonstrated that...Contribution from the news channel MIN-en5 May 2026|Advanced Imaging HighlightsExotic quantum phase dynamically connects vibrations that symmetry keeps apartPhoto: Jörg M. Harms, MPSDAn international team of researchers has demonstrated a new mechanism by which distinct vibrations in a crystal – normally decoupled by symmetry – can...30 April 2026|Advanced Imaging Highlights3D atomic structure determination with ultrashort-pulse MeV electron diffractionPhoto: REGAE-Gruppe/DESYAt DESY´s electron accelerator REGAE researchers, including CUI member Henry Chapman, have developed a new method to determine the detailed atomic...29 April 2026|Advanced Imaging HighlightsInnovative laser system advances microscopy method for revealing hidden cellular worldsPhoto: DESY/Marvin EdelmannResearchers at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), working with international partners, have developed a new laser system that could...20 April 2026|Advanced Imaging HighlightsDouble-slit experiment reveals hidden details between light and matterPhoto: Markus OsterhoffResearchers build world’s smallest interferometer to measure how X-rays and atomic nuclei interact.24 March 2026|Advanced Imaging HighlightsTwisted crystals unlock high-efficiency deep-ultraviolet lightPhoto: ScienceScientists at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) and an international team led by Pohang University of Science...11 March 2026|Advanced Imaging HighlightsLight can make molecules rotate on quantum materialsPhoto: DESYResearchers from Germany, Japan and India, led by scientists from DESY and the Universities of Kiel and Hamburg, report in the journal Nature...10 March 2026|Advanced Imaging HighlightsChemical shifts help track molecules breaking apart in real timePhoto: European XFELWhen molecules fall apart, their electric charge doesn’t stay put—it rearranges as bonds stretch and break. An international team of scientists...17 February 2026|Advanced Imaging HighlightsInnovative technique makes subtle dynamic processes visiblePhoto: C. Ornelas-Skarin et al.Valence electrons determine a crystal’s material and chemical properties, shaping how solids conduct electricity, interact with light, and form...Show all news