Research Highlights8 September 2025|Advanced Imaging HighlightsAtomic nuclei in interaction: new insights into collective quantum behaviourPhoto: DESY/Leon M. Lohse“The whole is more than the sum of its parts” – even in quantum physics. Quantum objects, even simple ones such as atoms with only two possible energy...21 August 2025|Advanced Imaging HighlightsSymmetry-based Floquet Optical Selection Rules for light-induced SidebandsPhoto: Fan et al.Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD), in collaboration with international partners, have developed...7 August 2025|Advanced Imaging HighlightsRevealing quantum fluctuations in complex moleculesPhoto: European XFELDue to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle of quantum physics, atoms and molecules never come completely to rest, even in their lowest energy state...30 July 2025|Advanced Imaging HighlightsTracking enzymes in action: new 5D crystallography method captures protein dynamics at physiological temperaturesPhoto: Eike Schulz, Pedram Mehrabi mit ChatGTPA research team from Hamburg has developed a novel method that allows for time-resolved structural studies of proteins across a wide temperature...16 July 2025|Advanced Imaging Highlights2014 Nobel Prize idea used to reach super-resolution at European XFELPhoto: Stacy Huang/Argonne National LaboratoryA new method turns noise into valuable data to enhance understanding of chemical reactions and material properties with unprecedented detail on atomic...3 July 2025|Advanced Imaging HighlightsNonlinear x-ray scattering reveals exotic quasi-particlesPhoto: DESY, Xenia BrockmüllerObserving first signatures of polaritons at extreme-ultraviolet wavelengths opens a new pathway to explore light-matter interactions for fundamental...19 June 2025|Advanced Imaging HighlightsUnveiling the hidden role of vacuum fluctuations in cavity materialsPhoto: J. M. Harms / MPSDResearchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) have theoretically demonstrated that photons trapped inside an...12 May 2025|Advanced Imaging HighlightsResearch team sheds light on the future potential of X-ray imaging and cryo-electron microscopyPhoto: Illustration generated with the assistance of ChatGPT (OpenAI, 2025)An interdisciplinary research team from the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) at DESY, the Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB)...17 April 2025|Advanced Imaging HighlightsBreakthrough in laser-alignment for macromolecular single-particle imagingPhoto: DESY-CFEL–CMI, Muhamed AminSingle-particle diffractive imaging (SPI) using X-ray free-electron lasers allows researchers to reconstruct the structure of nanoparticles and...3 April 2025|Advanced Imaging HighlightsA new wave in Ultrafast Magnetic ControlPhoto: G. de Vecchi, J. M. HarmsResearchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) have developed an innovative method to study ultrafast...Show all news
