Research Highlights (2021)20 May 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsUltrafast lasers can protect a DNA building block from light-induced dissociationPhoto: U. De Giovannini, MPSDAn international research team led by Francesca Calegari, who is a leading scientist at DESY and a Professor at Universität Hamburg, has demonstrated...18 May 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsNew approach to calculate electron traffic jam in transition metal dichalcogenidePhoto: Dongbin Shin, MPSDThough they both consist only of H2O molecules, water and ice exhibit apparently distinct characters: The former is solid and the latter is the very...21 April 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsNew theory of one-dimensional anyons on an optical latticePhoto: pixabayPhysicists at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern and Universität Hamburg were able to demonstrate theoretical and experimentally accessible...21 April 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsLighting it up: Fast material manipulation by laserPhoto: Samuel BeaulieuResearchers from the Fritz Haber Institute in Berlin and the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter have found out that...15 April 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsNanoantennas pave the way to compact petahertz oscilloscopesPhoto: N. Abedzadeh, MITA team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, Boston, USA), DESY, the University of Hamburg and the University of...2 April 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsResearchers identify promising candidates for COVID drugsPhoto: DESY/SciComLabAn international team of researchers, which on behalf of Universität Hamburg is coordinated by Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Betzel and Prof. Dr. Arwen...17 March 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsSeeing protein crystals in a different lightPhoto: Jörg Harms, MPSDAn international team of researchers among others from the Max Planck institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter in Hamburg, the University of...10 March 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsPerspectives of synchrotron radiation in biologyPhoto: American Chemical SocietyWhat could be done with X-rays, in particular synchrotron radiation, for biologically motivated experiments? What are the opportunities and...10 February 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsQuantum beats for zeptosecond timingPhoto: L. Bocklage/DESYQuantum systems will be crucial to future technologies. However, in order to use such systems in practical applications, it is necessary to control...9 February 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsLong live superconductivity! Short flashes of light with sustaining impactPhoto: Jörg Harms / MPSDSuperconductivity – the ability of a material to transmit an electric current without loss – is a quantum effect that, despite years of research, is...Previous articlesMore articles
