Research Highlights (2019)17 December 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsUsing corkscrew lasers to separate mirror moleculesPhoto: DESY, Andrey YachmenevMany of the molecular building blocks of life have two versions that are mirror images of one another, known as enantiomers. Although seemingly...19 November 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsFirst molecular movies at European XFELPhoto: European XFEL / Blue Clay StudiosIn a paper published yesterday in Nature Methods, scientists show how to effectively use the high X-ray pulse repetition rate of the European XFEL to...4 November 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsLaser pulses create topological state in graphenePhoto: Benedikt SchulteIn topological materials, electrons experience a twisted world. Instead of simply moving straight ahead when feeling a force, they may be pushed...24 September 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsHow molecular footballs burst in an X-ray laser beamPhoto: DESY, Zoltan JurekAn international research team has observed in real time how football molecules made of carbon atoms burst in the beam of an X-ray laser. The study...17 September 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsHappy hour for time-resolved crystallographyPhoto: Jörg Harms / MPSDResearchers from the Department of Atomically Resolved Dynamics of the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) at the...13 September 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsThe working of a Molecular String PhonePhoto: Jörg Harms / MPSDResearchers from the Department of Atomically Resolved Dynamics of the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter at CFEL in...14 August 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsHow bacteria absorb vital ironPhoto: UHH, Tidow groupA research team from the Department of Chemistry at the Universität Hamburg has succeeded in analyzing the structure of a special protein that helps...30 July 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsScientists film molecular rotationPhoto: DESY, Evangelos Karamatskos/Britta LiebaugScientists have used precisely tuned pulses of laser light to film the ultrafast rotation of a molecule. The resulting “molecular movie” tracks one...11 July 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsExperimental mini-accelerator achieves record energyPhoto: DESY, Gesine BornScientists at DESY and Universität Hamburg have achieved a new world record for an experimental type of miniature particle accelerator: For the first...8 July 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsArtificial intelligence identifies quantum phase transitionsPhoto: UHH/Sengstock groupResearchers from Universität Hamburg have used machine-learning techniques for improving the identification of quantum phase transitions from...More articles