Research Highlights (2026)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...4 February 2026|Advanced Imaging HighlightsMoiré materials provide new insights into superconductivityPhoto: AG Wehling, Lorenzo CrippaHow exactly does unconventional superconductivity arise? In the journal Nature, an international research team involving the University of Hamburg...21 January 2026|Advanced Imaging HighlightsHow iron-sulfur nanolayers are formed: X-ray view into chemical reactionsPhoto: Ella Maru StudioResearchers at the University of Hamburg, the University of Toulouse, and the DESY and ESRF research institutes have observed for the first time in...
