For the first time, a plasma accelerator at DESY has produced X-rays. The LUX installation, which is headed by Andreas Maier of the University of Hamburg, created ultra-short pulses of radiation with a wavelength of nine nanometres (millionths of a millimetre), corresponding to so-called soft X-rays. “This is an important...

Today, 29 June 2017, the Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB) ceremoniously opened the doors of its new building. The CSSB's research focuses on the decoding of the structures,dynamics, and mechanisms of the infection processes of pathogens. The CSSB scientists will use their findings to develop new methods of...

“Now I am more confident to pursue the next steps in my career", says Dr. Carmen Diez Pardos. The physicist at the DESY CMS group participated in the first round of the Mentoring for Women in Natural Sciences programme. The programme is organised jointly by the Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI), Deutsches...