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21 May 2020|MIN-en

Electrons’ ballet in real time

Red wave hits a black dot resulting in a colorful cloud

Photo: DESY, Andrea Trabattoni

Imaging the structure of a molecule and capturing its dynamics during a chemical reaction with atomic resolution and in real time is one of the holy...

Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights

20 May 2020|MIN-en

FAQ on the novel coronavirus and its impact on Universität Hamburg

Das Hauptgebäude der Universtität Hamburg.

Photo: UHH/Schell

What about the Summer Semester 2020? What are the rules for working from home? And what guidelines must international guests observe? The following...

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19 May 2020|MIN-en

New international research network on quantum dynamics

A man in a blue pullover with green trees in the background

Photo: CUI, Peter Garten

Quantum dynamics in physics and chemistry is the focus of an international research network that has been established very recently under the guidance...

Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging of Matter

12 May 2020|MIN-en

CSSB microscopy facilities receive a grant ensure safe operation during corona pandemic

Teil des Kryo-Elektronenmikroskops am CSSB.

Photo: CSSB/Melissa Prass

CSSB’s Advanced Light and Fluorescence Microscopy (ALFM) and Electron cryo-microscopy (Cryo-EM) facilities operated by the Universität Hamburg have...

6 May 2020|MIN-en

Record compression delivers ultra-short laser pulses 

Photo: Helmholtz-Institut Jena/DESY, Christoph Heyl

With the help of a special “light compressor”, a team of researchers has produced ultrashort laser pulses at DESY. In collaboration with scientist...

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29 April 2020|MIN-en

Henry Chapman becomes a Fellow of the Royal Society

Photo: DESY, Gesine Born

The Royal Society has elected Prof. Henry Chapman as a Fellow. The leading DESY scientist and professor at Universität Hamburg is a pioneer of...

Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging of Matter

24 April 2020|MIN-en

Bacteria alter their surface to infect host cells

Photo: James Archer

Several whip-like appendages, called the flagella, protrude from the body of bacteria such as Salmonella Typhimurium. It has long been understood that...

3 April 2020|MIN-en

Quantum biology revisited: separating fact from friction

Rote und weiße netzartige Gebilde und blaue Pfeile

Photo: Jürgen Hauer

Review by 18 leading researchers from 16 institutions in Science Advances demonstrates that inter-exciton coherences are too short-lived to have any...

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2 April 2020|MIN-en

Scientists X-ray coronavirus proteins

Green ball with spikes against red background

Photo: Pete Linforth/Pixabay

Research groups worldwide are intensively searching for starting points for active substances against SARS-CoV-2, as the corona virus was named by the...

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31 March 2020|MIN-en

First annual meeting at the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe

Photo: UHH/Walter

From 16 to 18 March 2020, the scientists of Quantum Universe exchanged ideas at the first annual meeting of the Cluster of Excellence. Due to the...

Contribution from the news channel EXC Quantum Universe

24 March 2020|MIN-en

Tiny double accelerator recycles energy

A partially transparent tube provides a view of a wave-shaped beam inside

Photo: DESY, Science Communication Lab

A team of scientists has built a miniature double particle accelerator that can recycle some of the laser energy fed into the system to boost the...

Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights

17 March 2020|MIN-en

How horses can save the permafrost

Horses in pleistocene park, siberia, yakutia, snow

Photo: Pleistocene Park

Permafrost soils in the Arctic are thawing. As they do, large additional quantities of greenhouse gases could be released, accelerating climate...

Contribution from the news channel CEN News

12 February 2020|MIN-en

Role of protein kinase CDKA;1

Photo: EMBO

An international research team led by Prof. Dr. Arp Schnittger from the Department of Biology at Universität Hamburg has investigated the role of the...

30 January 2020|MIN-en

Research team finds possible new approach for sleeping sickness drugs

Photo: University of Lübeck/DESY, Lars Redecke

Using ultra-bright X-ray flashes, a team of researchers has tracked down a potential target for new drugs against sleeping sickness: The scientists...

Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights

28 January 2020|MIN-en

Towards a non-carbon future

Photo: Lange group

A group of scientists led by Holger Lange from the Universität Hamburg has analyzed the different effects underlying plasmon-enhanced catalysis. The...

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9 January 2020|MIN-en

Beate Naroska Guest Professorship

Photo: Joachim Meyer

In honour of particle physicist Beate Naroska, who taught and conducted research at Universität Hamburg from 1989 to 2008, the Cluster of Excellence...

Contribution from the news channel EXC Quantum Universe

18 December 2019|MIN-en

Mildred Dresselhaus Guest Professorship: call for nominations

Photo of Mildred Dresselhaus as a young woman in the lab

Photo: Columbia University, Collage Jana Backhaus

The call for nominations or self-applications to the “Mildred Dresselhaus Guest Professorship 2020” is now open. Acknowledging Mildred Dresselhaus’...

Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging of Matter

17 December 2019|MIN-en