News (2020)9 July 2020|MIN-enA "breath of nothing" provides a new perspective on superconductivityPhoto: Electron Studios, UHH, MoritzZero electrical resistance at room temperature? A material with this property, i.e. a room temperature superconductor, could revolutionize power...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights26 June 2020|MIN-enThe Department of Physics mourns the death of Prof. Dr. Peter E. ToschekPhoto: P. ToschekAt the age of 87 years, our highly esteemed Emeritus Prof. Dr. Peter E. Toschek passed away in Hamburg on 25 June 2020. Mr. Toschek studied physics at...22 June 2020|MIN-enA structural light switch for magnetismPhoto: Jörg Harms, MPSDMagnetic materials have been a mainstay in computing technology due to their ability to permanently store information in their magnetic state. Current...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights18 June 2020|MIN-enExplore black holes and gravitational waves with a smartphone or tabletPhoto: UHH/Tohermes/Franke, NASAWhy are black holes black? What are gravitational waves? And what can we learn about the universe using gravitational waves? The game app Trapped in...Contribution from the news channel Quantum Universe18 June 2020|MIN-enPlaying billiards with excitons – a milestone towards quantum simulatorsPhoto: UHH/Schmelcher, MPQ MünchenSemiconductors play an important role in electronics, optoelectronics or photovoltaics. But like other solids they are quantum many-particle systems...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights15 June 2020|MIN-enHamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics 2020 goes to Valery RubakovPhoto: Valery RubakovIn recent years, research teams around the world have gained important insights into the origin of the universe. They often relied on the work of...Contribution from the news channel MIN-en4 June 2020|MIN-enHARBOR building for top research in Hamburg completedPhoto: UHH/CUIIn the "Hamburg Advanced Research Centre for Bioorganic Chemistry" (HARBOR), around 120 scientists from the MIN Faculty (Mathematics, Informatics and...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging of Matter3 June 2020|MIN-enMasterarbeit bei Light & Schools mit dem Ernst Grimsehl-Preis ausgezeichnetPhoto: UHH, RRZ/MCC, MentzCaroline Compart ist mit dem Ernst Grimsehl-Preis ausgezeichnet worden. Der Preis wurde vom „Verein der Freunde und Förderer der Physik an der...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging of Matter21 May 2020|MIN-enElectrons’ ballet in real timePhoto: DESY, Andrea TrabattoniImaging 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 Highlights19 May 2020|MIN-enNew international research network on quantum dynamicsPhoto: CUI, Peter GartenQuantum 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 Matter13 May 2020|MIN-enThe laureates of the Beate Naroska Senior and Junior Guest Professorships 2020 have been announcedPhoto: Gavela privat, Studioline PhotographyThe first Beate Naroska Guest Professorships of the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe go to the physicists Prof. Dr. Belén Gavela (Universidad...Contribution from the news channel Quantum Universe6 May 2020|MIN-enRecord compression delivers ultra-short laser pulses Photo: Helmholtz-Institut Jena/DESY, Christoph HeylWith the help of a special “light compressor”, a team of researchers has produced ultrashort laser pulses at DESY. In collaboration with scientist...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights29 April 2020|MIN-enHenry Chapman becomes a Fellow of the Royal SocietyPhoto: DESY, Gesine BornThe 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 Matter3 April 2020|MIN-enQuantum biology revisited: separating fact from frictionPhoto: Jürgen HauerReview by 18 leading researchers from 16 institutions in Science Advances demonstrates that inter-exciton coherences are too short-lived to have any...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights2 April 2020|MIN-enScientists X-ray coronavirus proteinsPhoto: Pete Linforth/PixabayResearch groups worldwide are intensively searching for starting points for active substances against SARS-CoV-2, as the corona virus was named by the...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights24 March 2020|MIN-enTiny double accelerator recycles energyPhoto: DESY, Science Communication LabA 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 Highlights30 January 2020|MIN-enResearch team finds possible new approach for sleeping sickness drugsPhoto: University of Lübeck/DESY, Lars RedeckeUsing 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 Highlights28 January 2020|MIN-enTowards a non-carbon futurePhoto: Lange groupA group of scientists led by Holger Lange from the Universität Hamburg has analyzed the different effects underlying plasmon-enhanced catalysis. The...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights9 January 2020|MIN-enResearchers observe ultrafast birth of free radicals in waterPhoto: DESY, Caroline ArnoldUsing extremely short X-ray flashes, an international team of researchers has for the first time ever observed details of the ultrafast chemical...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging HighlightsPrevious articles