~desy-news-rss | Bookmarks (30)

How can scientific findings be converted into innovations for society as quickly as possible together with industrial users? This question was the focus of discussions between DESY representatives and industrial partners together with Melanie Leonhard

Last week the first CTAO ERIC Council Meeting was held in Bologna, Italy, and marked the beginning of a new management era. The CTAO ERIC Council was formally established during this inaugural meeting, solidifying the governance framework of the CTAO. Following the European Commission’s creation of the CTAO ERIC in January 2025, the newly formed Council plays a fundamental role in steering the organisation’s...

A team led by DESY scientist Tim Laarmann has successfully detected the vibrational fingerprints of glucose molecules in aqueous solution using a nonlinear optical method in the mid-infrared spectral range called ultra-broadband vibrational sum-frequency generation (VSFG) spectroscopy. The centerpiece of this study is a state-of-the-art VSFG spectrometer that operates effectively at physiologically relevant low sample concentrations in the range of 10 mM, or about...

Light-sensitive nanoparticles promise a wide range of applications, for example in the field of sensor technology or energy generation. However, these require knowledge and control of the processes taking place within them. Plasmons, collective electron movements in the nanoparticle which transport energy, are essential in the behaviour of such nanoparticles. Time-resolved experiments in the attosecond range reveal now that the importance of electronic correlations...

How are innovation and transfer activities implemented at a research center like DESY? This question was the focus of a visit on 5 February by Michael Kellner, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK), to the DESY campus in Zeuthen. During talks and a tour, he learned how DESY develops new technologies and promotes the transfer of...

An international team of scientists from DESY, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the University of Edinburgh, and Karlsruhe Institute for Technology has developed a novel approach to accurately determine the melting temperature of opaque materials using X-ray phase contrast imaging and X-ray diffraction in the laser heated diamond anvil cell at up to pressures of 500 000 bar and 4000 Kelvin. The team lead by...