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12 September 2025 · Research Highlight

Nanocatalysts in Action

Using a combination of microscopic analyses at the DESY NanoLab and spectromicroscopy at BESSY II in Berlin, a team has gained new insights into the chemical behaviour of nanocatalysts during catalysis. The ...

11 September 2025 · Research Highlight

New insights into the mechanisms of human coronaviruses revealed

To date, there are seven different coronaviruses (CoV) that are known to infect humans. These viruses range from HCoV-229 which causes mild colds to more virulent pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2, which has caused ...

09 September 2025 · Research Highlight

Nanopores unlock hidden chirality in exotic liquid crystals

In physics, some of the most striking phenomena emerge when perfect symmetry shatters. This principle, known as spontaneous symmetry breaking, underlies everything from the Higgs mechanism that gives particles ...

08 September 2025 · Research Highlight

Atomic nuclei in interaction: new insights into collective quantum behaviour

“The whole is more than the sum of its parts” – even in quantum physics. Quantum objects, even simple ones such as atoms with only two possible energy states, can behave completely differently in a group ...