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27 March 2026

DESY’s future project PETRA IV wins over the German Science Council

An expert opinion published today by the German Science Council ('Wissenschaftsrat' WR) highlights the exceptional relevance of the large-scale research facility for Germany and Europe. The highly positive ...

25 March 2026 · Research Highlight

Observing core-shell nanoparticles under catalytic reaction conditions

Methane, a potent greenhouse gas with a global warming potential 30 times higher than CO₂, poses both environmental challenges and energy opportunities. Catalysts that efficiently convert methane ...

11 March 2026 · Research Highlight

When carbon and nitrogen meet under pressure

When it comes to the chemical elements, few are simultaneously as ubiquitous and necessary as carbon and nitrogen. They form the backbone of life, they enable many catalytic processes used in industry, they ...

09 March 2026 · Research Highlight

Research team proves that it can use light to make molecules rotate on quantum materials

Researchers from Germany, Japan and India, led by scientists from DESY and the Universities of Kiel (CAU) and Hamburg (UHH), report in the journal Nature Communications that they have found a way to ...

Seminars

 10 Apr. 2026 - 14:00
Hamburg Photon Science Colloquium | The role of protein dynamics in GPCR signaling
Speaker: Daniel Hilger (Marburg University, Germany)
Location: CFEL, Bldg. 99
Room: SemR I-III
17 Apr. 2026 - 14:00
Hamburg Photon Science Colloquium | Assembling quantum matter one atom at a time
Speaker: Antoine Browaeys (University Paris-Saclay, Institut d’Optique CNRS, Palaiseau, France)
Location: CFEL, Bldg. 99
Room: SemR I-III
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Workshops

 14 Apr. 2026 - 11:00
World Quantum Day 2026
Location: DESY
Room: CFEL (Bldg. 99)
04 May. 2026 to 06 May. 2026
XAFS-Workshop
28 May. 2026 to 29 May. 2026
Condensed Matter Physics and Chemistry Workshop 2026: Science at the next-generation CMPC beamlines at PETRA IV
Speaker: Anita Ehnes (FS-PETRA-D (FS-PET-D Fachgruppe SamEnv)) , Milena Lippmann (FS-PETRA-D (PETRA-D)) , Chen Shen (DESY Photon Science) et al.
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