NEWS

04 May 2026 · Research Highlight

Accelerator-based high-energy electron diffraction determines 3D structure of materials

At the nearly 10-metre-long electron accelerator REGAE at DESY, researchers have developed a new method to determine the detailed atomic structure of materials using high-energy electrons which are diffracted ...

28 April 2026 · Research Highlight

Innovative laser system advances microscopy method for revealing hidden cellular worlds

Researchers at DESY, working with international partners, have developed a new laser system that could significantly simplify multicolour two-photon microscopy. The technology is based on a compact ultrafast ...

13 April 2026 · Research Highlight

How to store your hydrogen? Special alloys investigated at PETRA III

Name any of the possible sustainable energy sources of the future, and hydrogen fuel cells are sure to be among them. The reaction of hydrogen with oxygen to form water releases large amounts of heat energy ...

07 April 2026 · Research Highlight

Decoding ancient clay at PETRA III

In a joint study, researchers from the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) at the University of Hamburg and DESY Photon Science analysed artefacts from two local collections in a non-destructive ...

Seminars

 08 May. 2026 - 14:00
Hamburg Photon Science Colloquium | Taking the temperature of the universe‘s most extreme states
Speaker: Thomas G. White (University of Nevada, Reno, USA)
Location: CFEL, Bldg. 99
Room: SemR I-III
22 May. 2026 - 14:00
Hamburg Photon Science Colloquium | Electric double layer of platinum electrodes
Speaker: Marc T. M. Koper (Leiden University, the Netherlands)
Location: CFEL, Bldg. 99
Room: SemR I-III
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Workshops

 04 May. 2026 to 06 May. 2026
XAFS-Workshop
Location: Ada Yonath Hall
Room: OG.030
28 May. 2026 - 09:00
Electro catalysis in the light of synchrotron radiation - Workshop
Location: Building 1b
Room: Seminar room 4a
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.
09 Jun. 2026 to 10 Jun. 2026
Helmholtz Tech & Industry Day 2026 & 3rd Hi-Acts Network Meeting
Location: DESY
Room: FLASH Sem. R. (Bldg. 28c)
16 Jun. 2026 to 17 Jun. 2026
Focus on Cultural Heritage: "Exploring Cultural Heritage with X-rays"
Location: CSMC / DESY HH
Room: Pavillon / FLASH Seminar Room
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