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11 August 2025 · Research Highlight

Gold can do more than glitter - researchers create novel gold compound at the European XFEL

Gold is considered to be chemically extremely inert. Using the world's largest X-ray laser, the European XFEL, researchers have now been able to show that this precious metal becomes chemically more active ...

08 August 2025 · Research Highlight

Revealing quantum fluctuations in complex molecules

Due to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle of quantum physics, atoms and molecules never come completely to rest, even in their lowest energy state. A team of researchers, including scientists from DESY, have ...

04 August 2025 · Research Highlight

Good vibes - heavier bridging atoms dampen electron localising vibrations

Replacing a heavy element to an iron–sulfur molecular cluster has allowed scientists to observe a previously inaccessible magnetic spin state. An international team from Max Planck Institute for Chemical ...

30 July 2025 · Research Highlight

Robust supercrystals for the LEDs of the future

Nanometre-sized crystals of perovskite offer great potential for applications in the field of light-emitting diodes, solar cells and optical switching elements. A particularly interesting arrangement occurs ...