06 November 2025

DESY Photon Science scientists receive prestigious ERC Synergy Grants

Synergies abound: Six scientists from DESY have been awarded the highly competitive European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grants for two ambitious research programmes. These grants are among the most ...

05 November 2025 · Research Highlight

Preventing dangerous short circuits in lithium batteries

Dendrites are considered the most dangerous destroyers of lithium batteries — tiny metal structures that can cause short circuits. In the worst case, they can cause batteries to burn or explode. An ...

04 November 2025

FLASH welcomes first user groups after shutdown

A new round of user experiments is starting this week at DESY's free-electron laser FLASH. During a long FLASH2020+ shutdown, ...

30 October 2025 · Research Highlight

New quasi-particle discovered in rare earth material

Electrons determine the properties of all materials: They decide whether a metal conducts electricity, how a semiconductor operates or which magnetic effects occur. In some materials, electrons behave in a ...

Seminars

21 Nov. 2025 - 14:00
Speaker: Marco Stampanoni (ETH Zurich and Paul Scherrer Institut Villigen, Switzerland)
Location: CFEL, Bldg. 99
Room: SemR I-III
28 Nov. 2025 - 14:00
Speaker: Ichiro Inoue (University of Tokyo & RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Japan)
Location: CFEL, Bldg. 99
Room: SemR I-III
05 Dec. 2025 - 14:00
Speaker: Luis Bañares (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)
Location: CFEL, Bldg. 99
Room: SemR I-III
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Workshops

17 Nov. 2025 to 18 Nov. 2025
Location: CFEL
Room: SemR I-III
17 Nov. 2025 to 18 Nov. 2025
Location: DESY Bldg. 5
Room: Auditorium (DESY)
25 Nov. 2025 - 13:00
Location: CFEL (Sem. R. I-III)
26 Nov. 2025 to 28 Nov. 2025
Location: European XFEL / CFEL DESY
05 Dec. 2025 - 09:00
Location: FLASH seminar room
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