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New X-ray procedure offers insights into iridium compounds for practical applications

Exotic properties

17-Apr-2019 - Scientists at DESY and the London Centre for Nanotechnology, at University College London, have developed a new method for examining the astonishing properties of a special class of iridium oxides known as iridates. The team of principal author Pavel Alexeev, from the Dynamics Beamline P01 at ...

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Scientists develop printable water sensor

X-ray investigation reveals functioning of highly versatile copper-based compound

05-Mar-2019 - A new, versatile plastic-composite sensor can detect tiny amounts of water. The 3d printable material, developed by a Spanish-Israeli team of scientists, is cheap, flexible and non-toxic and changes its colour from purple to blue in wet conditions. The researchers lead by Pilar Amo-Ochoa from the ...

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For Start-ups and Founders: Inauguration of DESY Innovation Village

The new DESY Innovation Village is the place for start-ups and innovative projects at DESY

26-Feb-2019 - “I Love Innovation” was the fitting motto with which the DESY Innovation Village was officially inaugurated on Valentine’s Day, in the presence of DESY’s Board of Directors and representatives of the federal and local Hamburg governments. It will offer DESY start-ups offices, workshops and ...

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Crystal surprise

High-pressure experiments reveal new forms of a silica

16-Nov-2018 - By compressing the rare mineral coesite an international team of scientists has discovered unexpected forms of silica with unusual crystal structures. The findings could have direct implications not only for the understanding of silicate liquids in the deep interior of Earth, but also for ...

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A new path through the looking-glass

Innovative experimental scheme can create mirror molecules

14-Nov-2018 - Exploring the mystery of the molecular handedness in nature, scientists have proposed a new experimental scheme to create custom-made mirror molecules for analysis. The technique can make ordinary molecules spin so fast that they lose their normal symmetry and shape and instead form mirrored ...

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Novel corkscrew-laser technique can send molecules spinning rapidly about a selected axis

Modified optical centrifuge has potential to open up new ways for the study of superrotors

16-Oct-2018 - Using corkscrew-shaped laser pulses, scientists at DESY have devised a sophisticated optical centrifuge that can make molecules rotate rapidly about a desired molecular axis. The innovative method opens up new ways to control and study super fast spinning molecules, called superrotors. Until now, ...

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Scientists discover long-sought Higgs decay

Detectors at the world's largest collider LHC at CERN prove Higgs decay into two b quarks

30-Aug-2018 - Scientists from the two major particle physics experiments ATLAS and CMS at CERN have observed the Higgs boson decaying into two b-quarks, they announced at a joint seminar at CERN today. According to theory, far more than half of all Higgs particles decay into these two quarks, but it is ...

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Microscopy Today Innovation Award for novel X-ray lenses

High numerical aperture and sharp focus enable record resolution microscopy

14-Aug-2018 - For a novel X-ray lens with unprecedented properties, a research team headed by DESY group leader Saša Bajt has been awarded the 'Microscopy Today Innovation Award' by the magazine Microscopy Today. The team's “High numerical aperture, high efficiency X-ray lenses” were judged as one of the ten ...

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Scientists create “Swiss army knife” for electron beams

Pocket accelerator combines four functions in one device

05-Apr-2018 - DESY scientists have created a miniature particle accelerator for electrons that can perform four different functions at the push of a button. The experimental device is driven by a Terahertz radiation source and can accelerate, compress, focus and analyse electron bunches in a beam. Its active ...

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Edges and corners increase efficiency of catalytic converters

X-rays reveal oxide islands on noble metal nanoparticles

28-Mar-2018 - Catalytic converters for cleaning exhaust emissions are more efficient when they use nanoparticles with many edges. This is one of the findings of a study carried out at DESY’s X-ray source PETRA III. A team of scientists from the DESY NanoLab watched live as noxious carbon monoxide (CO) was ...

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