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Person in a red winter jacket and fur-lined hood standing in wintry conditions at a snow-covered research station.
2026/08/12

Why Particle Physics Leads to Greenland

The uterus is supported by several ligaments, the largest of which was analysed using PETRA III’s X-rays by the research team for the quality of its collagen content with respect to a person’s age.
2026/08/07

Helping support the uterus

Scientific apparatus in a metallic chamber with many measuring devices and instrumentation.
2026/07/29

Lasers for fusion

Three people stand smiling at the door of a large metallic box inside of a laboratory.
2026/07/13

Could unknown particles be hiding at the LHC?

A water droplet containing numerous ball-and-stick molecule models and a purple irregularly shaped cloud.
2026/07/06

How water cages in free electrons

A complex scientific apparatus with cables sitting on rails in a white lab environment.
2026/06/26

Tiny diamonds, gigantic crusher

Five people seated at a table display signed documents during a formal signing ceremony.
2026/06/24

ESRF and DESY join forces to build a European software ecosystem for photon science

Portrait of a smiling scientist
2026/06/23

Small cavity, big universe: hunting axions and gravitational waves

Two jets shoot from a protostar's accretion disc
2026/06/18

Proudly presenting: gamma-loud protostars

Smiling scientist in front of a picture of a giant particle detector
2026/06/16

Boosted bosons: CMS scientists open rare window into unknown phenomena

Schematic illustration of an energy storage system based on layered materials, combined with renewable energy sources, water resources and a two-dimensional material for charge transport.
2026/06/15

How Water Becomes the Heart of a Supercapacitor

Several copies of DESY’s brochure “From Research to the Future” are arranged on a wooden table. The cover features an abstract scientific design with glowing points and lines resembling particle tracks.
2026/06/11

DESY as a driver of innovation

Atomic model of an oxidised Pt(111) surface showing a thin platinum oxide layer with red oxygen atoms on top of a platinum crystal structure.
2026/06/10

Long live the electrolyser

Six professionals pose at Helmholtz Tech & Industry Day in front of a conference display with event branding.
2026/06/09

Helmholtz Tech & Industry Day 2026: Combining Research Excellence with Industrial Innovation

Christian Stegmann guided representatives from politics and industry around the campus, presenting selected research facilities and technical infrastructure.
2026/06/09

Curious visitors, hands-on experiments, and a look behind the scenes

Falko Brinkmann in a portrait against a neutral background, wearing a blue suit and white shirt.
2026/06/02

Falko Brinkmann is DESY’s New Chief Technology Officer

Five teams of high-school students from around the world; some standing together as a group, some in individual portraits
2026/06/02

Beamline for Schools winners selected – CERN-led high school competition returns to DESY

Researchers discuss scientific data in a modern conference room with presentation screens and laptops.
2026/05/27

Advancing sustainable chemistry: CTC visits DESY

A group of researchers standing in front of a complex technical setup. Prize winner Patrick Rauer is crouching in the middle, among his team.
2026/05/21

Patrick Rauer honoured for research on novel X-ray lasers

Four people standing by the “#LIGHT CONVERSION” sign outside a modern office building.
2026/05/20

DESY Spin-off Class 5 Photonics Acquired by Light Conversion

A wooden tabletop is covered with colourful beer mats.
2026/05/19

Two evenings, double the fun in Hamburg’s pubs!

Five young researchers sit together around a laptop at a white table
2026/05/20

European support for young researchers led by DESY

Sunlight falls on the event poster.
2026/05/20

DESY’s Diversity Day 2026

The image displays transaxial dose distributions from different radiotherapy treatment plans, arranged in two rows of colored cross-sectional head scans: Top row (Electron irradiation with FLASH effect): Three images (W, M, S) show dose distributions for electron beams with varying FLASH effect intensities. Colors range from blue (low dose) to green, yellow, orange, and red (high dose). A red contour outlines the target tumor volume, a blue contour marks adjacent brain tissue, and a green contour indicates the skin. Bottom row (Comparison with alternative methods): Three additional images (PPS, PARC, CK) compare other techniques: protons with passive scattering (PPS), proton arc therapy (PARC), and photon irradiation using the CyberKnife system (CK). Dose distributions follow the same color scale as above. Orientation markers: Directions are labeled: A (anterior), P (posterior), L (left), R (right).
2026/05/11

Fast electrons for the future of radiation therapy

Graph of the strong coupling constant αs versus energy scale μ with particle physics measurement data.
2026/05/08

DESY Theory effort determines strong force with the highest precision

Scientists wearing safety goggles work with laboratory equipment in a modern research lab.
2026/05/07

DESY Innovation Factory Opens Its Own Biospace for Innovation Projects, Founding Teams, and Startups

Close-up of a rectangular, gold-colored metal block with three circular openings. The block appears weathered, with visible scratches and discoloration around the holes. Two of the openings are empty, while the third contains a small, irregularly shaped piece of debris. The block is mounted on a gray metal frame with visible screws and wear marks, suggesting heavy use in an industrial or scientific setting.
2026/05/06

Linking blood flow to clot formation during life support

A large, dome-shaped chamber with concentric metallic rings forming a cylindrical core. The walls are lined with hexagonal tiles in silver and dark gray, arranged in a honeycomb pattern. Thick pipes, cables, and structural supports crisscross the space, while bright lights cast sharp reflections on the polished surfaces. The design resembles a futuristic, industrial vault with a symmetrical, geometric layout.
2026/05/05

What happens inside 3D-printed steel for fusion reactors

Scientific image of quantum material in operando.
2026/04/30

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

A colourful image showing blotches and threads represents various cells and their structures.
2026/04/28

Innovative laser system advances microscopy method for revealing hidden cellular worlds

A group of people stand smiling on a grand staircase.
2026/04/27

DESY, DZA, and Ukrainian partners deepen collaboration in Lviv

An interactive visualisation of a collision in the CMS detector. Alongside a few scattered splashes of colour, two jets can be clearly seen extending outwards from the centre.
2026/04/22

The inner lives of quarks: particle physics team scutinises elementary particles for a possible internal structure

Blue logo with stylized chip icon on the left and the text “Northern Chip Network” on a light background.
2026/04/20

Northern Chip Network Launched: Northern Germany Pooling Microelectronics Expertise

Symbolic image
2026/04/14

World Quantum Day 2026 at DESY Showcases Technologies and Innovations

A large number of blue balls labelled "H2" accumulated along the surface of a shiny metallic surface.
2026/04/13

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

An illustration for Jugend forscht 2026, showing a child with technical drawings coming out of the child's eyes.
2026/04/10

DESY and “Jugend forscht”: young talent meets cutting-edge research

Particle collision in the CMS detector: the layers of the detector array are indicated against the dark background; tracks emerge from the centre, ending in red blocks on the left and a purple arrow on the right.
2026/04/08

DESY particle physicists measure up the W boson

A woman smiles on the left side of the picture; an emblem for the Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences is on the right.
2026/03/31

Freya Blekman elected to Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities

An overhead image of the DESY campus with the new planned synchrotron PETRA IV highlighted as a glowing blue ring.
2026/03/27

DESY’s future project PETRA IV wins over the German Science Council: A strong signal for a political decision

Schematic view of a South Pole research station with IceCube detector strings in the ice below, its detector spheres lit up in different colours.
2026/03/26

An extragalactic neutrino peak

Portrait of a smiling scientist
2026/03/18

DESY scientist Federico Meloni takes up professorship at the University of Bern

Glowing molecular structures float in a starry sky above a radiant diamond, symbolizing chemical composition.
2026/03/09

When carbon and nitrogen meet under pressure

Colourful picture of steering-wheel type shapes representing molecules in motion
2026/03/05

The molecules go round and round: research team proves that it can use light to make molecules rotate on quantum materials

Close-up of several glowing golden optical microresonators on a dark background, each showing concentric ring patterns with wave-like intensity modulations, connected by diagonal straight waveguides.
2026/03/05

EU funding for new super-oscillator chip technology

Dr. Martin Keller greets a person with a handshake in a modern glass building, surrounded by colleagues.
2025/03/04

"We move together, as a country, as researchers"

A particle event in the CMS detector: colourful geometric shapes against a black background. Jets produced by particle decays are represented by yellow cones; electrons produced in the same process are represented by green lines.
2026/02/27

DESY researchers discover new particle combination

Observatory with large telescope on mountain ridge beneath clear starry sky and bright planet.
2026/02/26

Research platform for measurement data from the depths of the universe

A depiction of a protein being surrounded by other proteins.
2026/02/23

Sluggish motion in tiny egg yolk cages

BlueMat logo. X-ray laser examination of water in nanoporous material, with the Hamburg skyline in the background.
2026/02/13

Novel materials – inspired by water!

A round sensor complex is lowered into a hole in the thick ice.
2026/02/12

Successful upgrade of the the IceCube Neutrino Observatory with major German contributions

Long underground tunnel with large yellow pipelines and technical equipment in an industrial facility.
2026/02/11

European XFEL celebrates successful restart

Abstract depiction of glowing, crumpled nanostructures with lattice networks and a spherical structure in the background.
2026/02/04

A chemical reaction in X-ray vision

Three men stand next to each other smiling.
2026/02/03

From photon science to fusion: funding for fusion energy laser development

A block of red glassy stone with the 3D model of an ant superimposed.
2026/01/30

The amber beamline and the Goethe ant

Blue graph of three schematic atoms dancing around each other
2026/01/29

Watching atoms dance

Schematic representation of an undulator structure in which the magnets are shown as blocks facing each other and beams representing light and electron beams cross between them via a pair of mirrors on both sides.
2026/01/28

Lasing achieved with hard X-rays in a resonator

Elegantly dressed research director stands in front of a blackboard in a well-filled lecture hall and smiles at the audience.
2026/01/28

A week dedicated to photon science

Graph showing NRVS spectra of oxidized (red) and reduced (blue) flavodiiron NO reductase
2026/01/23

Researchers reveal how harmful bacteria disable a key defence molecule of the body

A woman and a man stand in front of a green background, smiling.
2026/01/23

Wilfried Wurth Prize goes to Smaranika Banerjee and Lukas Bruder

DESY
2026/01/15

DESY stands with the Iranian employees

Prof. Erich Lohrmann giving a lecture with headset in front of a chalkboard with physics sketches and formulas.
2025/01/15

Erich Lohrmann 1931-2026

Five young researchers sit together around a laptop at a white table
2026/01/14

A whole new league

Jens Schröder in a portrait taken outside a brick building with an industrial look.
2026/01/05

Former GEO editor-in-chief Jens Schröder becomes Chief Communication Officer at DESY

Portrait of a smiling woman with light brown hair.
2026/01/05

Charlotte Uetrecht appointed new Scientific Director of CSSB

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