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Thursday, Jul 11

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Thomson scattering: Reaching unmatched level

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Scientific journal emphasises the publication as "Editors' Suggestion". The findings are important for astrophysics and fusion research.

Monday, Jun 24

13

Annual Report 2023

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Now online!

Wednesday, Jun 19

01

Experimenting like grown-ups

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From November, school students will be able to immerse themselves in research at European XFEL. Bookings for the so-called Xcool Lab are already possible. (© European XFEL)

Monday, Jun 10

15

Dynamics of electron solvation in aqueous systems

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Linda Young and her team are investigating the ultrafast dynamics of ionisation processes at the SCS experiment station of European XFEL (© European XFEL)

Monday, Jun 3

20

The inception of carbon nanoparticles

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Andrea Comandini about Time-dependent measurements of carbon nanoparticle inception at European XFEL (© European XFEL)

Wednesday, May 29

Hands-on research

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VR goggles allow you to experience virtually what it's like in the underground tunnels of the European XFEL. (© European XFEL)

Monday, May 27

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Championing diversity

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German Diversity Day on 28 May 2024

Friday, May 24

Frozen noble gas in the accelerator

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X-ray of a crystal. The diffraction pattern results from 34,000 single-pulse x-ray exposures of a krypton jet shortly after the onset of crystal nucleation. The rings indicate x-ray scattering from specific molecular planes within the…

Tuesday, May 21

19

Preparing young engineers for cutting-edge science

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MEDSI Early Career Engineering School trained 80 young participants

Monday, May 20

01

Investigation of quantum vacuum birefringence

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Thomas E. Cowan about investigation of quantum vacuum birefringence using an X-ray dark-field technique (© European XFEL)

Thursday, May 16

Best Students’ Poster Award

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Thomas Feurer honours Sharmistha Paul Dutta and Giacomo Merzon on the occasion of the Students‘ and Science Days 2024. (© European XFEL, Gerhard Samulat)

Monday, May 13

19

Single-particle X-ray imaging of biomolecules

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Patrick Konold about single-particle X-ray imaging of biomolecules in solution at high repetition rate (© European XFEL)

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Finding the chink in corona’s armour

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Thomas Lane and colleagues in the control room of the SPB/SFX instrument at the European XFEL. (© European XFEL)

Wednesday, May 8

Monday, May 6

19

Iron-oxygen chemistry at FXE

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Serena DeBeer from Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion investigates compounds of iron with oxygen at the FXE experiment station of European XFEL in Schenefeld near Hamburg. (© European XFEL)

Thursday, Apr 25

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Girls' Day at European XFEL

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During Girls' Day on 25 April, 18 girls and two boys from grades four to eight had the opportunity to get to know work and research areas at European XFEL.

Tuesday, Apr 23

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New user video online

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Chintan Shah from NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre measures the lifetime of excited states of highly charged neon ions at SQS (© European XFEL)

Monday, Apr 22

Albert Einstein would have rubbed his eyes

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Although Albert Einstein dismissed entanglement as “spooky” the photoelectric effect, for which he got the Nobel Prize, presents a unique opportunity to study quantum entanglement.

Thursday, Apr 18

European XFEL elicits secrets from an important nanogel

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Above 32 °C, PNIPAm changes from a hydrophilic to a hydrophobic state. As a consequence, the nanogel particles rapidly change their size by expelling water. (© Felix Lehmkühler)

Wednesday, Apr 17

18

Röntgen medal for Robert Feidenhans'l

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The German Röntgen Museum honours Robert for his work on X-ray imaging methods.

Friday, Mar 22

17

European XFEL joins demonstration for Democracy

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Yesterday, employees and management of European XFEL took part in the rally "Typical Schenefeld – We live Democracy" in front of Schenefeld Town Hall to demonstrate their commitment to democracy and tolerance together with many Schenefeld…

Friday, Mar 15

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Nobel laureate Anne L'Huillier at European XFEL

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On Friday, 15 March 2024 Nobel laureate Anne L'Huillier gave the lecture "The route to attosecond pulses.

Wednesday, Mar 6

European XFEL celebrates International Women’s Day

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European XFEL celebrates International Women’s Day

Thursday, Feb 29

Nobel laureate Sir Kostya Novoselev visits European XFEL

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Sir Novoselev discussing with Andreas Scherz, leading scientist at the SCS instrument.

Tuesday, Feb 20

Wednesday, Jan 31

Milestone for superconducting undulator

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A European XFEL team has tested a mock-up coil of the superconducting undulator pre-series module (S-PRESSO) designed for an upgrade of the European XFEL reaching a world record magnetic field.

Thursday, Jan 25

European XFEL Young Scientist Award for Jiawei Yan

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Jiawei Yan of the FEL Physics group was awarded with the European XFEL Young Scientist Award.

Tuesday, Jan 23

Ultrafast excitations in correlated systems

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An international team of researchers including the European XFEL presents new ideas for ultrafast multidimensional spectroscopy of strongly correlated solids in Nature Photonics.

Friday, Jan 19

Photon Science Users' Meeting 2024

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This week, more than 1,100 participants take part in the Photon Science Users' Meeting 2024 at European XFEL and DESY. They come from more than 210 institutes out of 33 countries. Almost 350 posters are shown – most of them highlighting…

Monday, Jan 8

New findings on diamond rain on ice planets

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Researchers at the European XFEL suspect effects on complex magnetic field