A surprising effect: a team led by DESY scientist and Hamburg University of Technology professor Patrick Huber has discovered a curious effect in nanoporous structures. These structures can take on water in tiny #nanopores that comprise their main body. The effect occurs when water flows through the nanopores, just as the water in a tree flows from the base up its trunk to the leaves. Instead of narrowing the nanopores, as the scientists had expected, the water makes the pores stretch out. The effect could be used in novel #detector technologies, such as #battery monitors that are relevant for #electriccars. The results have been published in PNAS. More info: https://lnkd.in/e2dwuQF6
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A team of researchers led by our colleague Patrick Huber has discovered a surprising phenomenon in a nanoporous material, replicating the astonishing property of trees to transport water up, creating the basis for a promising sensor technology. Instead of contracting, the material expands when water fills its pores. This discovery could revolutionize sensor technology, opening doors to innovative applications like battery monitoring and humidity sensors, with huge implications for electric vehicles and energy storage. More info: https://lnkd.in/eUv6mc6B Hamburg University of Technology #Nanotechnology #Sensors #EnergyTech
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Supporting scientists and students in Ukraine: Earlier this week, on October 1st and 2nd a small DESY delegation traveled to Kyiv to to demonstrate its solidarity with the Ukrainian scientific community. The delegation visited the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Bogoliubov Institute of Theoretical Physics and met with students of Taras Shevchenko University in Kyiv. Helmut Dosch, accompanied by Christian Stegmann, Director of Astroparticle Physics, Martin Sandhop, DESY expert for international relations and the Ukrainian DESY researcher Sergii Fomin, emphasised the importance of international cooperation and scientific freedom. During the visit, Helmut Dosch was awarded an honorary doctorate from the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine by Anatoly Zagorodny, its' President.
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ENCI on tour and hard at work: the unique mobile computer tomograph ENCI (short for “Extracting Non-destructively Cuneiform Inscriptions” and with a reference to Enki, the Sumerian god of wisdom) is with a team of scientists at the Muesum of Anatolian Civilzations in Ankara, looking into sealed cuneiform tablets. After a first successful stint at the Louvre in Paris earlier this year, this is ENCI's second international appearance. Very curious to see, what this state of the art and unique CT technology will reveal about civilizations, life or stories dating some 4000 years (more or less) back. A team from DESY and the University of Hamburg as part of the Excellence Cluster “Understanding Written Artefacts” developed and custom build ENCI together.
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As a partner in the HALRIC Hanseatic Life Science Research Infrastructure Consortium it is great to welcome a conference on campus and participate in the discussions highlighting the importance of cutting edge analytical methods at large research infrastructures. This is as well highlighted by Helmut Dosch, DESY‘s Chairman of the Directorate: “Health related research needs state of the art analytical methods. The large scale research infrastructure in Hamburg and Southern Sweden are unique tools, in order to achieve new insights and drive innovation. We are a HALRIC member, because we are committed to a common goal - to foster interdisciplinary research from basic academic research to application even in healthcare settings.“
What a fantastic start to the HALRIC Conference 2024 with a welcome to Hamburg by 2nd Mayor Katharina Fegebank and Hauke Heekeren, President of University of Hamburg🚀 On behalf of the #HALRIC partnership, Martin L. Olsson and Kajsa M Paulsson, Lund University were thrilled to welcome over 100 participants to the DESY and CFEL Campus and we are excited to kick of day 2 today with a keynote from Laura Marie Edinger-Schons on the topic of Innovating and collaborating for a sustainable future🌍 Yesterday’s highlight was an impactful panel session that officially launched HALRIC's strategic forum activities, bringing together thought leaders from politics, industry, academia, hospitals, and research infrastructures💥 A huge thanks to our esteemed panellists on the theme “Strategic Perspectives of Cross-Border Research and Innovation in the Life Science Sector” brought forward a dynamic discussion on critical topics and here are the headlines:, including: 🔸 Katharina Fegebank - Science has no borders and must still be a political priority from local to EU level! 🔸 Christian Gerloff - the life science sector must be prepared for the future and upcoming paradigm shift, moving from large clinical trials towards targed therapeutics. 🔸 Dave G Brown - be mindful that SMEs may not have the practical and legal overview when entering collaborations - they need support! 🔸 Thomas Feurer – Managing Director, European XFEL, Hamburg 🔸 Magali Poinot – the Innovative Health Initiative in Brussels is a European Life Science initiative that is ready to support! 🔸 Ulla Gro Nielsen – we must also think about the basic infrastructure in the region - otherwise the Scientists will not travel more than 200 km! 🔸 Finally Viktor Öwall strongly backed the introductory comment from Hauke Heekeren that HALRIC can play a key role in translating research problems to a solutions and today we will hear more from Selma Maric on that topic🎯 And a huge thanks to European XFEL for a fantastic tour and to Petter Magnusson Hartman, CEO Medicon Village for steering us so smoothly through the program on the first day. Arwen Pearson will be our moderator today and also welcome the conference delegates to a round table discussion at Hamburgs Advanced Research Centre for Bioorganic Chemistry (HARBOR) on the Bahrenfeld campus. Sarah Marshall-Bensch, Stephan Bouman, Maria Sundh, Claus Højlund, Medicon Valley Alliance #HALRIC2024 #LifeSciences #CrossBorderInnovation #ResearchAndDevelopment #SciencePolicy #Sustainability #Collaboration #InnovationEcosystem
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The Quantum technology roadmap for Brandenburg was presented today (24 September) together with partners from academia and industry, the roadmap highlights competencies in Brandenburg in regard to #quantumcimputing, #quantumsensor technologies and #quantummaterials. Colleagues from DESY Zeuthen joined the initiative withh teir competencies in quantum computing.
✔ Erfolgreiche Präsentation Roadmap Quantentechnologie für Brandenburg Um die Kompetenzen der Brandenburger Akteure im #Quantencomputing, #Quantensensorik und #Quantenmaterialforschung sichtbar zu machen und Kooperationen zu initiieren, haben sich Vertreter des Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, IHP, Technische Hochschule Wildau und des Photonics Cluster Berlin Brandenburg bei der WFBB zusammengeschlossen. Gemeinsam wurde die „Quantentechnologie Roadmap Brandenburg“ erarbeitet, die einen aktuellen Überblick über die beteiligten Akteure, gemeinsamen Ziele, Aktivitäten und Forschungsthemen bietet. Wir freuen uns sehr, dass wir Herrn Staatssekretär Tobias Dünow das Ergebnis unserer Arbeit heute vorstellen und ihm die Roadmap übergeben konnten. Der Transfer wissenschaftlicher Ergebnisse in die Wirtschaft und der Schulterschluss mit unseren Berliner Akteuren der BERLIN QUANTUM wird uns antreiben und neue Impulse für die Innovationskraft der #Hauptstadtregion liefern. #Quantentechnologie #zukunftausbrandenburg
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A busy Saturday evening on September 21st on the DESY Campus as the "Nacht der Kirchen" (Night of the Church) meets science. The motto "What do you believe" drew quite an interested crowd in guided tours, discussions and documentaries throughout the evening. Beate Heinemann welcomed the visitors and added her view on where science and religion meet by quoting Albert Einstein: “If God created the world, his primary concern was certainly not to make its understanding easy for us.” #ndkh24 #wasglaubstdudenn
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DESY can put in a big effort outside the lab too. A team comprising DESY staff members competed in Hamburg’s Dragon Boat Race on the Outer Alster Lake in the Hamburg city centre on 15 September. They took third place after a tight race! #dragonboatrace Auch außerhalb des Labors kann sich DESY mächtig ins Zeug legen. Ein Team aus DESY-Mitarbeitenden nahm am 15. September am Hamburger Drachenbootrennen auf der Außenalster in der Hamburger Innenstadt teil. Nach einem knappen Rennen belegten sie den dritten Platz! #drachenbootrennen
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CERN is turning 70 - reason enough to head to two lectures by our colleague Cigdem Issever in Berlin. Info below for Berlin based German speaking folks: Das Forschungslabor CERN ist eines der größten und renommiertesten Zentren für physikalische Grundlagenforschung der Welt und es feiert dieses Jahr sein 70-jähriges Bestehen. Das CERN wurde nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg gegründet, um über die gemeinsame Forschung Nationen zusammenzubringen. Es hat unser Verständnis der Welt der kleinsten Teilchen mit seinen Entdeckungen revolutioniert. Çiğdem İşsever wird über die jüngste Entdeckung des Higgs Bosons am CERN und dessen Auswirkungen sprechen: 17. September 2024, 19:30 Uhr URANIA Berlin | An der Urania 17, 10787 Berlin Tickets unter https://lnkd.in/eAQTNSzd 18. September 2024, 20:00 Uhr KulturRaum Zwingli-Kirche | Rudolfstraße 14, 10245 Berlin https://lnkd.in/eZT5DSne Eintritt frei Kein Zeit, nicht in Berlin? Die Timeline des Cern gibt einen faszinierenden Blick auf 70 Jahre Teilchenphysik: https://lnkd.in/ePyq4fHs
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The W Boson, one of the two carrier particles of the fundamental weak force, has been measured at unprecedented precision thanks to almost a decade of work by the international CMS Collaboration. The W boson is one of two particles that initiates energy production in the sun and all other stars and is responsible for a particular form of radioactive decay in the nuclei of atoms. DESY contributed significantly to this result, with our CMS group designing algorithms to describe the collision data taken at CERN in Geneva to help reach a huge level of precision. This is critical not just to understanding other phenomena at the quantum particle level, but also to better predict the activity of stars and the future of the universe. More here: https://lnkd.in/eHrK6CRi