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- Observing the formation of new bonds in individual molecules
Researchers at European XFEL in Germany have tracked in real time the movement of individual atoms during a chemical reaction in the gas phase. Using extremely short X-ray flashes, they were able t...
- A new way to fine-tune exotic materials: Thin, stretch and clamp
One way to change the properties of a material is to stretch it just a wee bit, so its atoms are farther apart but the bonds between them don't break. This extra distance affects the behavior of el...
- Insight into catalysis through novel study of X-ray absorption spectroscopy
An international team has made a breakthrough at BESSY II. For the first time, they succeeded in investigating electronic states of a transition metal in detail and drawing reliable conclusions on ... - New methods for producing and characterizing attosecond X-ray pulses
European XFEL produces unfathomably fast X-ray pulses that are already being used by scientists to explore the unchartered territory of the atomic and molecular cosmos. Intense X-ray pulses lasting...
- A precise new way to study materials using X-ray free-electron laser
Scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have made the first direct measurements, and by far the most precise ones, of how electrons mov...
- X-ray experiment opens new route to study biochemical reactions
With a powerful X-ray camera, scientists have watched a genetic switch at work for the first time. The study led by Yun-Xing Wang from the National Cancer Institute of the U.S. reveals the ultrafas... - 'Schroedinger's Cat' molecules give rise to exquisitely detailed movies
One of the most famous mind-twisters of the quantum world is the thought experiment known as "Schroedinger's Cat," in which a cat placed in a box and potentially exposed to poison is simultaneously... - X-ray study reveals ultrafast dynamics of photoactive yellow protein
Using a high-speed X-ray camera, an international team of scientist including researchers from DESY has revealed the ultrafast response of a biosensor to light. The study, published in the US journ... - Computational method to visualize molecular dynamics
Let's say you're trying to pinpoint when a particular past event occurred, but your best possible estimate puts it only within a span of 10,000 years. Now imagine if something could shrink that win... - First X-ray laser simulation suite explores single-particle imaging
Imagine taking an atomic-resolution X-ray picture of any individual biomolecule, without growing crystals, which can be extremely time-consuming or, in some cases, even impossible. Called single-pa... - Novel concept for compact high-field high-repetition-rate accelerator-based Terahertz user facilities
Scientists at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) succeeded in constructing a prototype facility for research with high Terahertz (THz) fields. The performance of the TELBE facility was...
- Bonding behaviour of iron pentacarbonyl experimentally decoded
Following six years' work, an international team comprising eleven research institutions has been successful in observing precisely how light affects the outer electrons of a metallic compound and ...
- Characterization of X-ray flashes opens new perspectives in X-ray science
Ultra-short and extremely strong X-ray flashes, as produced by free-electron lasers, are opening the door to a hitherto unknown world. Scientists are using these flashes to take "snapshots" of the ... - X-ray laser imaging method successfully tested on nanoscale biological samples
An international team of scientists led by Uppsala University has developed a high-throughput method of imaging biological particles using an X-ray laser. Images obtained with this method show proj... - Observing electron clouds, scientists could improve chemical processes
With the help of an X-ray laser, a team of international researchers-including scientists from European XFEL, a new major science facility in the Hamburg metropolitan area, DESY, and the Max Planck... - New pulse monitor advances data analysis at X-ray free-electron lasers
Researchers from DESY and the U.S. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have developed a new tool to measure individual pulses of X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) with unprecedented time resoluti...
- The first atomic X-ray laser
In future, scientists should be able to observe more closely how plants generate sugar from the energy in sunlight or how electricity is generated from solar cells. Researchers at the Center for Fr...