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Magnetization can be switched with a single laser pulse. However, it is not known whether the underlying microscopic process is scalable to the…

The membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin is a proton pump, in which proton transport is initiated by the light-induced isomerization of the chromophore…

A new experimental approach provides the long-awaited tools to understand the role of electrons in the molecular chiral reactivity and offers a way to…

The Meggers Award of OPTICA (formerly the Optical Society) was established in 1970 to honour the memory of William F. Meggers, an American physicist…

In recognition of her outstanding scientific work and its excellent presentation, Dr. Lisa-Marie Kern has been awarded the Dissertation Prize of the…

In a recent publication in Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07094-9, researchers at the Max Born Institute (MBI) in Berlin, Germany, and at…

The physicist establishes the Department of Precision Physics at the institute.

Professor Dr. Nathalie Picqué is establishing a new department as…

High-harmonic generation (HHG), a phenomenon awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for its realization in gases, has captivated researchers since its…

Materials that refuse to fit into theory are often the most fascinating. They challenge researchers to try harder to understand their peculiar…

A team of researchers from the Max Born Institute in Berlin has for the first time demonstrated attosecond-pump attosecond-probe spectroscopy (APAPS)…

An international team of researchers from the European XFEL together with colleagues from the Max Born Institute in Berlin, Universities of Berlin and…

The Royal Society of Chemistry has published the book "Structural Dynamics with X-ray and Electron Scattering" with a number of significant…

The ongoing war in Ukraine is severely hampering experimental research at their national facilities. It is therefore all the more important to help…