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European XFEL
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An international research facility that generates extremely intense X-ray flashes used by researchers from all over the world. Learn more on www.xfel.eu
The Lighthouse becomes an #art #gallery once again: Christian Lünig sets #focus on #research #facilities.
‘Icons of Research’ – the aesthetics of modern research facilities
by Christian Lünig at the Lighthouse Visitor Centre
Opening reception: Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 6 to 7:30 p.m.
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We’re proud to share that @EuropeanXFEL, together with our partner #DESY, is co-hosting our first Executive Roundtable at the #FallingWalls #ScienceSummit25 in Berlin! We look forward to the discussions ahead—and to building bridges that make scientific collaboration stronger than ever.
November 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Into #sciencecommunication? Become part of PAERI‘26, too.

sixth international „Public Awareness and Engagement with Research Infrastructures“ conference, PAERI’26. Theme: Navigating Science Communication in a Shifting Landscape.
Registration is open The conference will take place 18-20 March 2026.
November 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The Free and Hanseatic City of #Hamburg and the state of #Schleswig-Holstein today announced their joint support for #fusion -related #research at European XFEL.
Find more details on www.xfel.eu
October 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
European XFEL welcomes the #German government's plans to promote #fusion-related #research - the High-Tech Agenda Germany #HTAD.
The world's largest #X-ray #laser, the European XFEL near #Hamburg, is predestined for investigating fundamental processes of fusion.
October 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Using the two powerful lasers of HED HIBEF, Alejandro Laso from @hzdr.bsky.social tests an imaging method and a new setup for small-angle #X-ray scattering. He is interested in the study of foams. HED HIBEF can also help to understand processes like nuclear #fusion.
youtu.be/hOlkZ2VgxHg?...
Studying foams and the interior of planets with HED HIBEF
YouTube video by EuropeanXFEL
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Es werde Licht!

European XFEL Geschäftsführer Thomas Feurer stellt heute Abend (23. Oktober, von 18 bis 19.30 Uhr) im Wissenschaftserlebniszentrum Lighthouse die Kraft von Forschungslasern vor.

Der Eintritt ist frei.

Der Vortrag ist auch online zu verfolgen: indico.desy.de/event/49097/
October 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Warm ice in the X-ray laser
Researchers from the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) explore unusual forms of ice at room temperature under extreme pressure at the @europeanxfel.bsky.social and DESY. Find all details and original source on www.xfel.eu
October 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Researchers and staff at European XFEL, are glad to hear that Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi have been awared the #NobelPrize in #Chemistry. Samples from Professor Omar M. #Yaghi's lab were examined at EuXFEL in 2022.

#research #congratulations
October 9, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Thank you @rothlabs.bsky.social for your efforts in building this important bridge between @tubaf.bsky.social and @europeanxfel.bsky.social 🙏
🚀 Record set! For the 11th year running, 44 students from @tubaf.bsky.social joined the annual Materials research with X-ray free-electron lasers lecture series at @europeanxfel.bsky.social —the largest group yet! 🔬🎓
Lab visits & a growing pipeline of future scientists.
www.xfel.eu/news_and_eve...
XFEL: Freiberg Lectures: Eleventh year breaks records
www.xfel.eu
October 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
44 students of TU Bergakademie Freiberg visited European XFEL as a part of the annual lecture course.
For eleven years now, a unique cooperation has been giving students at TU Bergakademie Freiberg @tubaf.bsky.social #Freiberg an insight into the world of the X-ray free-electron laser (#XFEL).
October 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Reposted by European XFEL
Last day of our lecture series “Materials Research at X-ray Free-Electron Lasers” @europeanxfel.bsky.social! After 13 sessions, our students are FEL-ready. Huge thanks to all lecturers—and best of luck with the exam! #TUBAF #EuXFEL
September 26, 2025 at 6:14 AM
The European XFEL has a new electron source installed at the injector on the DESY campus. The new source, called GUN5, was developed and tested at DESY's Photo #Injector Test Facility in Zeuthen (PITZ) and will enable even shorter pulses at the world's largest X-ray laser. Find mor on www.xfel.eu
September 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
European XFEL and the University of Kosice, Slovakia, have signed a framework agreement for joint co-operation. The agreement gives research groups from the Slovakian university the opportunity to carry out cutting-edge #research at European XFEL.
September 17, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Congratulations! Prof. Dr. Beata Ziaja-Motyka, Group Leader at the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science at DESY, Full Professor at the Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN), and close partner of European XFEL, has been awarded the Polish. Bronze Cross of Merit. xfel.eu
September 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Ferroelectrics are promising candidates for the electronics of tomorrow. An experiment at the world’s largest X-ray laser – the European XFEL in Schenefeld near Hamburg – now shows that their properties can be controlled with high precision at ultrafast time scales –using light. Details: www.xfel.eu
September 2, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Follow us to the #tunnels.

For more than eight years, the #temperature inside the European XFEL #electron accelerator was minus 271 degrees Celsius. Now, for the first time, the #accelerator has been slowly warmed up to room temperature for mandatory #maintenance and extensive conversion work.
August 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Reposted by European XFEL
An international, interdisciplinary team, succeeded in visualizing the collective trembling of an entire molecule 👉 Read more www.cui-advanced.uni-hamburg.de/cui-advanced... @europeanxfel.bsky.social #DESY @maxplanck.de
August 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
An international team of researchers (e.g. slac_lab ) at European XFEL in Schenefeld near Hamburg, Germany has produced the first solid chemical compound of gold and hydrogen so-called gold hydride: This discovery contradicts the previous assumption that gold hardly reacts with hydrogen. xfel.eu
August 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Celebration of Pride Week 2025

At European XFEL, we are proud to be an international, science-driven community where individuality and #diversity are truly valued.
Several European #XFEL staff members have offered to share their stories about being LGBTQI+ in #STEM:
www.xfel.eu/news_and_eve...
July 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Attention #PHD-Students
@europeanxfel.bsky.social offers young researchers direct access to the international scientific community and unique opportunities to help shape cutting-edge research. Most recent proof:the annual "Students' and Science Days" - A three-day conference in the Lüneburg Plains.
July 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Minus 196 degrees Celsius- liquid #nitrogen is perfect for cooling down the ingredients for vegan ice cream in no time at all.
Experience this at the Open Day at European XFEL, the world's largest X-ray research laser, on Saturday, 28 June, 12 noon to 6 pm. Admission is free - programme on homepage!
June 25, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Groundbreaking experiment at European XFEL: Research team of @University of Rostock and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf ( @www.helmholtz.de HZDR) measured structure of #liquidcarbon for the first time. Find more report in
@nature.com
(DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09035-6).
May 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Impressive teamwork! Thanks @hzdr.bsky.social for your impact at this groundbreaking experiment.
Liquid carbon is proposed to exist in the interiors of planets and plays a key role in technologies such as nuclear fusion. A team from HZDR, @europeanxfel.bsky.social and University of Rostock has now succeeded for the first time in studying carbon in its liquid state.

www.hzdr.de/presse/liqui...
May 26, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Groundbreaking experiment at European XFEL: Research team of University of Rostock and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) measured structure of liquid carbon for the first time (illustration: Martin Kuensting / HZDR). Find more report in @nature.com (DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09035-6).
May 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM