The Innovationspark Altona in the west of Hamburg forms the northern gateway to Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld and is a key component of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg's innovation strategy. It is located in the immediate vicinity of the renowned Bahrenfeld research campus, which has developed into a global hotspot for structural research in recent years. With facilities such as the research center...
The Makerspace at DESY Innovation Factory offers experimental areas for 3D printing, mechanics and electronics for innovative product ideas from the deep tech sector. Prototypes are developed here and tested for their feasibility in reality. Office space, co-working spaces and rooms for community events are available for the evaluation and exchange of results. Book now Contact © DESY DESY Innovation...
Since 2005, FLASH, the world's first X-ray free-electron laser, has been generating a very special light at DESY in Hamburg: extremely intense, ultra-short pulsed X-ray laser flashes. Researchers from all over the world use it to track the movements of atoms and molecules. FLASH accelerates electrons to almost the speed of light. Special magnetic arrangements, the "undulators", then force the electrons onto a slalom course. In the curves...
People all over the world know Hamburg as a port city. In the world of science, however, Hamburg is primarily known as a location for particle accelerators. The particle accelerator PETRA generates synchrotron light - an ultra-bright X-ray light that allows researchers to look deep into materials and biological structures. This makes DESY's particle accelerators magnets for cutting-edge research: the X-ray light sources on the research campus -...
A research facility of superlatives is located in the Hamburg metropolitan region: the European XFEL generates ultra-short laser light flashes in the X-ray range - 27,000 times per second and a billion times more intense than the best conventional X-ray sources. The facility opens up completely new research opportunities for science and industry. As the main shareholder, DESY is heavily involved in the operation of the X-ray laser. Movies...
More information The research building HAFUN - Hamburg Fundamental Interactions Laboratory - is being planned for the "Quantum Universe" Cluster of Excellence. The HAFUN will be the new home for scientists in the field of physics and an architectural highlight at Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld. The research building will create a new anchor point for the University of Excellence Hamburg in this unique...
The DESYUM is the new visitor center at the research center DESY. From mid/end 2025, it will be an exhibition center, event venue and contact point for school classes, groups and visiting researchers on the Hamburg campus. The DESYUM will provide insights into DESY's world of research and promote dialog between science and the public. With its central location in the future Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld,...
The rooms at Notkestraße 9-11 are currently home to the I. Institute for Theoretical Physics, the Master's program in Physics, the Physics Nanopracticum and the Physics Department Management. Click here for the Department of Physics
The Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) is a partner in CFEL and researches the structure and atomic and electronic movements of matter using ultra-short flashes of light. To this end, the institute uses the unique variety of high-power radiation sources on the Bahrenfeld research campus. In addition to the CFEL building, the new MPSD research building has been a further building since the end of 2022...
Start-up Labs Bahrenfeld is an incubator for research start-ups with a physical or bio-physical background. These "deep-tech start-ups" not only need modern offices, fast internet and a good, start-up-friendly environment. They need complex laboratory and workshop space in order to manufacture their innovative high-tech products. At Start-up Labs Bahrenfeld, they will find everything they...
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