Physics and materials science

A research team at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has made an important advance in quantum physics and materials research: For the first time, nuclear spins in a molecular material could be optically initialized, controlled and read out.

Nudibranchs create their colourful patterns using structural colours, which they arrange in microscopic dots similar to Impressionist paintings.

Researchers have produced exceptionally long chains of an electrically conductive polymer known as poly(p-phenylene) (PPP).

Chemistry: A sophisticated process stacks dye molecules in such a way that their luminosity increases significantly as their size grows - a significant step forward for the electronics of tomorrow.

Unconventional, without a rigid agenda, and pleasantly informal: the "Hemdsärmelkolloquium" (Häko) follows this tradition to a T-this time at the University of Bonn.

The University and University Hospital of Würzburg have demonstrated magnetic particle imaging on humans for the first time. The new procedure enables radiation-free visualisation of blood vessels in real time.