#hzdr — Public Fediverse posts

When #quantum computers freeze: Team at #HZDR demonstrates that the so-called quantum #Zeno effect can nearly halt computational processes as the number of #qubits increases – a dreaded phenomenon comparable to a traditional computer “freezing”.

Image: B. Schröder/HZDR

▶️ www.hzdr.de/presse/qzeno

Researchers at #HZDR, with support from #UFZ, developed two new methods based on hydrodynamic cavitation and cold atmospheric plasma with gas dispersion to break down “forever chemicals” of the #PFAS family, which are extremely resistant to chemical degradation.

Image: B. Schröder/HZDR

▶️ https://www.hzdr.de/presse/pfas

Team of #HZDR, #Wismut and University of Granada demonstrated that bacteria can convert #uranium dissolved in water into a stable compound when they have access to #glycerol as a food source, a finding relevant to future research on the use of bacteria for environmental #remediation.

Image: HZDR/J. Raff/E. Krawczyk-Bärsch/edited with AI

▶️ https://www.hzdr.de/presse/u-bacteria

Experiment reveals how electrons actually behave in warm dense matter
Researchers at #EuropeanXFEL, #HZDR, #unirostock and other collaborating institutions used high-precision experiments to demonstrate that most widely used models for the behavior of electrons in warm dense matter are inaccurate.
#WDM

▶️ https://www.hzdr.de/presse/wdal

Image: Thomas R. Preston/European XFEL

🎉 Reading the history of the universe in atoms from cosmic explosions: EU awards HZDR researcher prestigious multi-million-euro research grant

#erc.europa.eu announced today the winners of its latest #ERCAdG competition. Among the awardees: Anton Wallner from #HZDR with project #SUPREME. 👏 🎆

▶️ www.hzdr.de/presse/erc_adg
Image: Oliver Killig/HZDR

#UniverseToday:
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Plutonium in Earth Rocks Signals Long-ago Cosmic Collision
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"A small lump of rock pulled up from the Pacific Ocean seafloor in 1976 is giving scientists new clues about an ancient cosmic event. More than a hundred million years ago, two neutron stars collided. .."

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/plutonium-in-earth-rocks-signals-long-ago-cosmic-collision

18.6.2026

#ANSTO #Astrophysik #Cm247 #Curium247 #Eisen60 #Elementsynthese #Ferromangankruste #HZDR #Isotop
#Mangankruste #Plutonium244 #Pu244 #rProzess #Supernova #Tiefsee #Universum

#HZDR:
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Kosmische Zeitzeugen

Radionuklide in Tiefseeprobe deuten auf uraltes kosmisches Ereignis hin
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".. in einer Mangankruste aus der Tiefsee seltene radioaktive Isotope nachgewiesen und damit neue Einblicke in die Entstehung der schwersten Elemente im Universum gewonnen .."

https://www.hzdr.de/db/Cms?pNid=99&pOid=77856

15.6.2026

#ANSTO #Astrophysik #Curium247 #Eisen60 #Elementsynthese #Ferromangankruste #Isotop #Mangankruste #Plutonium244 #rProzess #Supernova #Tiefsee #Universum

Cosmic witnesses: An international research team led by #HZDR has detected #rare radioactive #isotopes in a #deep-sea manganese crust, providing new insights into the formation of the heaviest elements in the #universe.
#DREAMS #HIAF #ANU #VEGA #ANSTO

▶️ www.hzdr.de/presse/kosmische_zeitzeugen

Image: B. Schröder/HZDR/ NASA, ESA, J. Hester, A. Loll (ASU)

Sustainable magnetic field sensors – straight from the printer: Researchers led by #HZDR have developed printed magnetic field #sensors made from iron, iron oxide, and bio-based materials like cellulose or starch. The result: resource-efficient sensors that work reliably and can be safely recycled or degraded after use.

▶️ www.hzdr.de/presse/bio_spintronics

Image: Lin Guo

Understanding extreme states of matter faster: Researchers at #HZDR have developed a new procedure, enabling them to speed up computer simulations that analyze matter under extreme conditions.

@europeanxfel #fusion #X-ray #scattering #astrophysics #HIBEF

▶️ www.hzdr.de/presse/tddft_xrts

Image: Toma Toncian

Surrounded by stardust: Researchers led by #HZDR found #iron-60 from ancient stellar explosions in Antarctic ice, confirming that our Solar System is currently moving through the Local Interstellar Cloud – and Earth is still collecting traces of it today.

@awi #unibonn, #ANU

▶️ www.hzdr.de/presse/fe60_ice

Image: B. Schröder/HZDR/ NASA/Goddard/Adler/U.Chicago/Wesleyan

Neuer Wissenschaftspodcast bei @detektorfm: Wie sich mit Hilfe von Peptiden das Edelmetall Palladium aus Industrieabfällen recyceln lässt, erklärt Dr. Nora Schönberger vom #HZDR im #Forschungsquartett.

Jetzt reinhören: https://www.hzdr.de/db/Cms?pOid=77670&pNid=2172

Atoms vibrate on circular paths – with an unexpected twist: For the first time, researchers observe and control how angular momentum is transferred between vibrations of a crystal lattice.
#HZDR, #FHI, #TUD, @fzj #TU/e #THz

▶️www.hzdr.de/presse/pam

Magnetic “super lenses” for research under extreme pressure: A team including scientists from #HZDR succeeded in analyzing lanthanum #superhydrides, a class of promising high-temperature #superconductors, using #NMR spectroscopy.

Read more:
▶️ www.hzdr.de/presse/lenz_lens

Image: B. Schröder/HZDR

#OncoRay is receiving € 1.1 M in funding from #BMFTR under the program “Nuclear Safety and Radiation Research” for the joint project #MEDABIS-PRO.
#HZDR Carl Gustav Carus Faculty of Medicine at @tudresden

▶️ www.hzdr.de/presse/medabis-pro
Image: OncoRay

Image: OncoRay

@helmholtz launches major water research initiative: #HZDR contributes research on urban #resilience and river #ecosystem recovery with two projects – the URBAN-LE Solution Lab in Leipzig and the SOLVE initiative in the #Elbe River basin.
▶️www.hzdr.de/presse/solution_labs

A probing look at hot plasma: researchers at #HZDR and #EuropeanXFEL demonstrates how copper atoms shed electrons while combining two lasers: the X-ray free-electron laser and the high-intensity optical laser ReLaX at the HED-HiBEF experiment station.

▶️www.hzdr.de/presse/probing_hot_plasma

Image: B. Schröder/HZDR

„Dali wird Licht ins Dunkel bringen“: #Wissenschaftsrat empfiehlt Großforschungsanlage in #Dresden und kalkuliert 760 Mio. Euro für #Terahertz-Beschleuniger im #HZDR
https://oiger.de/2026/03/27/dresdner-forscher-wollen-materie-mit-millionenteurem-super-nacktscanner-dali-durchleuchten/197020
#Dali #Helmholtz #Rossendorf #Terahertz #Teilchenbeschleuniger #Quantentechnologie #Materialforschung

Meilenstein für die Krebsforschung: Das HZDR erhält ~5 Mio. € EU-Förderung für einen Ganzkörper-PET-Scanner. Er beschleunigt die Entwicklung neuer Radiopharmaka und stärkt die Präzisionsmedizin. #HZDR #Krebsforschung #PrecisionMedicine #PET
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2026/03/16/meilenstein-fuer-radiopharmazeutische-krebsforschung-und-praezisionsmedizin

#HZDR guest researcher Jason Ross awarded Roy G. Post Scholarship for research on removing #radioactive substances from the body: German-French #ActiDecorp project paves the way for new therapies against #actinide contamination.

#unistra.fr #UBE @tudresden #ASNR

Image: Peter Kaden

➡️ www.hzdr.de/presse/jross

Photokatalysatoren gesucht! Polyheptazin-Imide könnten für viele spannende chemische Reaktionen das Material der Wahl sein. Eine neue verlässliche & reproduzierbare theoretische Methode (schon validiert) hilft beim Eingrenzen der Kandidaten. #CASUS #HZDR
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2026/03/04/photokatalyse-hohe-erwartungen-an-materialklasse-untermauert

New #openaccess publication #SciPost #Physics

Experimental validation of TRIDYN self-sputtering simulations

Marie Deseyn, Michael Heines, Bart Caerts, Thomas Elias Cocolios, René Heller, Ulrich Kentsch, Goele Magchiels, Wolfhard Möller, Lino da Costa Pereira, André Vantomme, Wiktoria Wojtaczka, Qiang Zhao
SciPost Phys. 20, 055 (2026)
https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.20.2.055

#KULeuven #HZDR

A team at #HZDR has looked, for the first time, inside a #sodium-zinc molten salt #battery at ~600 °C using #X-ray imaging in real time during operation. Hidden aging processes were revealed: important information for simplified cell concepts for large-scale #energy storage.

▶️ www.hzdr.de/presse/x_ray_battery

Image: Martins Sarma, Natalia Shevchenko

New route into #2D materials: Research team from #TUD, #MPI-MSP and #HZDR produces ultra-clean #MXenes with outstanding electrical performance, opening the door to next-generation electronics, sensors, and energy technologies.
▶️ https://www.hzdr.de/presse/ti3c2cl2

Image: B. Schröder/HZDR

How does uranium from mining enter the environment? An international study investigates #uranium exposure in children living near South African #goldmines and reveals how this exposure is reflected in children’s #hair.
#HZDR #Wismut #VKTA #SAMRC #IARC #NWU #UJ #UKZN
▶️ www.hzdr.de/presse/uran_gold

Image: Angela Mathee

Team discovers unexpected oscillation states in magnetic vortices: Researchers at #HZDR have uncovered previously unobserved oscillation in tiny #magnetic vortices. The finding could serve as a universal adapter bridging electronics, #spintronics, and quantum devices.
▶️ http://www.hzdr.de/presse/floquet

How healthy are Brazil nuts really: The popular seeds, known as “#selenium bombs”, contain also traces of metals like #barium and #radium. Researchers at #HZDR and #VKTA conducted a study on the amounts of these elements that could enter the body during digestion.

Read more:
▶️ www.hzdr.de/presse/brazil_nut

Image: B. Schröder/HZDR

Kick-off für #SAXFUSION: Vertreter*innen aller Partnereinrichtungen trafen sich zum Start des sächsischen Netzwerks für #Fusionsforschung und -technologien am #HZDR. Nach der Eröffnung standen Austausch, nächste Schritte und Einblicke in den Elektronenbeschleuniger ELBE auf dem Programm.

Laser #light and the #quantum nature of #gravity: #HZDR scientist presents new concept for energy transfer between gravitational waves and light, conceiving an experiment through which gravitational waves can not only be observed but even manipulated.
▶️ www.hzdr.de/presse/light_graviton

Image: B. Schröder/HZDR

Nanomagnets with a special twist: Research team from #HZDR, #NTNU, and #IFJPAN has developed a method that facilitates the manufacture of efficient magnetic #nanomaterials based on inexpensive raw materials, using a highly focused ion beam.
▶️www.hzdr.de/presse/magnetic_nanomaterials

Image: Sander Münster/HZDR