Uploaded January 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Being able to take pictures of atoms in motion is immensely useful for all sorts of science -- from energy research to protein synthesis. It is also immensely hard to do. Because atoms are not only small, they are very fast, too.
But with BESSY VSR, a group of scientists and engineers at Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin may have found a new way to look at atoms in action by squeezing in some extra electrons and generating strong short pulses of light. If they succeed, the BESSY II synchrotron will be able to provide both: brilliant long pulses and high energy short pulses for time resolved observation.
For more information: helmholtz-berlin.de/forschung/zukunftsprojekte/bessy-vsr_en.html
Concept and production: hgmedien.com
Animation and design: buerobewegt.com
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Being able to take pictures of atoms in motion is immensely useful for all sorts of science -- from energy research to protein synthesis. It is also immensely hard to do. Because atoms are not only small, they are very fast, too.
But with BESSY VSR, a group of scientists and engineers at Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin may have found a new way to look at atoms in action by squeezing in some extra electrons and generating strong short pulses of light. If they succeed, the BESSY II synchrotron will be able to provide both: brilliant long pulses and high energy short pulses for time resolved observation.
For more information: helmholtz-berlin.de/forschung/zukunftsprojekte/bessy-vsr_en.html
Concept and production: hgmedien.com
Animation and design: buerobewegt.com
Teilnehmer bei fastforwardscience.de
