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The MPSD investigates dynamical phenomena within matter down to the elementary timescales of atomic and electronic motions.
Shared space: The Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL)
Scientific collaboration: Researchers from the MPSD, the Universität Hamburg and DESY come together at the CFEL.
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New MPSD Director: Philip Moll from EPFL in Switzerland joins the Institute as its third director.
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A new supercomputer capable of handling highly data-intensive calculations for the MPSD and the Max ...