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DESY: Where fundamental research meets innovation
When people hear the name DESY, they think of basic research. And that is what the German Electron Synchrotron, DESY, with its sites in Hamburg and Zeuthen near Berlin, is known for worldwide. Researchers from Germany and abroad use extremely intense, focused X-ray light – known as synchrotron radiation – to analyze the smallest building […]
- Innovation
- Science & Translation

Health, Connected: The One Health Approach
In May 2026, an entire cruise ship was turned into a quarantine station after several passengers fell ill with Andes virus, the only hantavirus species for which human-to-human transmission has been documented. Six months earlier, tens of thousands of cranes died from avian influenza, and hundreds of thousands of animals in poultry farms had to […]
- Innovation
- Science & Translation

The EU Urban Wastewater Directive and its implications
Traces of painkillers, antibiotics, and other pharmaceuticals can now be detected even in rivers and lakes – despite modern wastewater treatment plants. With the new Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive, the European Union is tightening requirements for clean water. The directive mandates a fourth treatment stage to filter out these micropollutants. Pharmaceutical and cosmetics manufacturers, in […]
- Business Nord