News13 October 2025|CHAMPPGerman CMS community meets in HamburgPhoto: UHH/RRZ MCC MentzFrom September 17 to 19, 2025, the University of Hamburg hosted the annual meeting of all German research institutes involved in the CMS experiment...10 October 2025|CampusThe University’s Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences Turns 20!Photo: Universität Hamburg/MIN/FuchsThe Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences at the University of Hamburg will celebrate its twentieth anniversary with a festive...Contribution from the university's newsroom7 October 2025|CHAMPPAward for Physics master's studentPhoto: UHH/AG GaruttiSince October, the Wübben Stiftung Wissenschaft (Wübben Foundation for Science) has been supporting Nabil Salama, a master's student at the Department...1 October 2025|Research HighlightThe Extreme Corners of Quantum GravityPhoto: van Beest, Calderón-Infante, Mirfendereski, Valenzuela (2022)Combining Quantum Mechanics and gravity into one theory is the theoretical challenge of the twenty-first century. The "Swampland Programme" aims to...30 September 2025|Research Highlight"Polarization Pairs" bring clarityPhoto: Craig LawrieA new framework introduces so-called polarization pairs as a datum necessary to have well-defined quantum field theories that involve self-dual gauge...29 September 2025|CHAMPPThe University’s new Science City lecture hall center is taking shape.Photo: Büro Luchterhandt & PartnerThe Science City is growing. And so is campus of the University of Hamburg and other scientific institutions in Bahrenfeld. Aiming to provide the...Contribution from the university's newsroom11 September 2025|DiversityFrom particle physics to AI: Physics Project Days for young female researchersPhoto: Roman KoglerThis year's Physics Project Days takes place from September 10 to 13 at Science City Hamburg-Bahrenfeld. The four-day event is aimed specifically at...Contribution from the news channel MIN-en28 August 2025|Research HighlightCMS experiment measures the mass of the W boson from hadronsPhoto: CMS CollaborationHadrons are particles made of quarks and gluons, and hundreds of them are produced in each particle collision at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). A...21 August 2025|CHAMPPThe Department of Physics mourns the passing of Prof. Dr. Herwig SchopperPhoto: S. J. Hertzog/CERNWith great sadness we have learned of the passing of our highly esteemed emeritus professor, Prof. Dr. Herwig Schopper. He passed away on August 19...Contribution from the news channel MIN-en21 August 2025|EventSummer brings international students to Quantum UniversePhoto: UHH/UllmannThis July, the Hamburg International Summer School “Particles, Strings and Cosmology” brought 27 students from 11 different countries to Hamburg. In...20 August 2025|Research HighlightA mysterious cloud near the Milky Way's black hole is being torn apartPhoto: Wasif ShaqilIn a recent paper published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, researchers from the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe have investigated a...8 August 2025|CampusInterdisciplinarity is keyPhoto: University of Hamburg / EngelsThe Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld is changing faster than any other research center in Hamburg. On occasion, we ask University of Hamburg members to...Contribution from the university's newsroom6 August 2025|ResearchGravitational waves from the SunPhoto: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team, E. Kraaikamp (ROB)It’s not just sunshine that comes from our nearest star — according to new research by IFIC, DESY and the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe at...6 August 2025|CHAMPPStudent project sets new limit for Axion Dark MatterPhoto: AG GaruttiA search for axion dark matter, this ambitious endeavor was successfully taken by the "Student Project for an Axion Cavity Experiment" (SPACE)...24 July 2025|Quantum UniverseCrucial progress in the MADMAX experimentPhoto: MPPIn the Shielded Experimental Hall (SHELL) at the University of Hamburg, an international research collaboration involving the Cluster of Excellence...22 July 2025|CampusSenate decides on the next steps for the Hamburg Fundamental Interactions LaboratoryPhoto: CF Møller ArchitectsWhat forces determine the behavior of elementary particles? And how have they significantly shaped the development of the universe? On the campus of...17 July 2025|ResearchSuddenly visible: New particle challenges Long-Held AssumptionsPhoto: Julia Münstermann (“Toponium, 2025, Cyanotype”)Researchers at the University of Hamburg and DESY have found evidence of the elusive toponium. With this discovery, the fundamental structure of...Contribution from the university's newsroom14 July 2025|CHAMPPAward for two mathematicians from the University of HamburgPhoto: UHH/Leon GoertzYesterday, the International Congress of Basic Science (ICBS) in Beijing presented Professors Mathias Schacht and Paul Wedrich with the prestigious...9 July 2025|CHAMPPMarie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship for astroparticle physicsPhoto: D. Spathara (left) and D. Papoulias (right)A Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship will start in February 2026 in the group of Prof. Dr. Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, experimental physicist at...9 July 2025|Research HighlightBeyond the backgroundPhoto: Anna Malin LemkeIn the summer of 2023, several pulsar timing array collaborations found the first evidence for the existence of a gravitational wave background, a...Show all news
