News (2024)11 December 2024|InterviewAaron HoferPhoto: Aaron HoferAaron Hofer hails from a small village in the Austrian Alps near Salzburg. He earned his Master's degree in Physics from the University of Vienna in...11 December 2024|InterviewTom KrokotschPhoto: Tom KrokotschTom Krokotsch comes from Hamburg. After completing his Master's degree at the University of Cambridge in 2023, he began his doctorate in Quantum...4 December 2024|CHAMPPERC Starting Grant for Aditya PathakPhoto: Marta Mayer, DESYDESY theorist Aditya Pathak has been awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) ― one of the most coveted European research...25 November 2024|CHAMPPWelcome aboard: Prof. Dr. Luisa Lucie-Smith strengthens the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural SciencesPhoto: privatEvery year, University of Hamburg welcomes many new researchers. Here, we present part of a series to introduce them and their areas of research. This...Contribution from the university's newsroom20 November 2024|CHAMPPHertha Sponer Prize 2025 for Katharina BehrPhoto: Carsten DammannKatharina Behr receives the Hertha Sponer Prize 2025 of the German Physical Society (DPG) for her outstanding experimental contributions to the search...19 November 2024|Research HighlightUnveiling the Universe's 'Ghost' MatterPhoto: MPE/Xiaoyuan ZhangA team of scientists using the eROSITA X-ray telescope has shed light on one of the most elusive components of the universe: the warm-hot...5 November 2024|Research HighlightMystery of Supersonic Turbulence SolvedPhoto: Evan Scannapieco et al. (2024)Which clumps of interstellar gas will collapse under gravity to form stars and which clumps will not? This is related to a key problem in turbulence...4 November 2024|Research HighlightOrigin of the Cosmic Hum - Phase Transition or Primordial Black Holes?Photo: Carlo Tasillo & David WeirNew ideas for the origin of the ‘cosmic hum’ have been further developed in a couple of recent studies by Excellence Cluster Quantum Universe...30 October 2024|DiversitydynaMENT kick-off breaks new groundPhoto: Eva PetersDaring to try something new, facilitating change - these are topics that come up again and again in the mentoring process. This year, the kick-off of...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging of Matter29 October 2024|DiversityBeate Naroska Guest Professorships 2024Photo: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München/STERN-Fotoarchiv/Jay UllalFor the fifth time, the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe invites applications and nominations for its Beate Naroska Senior and Junior Guest...23 October 2024|Research HighlightDetailed study of collisions with top quarks points to unknown structurePhoto: CMS CollaborationA group of scientists from the University of Hamburg’s cluster of excellence Quantum Universe and DESY in collaboration with the University of...16 October 2024|CHAMPPPanofsky Prize for Eckhard Elsen and Robert KlannerPhoto: UHH/FIASNext spring, particle physicists Eckhard Elsen and Robert Klanner will be awarded the W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics by the...9 October 2024|ResearchHow the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics is linked to Quantum Universe researchPhoto: Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesThe 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John J. Hopkins (Princeton University, USA) and Geoffrey E. Hinton (University of Toronto, Canada)...2 October 2024|Quantum UniverseNew webinar series on mental healthPhoto: PixabayThe Clusters of Excellence at the University of Hamburg have joined forces to provide a more extensive webinar offer on mental health. Together with...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging of Matter24 September 2024|Research HighlightLHC experiments observe quantum entanglement at the highest energy yetPhoto: CERNFor the first time, quantum entanglement has been observed at energies as high as 13 TeV. This remarkable result stems from top quark measurements by...24 September 2024|Research HighlightAnother Step towards a Storage Ring-based Gravitational Wave ObservatoryPhoto: Schmirander, T. et al. (2024)In a unique collaboration of the Hamburg Observatory and the Institute of Experimental Physics of the University of Hamburg, which was fostered by the...20 September 2024|Research HighlightFirst Limits on Axion Dark Matter from MADMAXPhoto: Ary dos Santos Garcia, B., et al. (MADMAX Collaboration (2024)For its first time, the MADMAX (Magnetized Disc and Mirror Axion eXperiment) collaboration has set limits on axion dark matter with its prototype...18 September 2024|InterviewSara BiancoPhoto: Sara BiancoSara Bianco comes from Gallipolli, Italy. She completed her Master's degree in Bologna in autumn 2023 with a thesis on searches for light dark matter...18 September 2024|InterviewRigers AliajPhoto: Rigers AliajOriginally from Vlorë, Albania, and raised in Athens, Greece, Rigers Aliaj completed his bachelor’s degree in physics in Athens and earned a Master’s...17 September 2024|ResearchW boson on the particle scalePhoto: CMS/CERNScientists need to know just how much mass the W boson has in order to check whether their theoretical predictions hold and spot deviations from them...More articles
