News1 November 2025|CampusUlrich Husemann takes over DESY's research division for particle physicsPhoto: DESY, Jörg MüllerDESY has a new research director for particle physics: Ulrich Husemann, formerly professor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), assumes the...30 October 2025|DiversitydynaMENT: An entertaining and festive kick-off event to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the mentoring programPhoto: UHH/CUI, Cordula KropkeThis year, the dynaMENT program's kick-off event was all about celebrating its tenth anniversary. Previous participants were given a festive send-off...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging of Matter24 October 2025|Research HighlightCMS experiment observes rare top quark interactionPhoto: CMS CollaborationThe CMS experiment reports the first observation of a top quark produced together with a W and a Z boson. A team led by Quantum Universe key...21 October 2025|Quantum UniverseThe sky in all colorsPhoto: AIP/R. de Jong, CRAL/J.-K. Krogager, Background: Harshwardhan Pathak/Telescope LiveA few days ago, the European Southern Observatory put a new type of instrument into operation: the 4-meter Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope...13 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...Show all news
