News2 September 2026|Interview"Keep Going, Do What You Love, See Where it Takes You"Photo: UHH/Fuchs"I think female scientists nowadays have more opportunities and more platforms where they can show their talent and show the world what they can do"...25 August 2026|Quantum Universe€20,000 For Your Postdoc ProjectPhoto: Torben Skrzypek / Massimiliano AntonelloThe QU Postdoc Grant, organized by the QU Postdoc Council, supports postdoctoral researchers within the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe in...21 August 2026|Research HighlightIn Search of Unknown ForcesPhoto: CERN/Maximilien Brice, Michael Hoch, Joseph GobinThe CMS experiment at CERN, with key contributions from the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe at the University of Hamburg, sets the world's most...19 August 2026|InterviewWhat Makes a Good Supervisor?Photo: UHH/ Rahul CecilYou’ve been supervising doctoral students for many years. How long have you been doing this, and what has shaped you in the process? I’ve been...19 August 2026|InterviewSamuel BauerPhoto: Bauer PrivateSince moving to Hamburg, Samuel has started a PhD in the group of Prof. Dr. Christoph Schweigert working on developing a deformation theory of...18 August 2026|InterviewAdriel Ernesto RodríguezPhoto: Rodriguez PrivateAfter a bachelor’s degree in Cuba, a postgraduate diploma in Italy, Adriel moves to Germany to the Hamburger Sternwarte to pursue a PhD in the group...10 August 2026|InterviewSolar Eclipse: When the Sky Grows DarkPhoto: P. Horálek/ESO https://www.eso.org/public/germany/images/eso1822g/On the afternoon of 12 August 2026, the Moon will pass in front of the Sun – and for a few minutes, some parts of Europe will become as dark as...Contribution from the university's newsroom27 July 2026|CampusParticles, Strings and Cosmology: Two Weeks of Physics in HamburgPhoto: UHH/SchlotfeldtIn July, the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe hosted this year's edition of the Hamburg International Summer School "Particles, Strings and...20 July 2026|ResearchMilestone for the LISA Space MissionPhoto: NASAA precision measuring device developed at the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe at the University of Hamburg has arrived at a partner laboratory...Contribution from the university's newsroom16 July 2026|ResearchThe Magic Number of Physics — and a New Clue to Its OriginPhoto: UHH/ Banerjee1/137 — this simple yet significant number has both fascinated and frustrated generations of physicists. Robi Banerjee, Professor at the Observatory...7 July 2026|ResearchCould unknown particles be hiding at the LHC? New prototype takes its first dataPhoto: University of A Coruña/Titus MombächerA new prototype detector called CODEX-beta has now recorded its first data at CERN. It is designed to test a different way of searching for hidden...6 July 2026|ResearchEuclid discovers the oldest quasars in the universePhoto: ESAAn international team, including researchers from the University of Hamburg Observatory, has discovered 31 of the oldest quasars ever found using the...Contribution from the news channel MIN-en2 July 2026|EventWelcome to the Sternstunden Festival 2026!Photo: bei cherryontop/Sternstunden FestivalOn July 17 and 18, the University of Hamburg Observatory invites you to the fourth annual Sternstunden Festival in Bergedorf. In a summery festival...Contribution from the university's newsroom26 June 2026|ResearchArtificial Intelligence Speeds Up Higgs Research at CERNPhoto: AG HallerAt CERN, millions of particle collisions occur every second—far too many to store them all. A clever filtering system therefore decides in real time...24 June 2026|Quantum UniverseNew European Postdoctoral Fellowship for Quantum UniversePhoto: Dimitra SpatharaDr. Dimitra Spathara, a materials scientist specializing in computational thermodynamics and advanced alloy design, has been awarded a Marie...24 June 2026|Quantum UniverseQuantum Universe Particle Physicist Krisztian Peters Secures ERC Advanced GrantPhoto: DESY, Marta MayerKrisztian Peters has now secured the exceptionally high sum of 3.4 million euros from the European Research Council (ERC) to develop a new detector...18 June 2026|QU Research HighlightsTranslating Physics into MathematicsPhoto: Q. Bonnefoy et.al (2025)Paula Pilatus has been a PhD student at Quantum Universe since October 2022 and conducts research at the intersection of mathematics and physics. Her...16 June 2026|InterviewMahtab Jalal VandiPhoto: Mahtab Jalal VandiMahtab was captured by the scientific atmosphere at DESY through the DESY Summer Student Program, which she attended remotely from Iran. Inspired by...16 June 2026|InterviewWendy WallacePhoto: Wendy WallaceFor the past few years, Wendy has used Machine Learning to study neutron stars. After a year as a research assistant at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight...8 June 2026|Quantum UniverseMatthias Schröder Appointed New Higgs Coordinator for CMSPhoto: Matthias SchröderThere is exciting news from the Higgs division of Quantum Universe Cluster of Excellence: Starting in September 2026, Dr. Matthias Schröder of the...Show all news
