Research Highlights (2026)29 April 2026|Research HighlightAdvancing Gravitational Wave Detectors by Increasing their Resilience to Scattered Light Induced noisePhoto: Voigt et.al (2025)Interferometers are a widely used tool to measure for example rotation or changes in distance. Depending on the level of sophistication, they can be...17 April 2026|Research HighlightCMS looks deep inside quarksPhoto: A.Iqbal/CMSThe CMS Collaboration has probed inside quarks to the scale of 10^(-20) metres to search for potential building blocks within them8 April 2026|Research HighlightSurprises at InfinityPhoto: UHH/Monnee, this image was created with the assistance of ChatGPTPhysicists often explore the edges of what is possible—pushing theories to their limits to understand how they work. But what if some of those limits...25 March 2026|Research HighlightUnraveling the Secrets of the Strong Force: A New Era of Precision at the LHCPhoto: Thomas Cridge, Giulia Marinelli, Frank J. TackmannScientists from the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe, University of Hamburg, and DESY are working towards a new era of precision at the Large...16 March 2026|Research HighlightSurface diagrams for quantum symmetriesPhoto: Max Demirdilek (2026)Symmetries are transformations that leave a physical system invariant and are thus essential for its analysis. A certain class of quantum field...11 March 2026|Research HighlightLittle Red DotPhoto: James Webb Space Telescope and UHH/MIN/SchindlerResearchers from the University of Hamburg, including Excellence Cluster Quantum Universe Key Researcher Dr. Jan-Torge Schindler, have discovered a...
