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Living bryozoan Electra pilosa, Baltic Sea.

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4 June 2026|Publication

Fossils Provide New Insights into the Evolution of Life

An international research team, including scientists from the University of Hamburg, has identified fossils of bryozoans from the Early Cambrian period for the first time. The exceptionally well-preserved specimens demonstrate that this group of animals existed as early as 520 million years ago—and that the formation of...

Portrait of Oliver Gerberding

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3 June 2026|Research

Oliver Gerberding Appointed Germany’s Representative for the Einstein Telescope

Oliver Gerberding, Professor of Physics and Principal Investigator at Quantum Universe, has been appointed Germany’s representative in the Einstein Telescope Forum of National Representatives. He succeeds Michèle Heurs, who held the position for the past three years.

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Hospital scene: A nurse prepares an IV

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3 June 2026|Publikation

Pharmacological study: New antibiotics discovered to treat multi-resistant germs

A research team involving the University of Hamburg has discovered a new active substance in a soil bacterium that has already been extensively studied. The antibiotic identified, ‘manikomycin’, has been shown to be effective against multi-drug-resistant bacteria. Initial preclinical studies point to its potential. The...

European flags in Brussels

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2 June 2026|Campus

Prof. Dr. Judith Simon joins European Commission's AI Act Scientific Panel

Prof. Dr. Judith Simon has been selected as one of 60 independent experts to serve on the European Commission’s newly established AI Act Scientific Panel. The appointment is for two years and the result of a highly competitive selection process involving more than 1,000 applicants.

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Ein internationales Forschungsteam unter Leitung einer Forschungsgruppe der Universität Hamburg hat erstmals experimentell nachgewiesen, dass sogenannte Majorana-Zustände in atomar gefertigten magnetischen Atomketten bemerkenswert robust sind.

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26 May 2026|Publication

Toward a Robust Quantum Computer

An international research team led by a research group at the University of Hamburg has, for the first time, experimentally demonstrated that so-called Majorana states in atomically fab-ricated magnetic chains of atoms are remarkably robust. The findings provide experimental evidence for the theoretically predicted...

Beer coasters with lecture titles

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20 May 2026|Event

A first for Science on Tap: two Nights, double the fun in Hamburg’s pubs

How do you store the sun? Will AI take away my job? And how rough is water, actually? These are just a few of the many questions that experts entertain at Hamburg pubs for the Science on Tap event. On 3 and 4 June, researchers from DESY and the University of Hamburg will take over bars and pubs. Thanks to the huge interest...

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