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8 September 2026|MIN-en

North German Science Prize for Cluster Research

Every two years, the North German Science Prize is awarded for outstanding achievements in the context of exceptional cross-state research collaborations. This year, the focus is on the life sciences. Among the recipients is a project in which cluster spokesperson Prof. Henry Chapman has a leading role.

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Chayanit Asawatangtrakuldee receiving the Beate Naroska Guest Professorship

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2 September 2026|Equal Opportunity

"Keep Going, Do What You Love, See Where it Takes You"

"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", says Chayanit Asawatangtrakuldee, this year's Beate Naroska Junior Guest Professor. Recently, Quantum Universe sat down with her to talk about her journey in academia and...

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CMS detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

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21 August 2026|Research

In Search of Unknown Forces

The CMS experiment at CERN, with key contributions from the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe at the University of Hamburg, sets the world's most precise limits yet on how force-carrying particles interact — narrowing down where new, undiscovered physics could be hiding.

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12 August 2026|MIN-en

Wolfgang Parak honored as SPIE Fellow

Prof. Wolfgang Parak has been named a Fellow of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE). This honor recognizes outstanding contributions to optics and photonics through technical achievements, as well as strong commitment to the community and the field of research.

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29 July 2026|Forschung

Video insights into research on new functionalities of matter

Shooting lasers at matter to find answers to unsolved questions. For Kai-Fu Wong, this is everyday life in the lab. His specialty is ultrashort pulses in the attosecond and femtosecond range, which allow for particularly precise investigation of states of matter. At the Bahrenfeld campus in Hamburg, he especially values the...

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29 July 2026|MIN-en

Ultrafast X-ray flashes heal the damage they cause

The interaction between X-rays and matter can be actively controlled: an international research team led by the University of Hamburg and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has succeeded in producing bright X-ray images that come with significantly less damage. In Nature Communications, the researchers report the use of...

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