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Photo: Superflux, for the Earth Commission/Global Commons Alliance

12 September 2024|Publication

Research reveals path to prosperity for planet and people if Earth’s critical resources are better shared

New research published in “The Lancet Planetary Health” with contributions by the Department of Biology of Hamburg University shows that the planet will only remain able to provide even a basic standard of living for everyone in the future if economic systems and technologies are dramatically transformed and critical...

Diagram of orbital shape (eccentricity) vs. black hole mass for black hole binaries.

Photo: M. Koschnitzke & M. Bošković et al. (2024)

5 September 2024|Publication

Eccentric Black Hole Binaries Could Point to a New Fundamental Particle

Three researchers from the Quantum Universe Excellence Cluster have found that observing black hole binaries with a higher than expected orbital eccentricity could hint at the existence of an unknown fundamental particle. Ultra-light particles, much lower in mass than any known particle, are well-motivated dark matter...

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Image of the computer simulation, spindle apparatus in blue on a black background.

Photo: Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge/Nedelec

27 August 2024|Publication

Computer simulation of the plant spindle opens up new possibilities in cell division research

An interdisciplinary research team led by the Department of Biology at University of Hamburg and the Sainsbury Laboratory in Cambridge (England) has created the first three-dimensional computer simulation of a spindle. This simulation can now be used to better understand fundamental principles of cell division and has been...

search results - kinetic mixing angle vs mass - for dark photon dark matter from the MADMAX Prototype

Photo: MADMAX Collaboration – Egge, J. et al. (2024)

19 August 2024|Publication

MADMAX Prototype Searches for Dark Photon Dark Matter with Thousand-fold Improvement

MADMAX (Magnetized Disc and Mirror Axion eXperiment) at University of Hamburg & DESY is being developed to look for Galactic axion dark matter using a dielectric boosted haloscope. Recently, the MADMAX Prototype experiment at the shielded laboratory hall SHELL produced its first science result by searching for dark matter...

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Gravitational wave strain vs. frequency (in Hertz) with the red line depicting the signal generated by local cosmic strings

Photo: Servant, G. and Simakachorn, P. (2024)

14 August 2024|Publication

The Imprint of Cosmic Strings in High Frequency Gravitational Waves

Wrinkles in the fabric of spacetime, known as cosmic strings, which might have formed in the early Universe, could be a dominant source of gravitational waves at ultra-high frequencies, according to new theoretical calculations by Géraldine Servant of the University of Hamburg and DESY and Peera Simakachorn of the...

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Scientific illustration of phase transition

Photo: AG Hemmerich

31 July 2024|Publication

From a continuous to a discrete time crystal

An international team of physicists from Universität Hamburg, the University of the Philippines, and the University of São Paulo has recently observed a phase transition from a continuous to a discrete time crystal. This work has now been published by the renowned scientific journal "Reports on Progress in Physics".

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