Facultyof Mathematics, Informatics
and Natural Sciences

Using ultra-bright X-ray flashes, a team of researchers has tracked down a potential target for new drugs against sleeping sickness: The scientists have decoded the detailed spatial structure of a vital enzyme of the pathogen, the parasite Trypanosoma brucei. The result provides a possible blueprint for a drug that...

A group of scientists led by Holger Lange from the Universität Hamburg has analyzed the different effects underlying plasmon-enhanced catalysis. The researchers observed that non-thermal effects contribute significantly to the plasmonic enhancement, which is relevant for a wide range of reactions, for example water...

In honour of particle physicist Beate Naroska, who taught and conducted research at Universität Hamburg from 1989 to 2008, the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe is offering both a junior and senior guest professorship for the first time in 2020 in cooperation with DESY. The guest professorships address young female...