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Could microorganisms devour and rid the world of microplastics? Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Streit and his team in the Department of Biology at Universität...

International researchers from various universities conduct a unique experiment in the Large Wave Flume at the Coastal Research Centre in Hannover.

The dynamics of atomic gases at ultracold temperatures are a particular challenge for scientists. Researchers from the Center for Optical Quantum...

Water molecules exist in two different forms with almost identical physical properties. For the first time, researchers have now shown that these...

Dr. Christof Weitenberg from the Institute of Laser Physics at Universität Hamburg will receive an ERC Starting Grant of the European Research Council...

Two separate research fields have been united in Hamburg for the very first time. Ultrashort laser pulses enable us to observe and manipulate matter...

CSSB Scientists Martin Hällberg (Karolinska Instituet) and Kay Grünewald (Heinrich Pette Institute and Universität Hamburg) have recently been awarded...

The criteria that are necessary to succeed in science are given and have to be fulfilled. The path to success, however, is a broad playing field in...

An international team of researchers led by CUI member Prof. Henning Tidow of Universität Hamburg has found a new method for analyzing membrane...

This year’s Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics, endowed with 100 000 euros, is awarded to the Japanese scientist Hirosi Ooguri. Ooguri, born in...

Scientists in the Faculty of Medicine and the Departments of Chemistry and Biology at Universität Hamburg investigate the role of signaling molecules...

Scientists have used a powerful X-ray laser to heat water from room temperature to 100,000 degrees Celsius in less than a tenth of a picosecond...

Majorana fermions have been predicted about 80 years ago by theoretical physicist Ettore Ma- jorana as particles being their own antiparticles. While...

The Low Frequency Array, also known as LOFAR, is an innovative digital radio telescope based in The Netherlands and spanning 6 European countries...

Students and employees of the MIN faculty are organizing "Pint of Science" in Hamburg and taking part in the world's largest English-language festival...

On April 16, 2018, a Delegation from the Health Committee of the Indonesian Parliament visited the Hamburg School of Food Science (HSFS), affiliated...

Prof. Dr. Chris Meier from the Department of Chemistry of the University of Hamburg will be appreciated with this year's "Antonín Holý Memorial...

The research group led by the biologist Prof. Arp Schnittger from Universität Hamburg has received the 2018 HFSP Research Grant together with...