News20 May 2026|EventA first for Science on Tap: two Nights, double the fun in Hamburg’s pubsPhoto: DESY/University of HamburgHow 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...Contribution from the university's newsroom7 May 2026|Study and teachingFirst-year students provide data for water protection: Counting trash instead of cramming formulasPhoto: UHH/OttoAbout 240 first-year students from the Department of Biology collected trash along the Outer Alster—6,370 items. This resulted in a pilot study that...Contribution from the university's newsroom6 May 2026|MIN-enA new round of dynaMENT mentoring has startedPhoto: dynaMENTThe call for applications for the 11th round of dynaMENT Mentoring for Women in Natural Sciences is now open. Female* doctoral students and advanced...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging of Matter6 May 2026|PublicationCosmic blowtorches: How quasars shut down star formation in the early universePhoto: NASA, ESA and J Olmsted (STScI)As more powerful observatories have allowed astronomers to peer farther back in time and push the observable edge of the universe closer to the Big...Contribution from the news channel Quantum Universe27 April 2026|ResearchIn short: Research News from the University of HamburgPhoto: UHH/von WiedingClimate-resilient reforestation, the Earth’s rotation, international talents in climate science, academic career paths, and two Humboldt Research...Contribution from the university's newsroom24 April 2026|Equal OpportunityGet involved, try it out, be amazed: Girls’Day and Boys’Day 2026Photo: UHH/MIN/FuchsOn April 23, 2026, the nationwide Girls’Day and Boys’Day events took place once again. These events offer students the opportunity to explore careers...20 April 2026|PublicationDouble-slit experiment reveals hidden details between light and matterPhoto: Markus OsterhoffResearchers build world’s smallest interferometer to measure how X-rays and atomic nuclei interact.Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights15 April 2026|PublicationNew insights into topological edge statesPhoto: UHH/MIN/ZahnerResearchers from the Universities of Hamburg, Kiel, and Groningen have investigated how different topological superconductors interact at their...8 April 2026|MIN-enArwen Pearson receives 2026 Suffrage Science AwardPhoto: UHH, EsfandiariProf. Arwen Pearson is one of 11 recipients, who received the Suffrage Science award 2026 during a ceremony at Oxford University. The award honors...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging of Matter2 April 2026|ForschungDoing the Research: How will we interact with computers in the future?Photo: UHH/EsfandiariThe University of Hamburg is the scientific home to more than 6,200 researchers. Every 2 weeks, we offer a glimpse into their work as part of the...Contribution from the university's newsroom31 March 2026|ResearchTriple Success for Researchers at the MIN FacultyPhoto: UHH/EsfandiariHealth, nutrition, and climate protection are at the heart of three European research projects in which researchers from the University of Hamburg are...16 March 2026|Veranstaltung170 Participants at the International Mathematics Competition Náboj in HamburgPhoto: UHH/MINLast Friday, 170 students from Hamburg and the surrounding region took part in the international mathematics competition Náboj. The Hamburg round of...12 March 2026|MIN-enMildred Dresselhaus Guest Professorship 2026: call for applications and nominationsPhoto: Columbia University, Collage Jana BackhausThe application and nomination process for the Mildred Dresselhaus Guest Professorship Program for 2026 is open. Each year, the program honors an...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging of Matter11 March 2026|MIN-enUniversity of Hamburg Reawarded University of Excellence TitlePhoto: UHHGreat success for the University and the city of Hamburg as a hub of scientific pursuit: The University of Hamburg will continue to carry the...Contribution from the university's newsroom11 March 2026|MIN-enLight can make molecules rotate on quantum materialsPhoto: DESYResearchers from Germany, Japan and India, led by scientists from DESY and the Universities of Kiel and Hamburg, report in the journal Nature...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights10 March 2026|MIN-enChemical shifts help track molecules breaking apart in real timePhoto: European XFELWhen molecules fall apart, their electric charge doesn’t stay put—it rearranges as bonds stretch and break. An international team of scientists...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights25 February 2026|ResearchNew impulses for mathematicsPhoto: Mikael Wallerstedt/Adobe FireflySince the end of 2025, Mateusz Stroiński has been conducting research on higher representation theory at the Department of Mathematics at the...17 February 2026|MIN-enInnovative technique makes subtle dynamic processes visiblePhoto: C. Ornelas-Skarin et al.Valence electrons determine a crystal’s material and chemical properties, shaping how solids conduct electricity, interact with light, and form...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights4 February 2026|PublicationMoiré materials provide new insights into superconductivityPhoto: AG Wehling, Lorenzo CrippaHow exactly does unconventional superconductivity arise? In the journal Nature, an international research team involving the University of Hamburg...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights21 January 2026|ResearchHow iron-sulfur nanolayers are formed: X-ray view into chemical reactionsPhoto: Ella Maru StudioResearchers at the University of Hamburg, the University of Toulouse, and the DESY and ESRF research institutes have observed for the first time in...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging HighlightsShow all news
