News (2024)31 July 2024|PublicationFrom a continuous to a discrete time crystalPhoto: AG HemmerichAn international team of physicists from Universität Hamburg, the University of the Philippines, and the University of São Paulo has recently observed...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights31 July 2024|PublicationHow to disable a penicillin killerPhoto: Andreas Prester, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf UKE)Antibiotic resistance is a major and particularly in recent years a growing challenge in medicine. Scientists around the world are searching for new...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights24 July 2024|PublicationObserved live for the first time: photocatalysts switch off a virusPhoto: Mona Kohantorabi, DESY NanoLabAn international research team led by DESY scientists has been able to observe for the first time how the whitening agent titanium dioxide inactivates...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights22 July 2024|ResearchResearchers live stream seismic waves from Taylor Swift concertPhoto: UHH/SchlichtOn 23 and 24 July, pop singer Taylor Swift gave 2 concerts in the Hamburg Volkspark stadium. Those who couldn't get tickets could at least watch the...Contribution from the university's newsroom15 July 2024|PublicationCollider Probes of Electroweak Phase Transition in an Extended Higgs SectorPhoto: Kateryna Radchenko SerdulaIs the Higgs boson solitary or part of an extended sector of Higgs bosons waiting to be discovered? Could that explain the cosmic matter-antimatter...Contribution from the news channel Research Highlight12 July 2024|Research„Earth and Society Research Hub” (ESRAH): New think-tank for climate and sustainability researchPhoto: UHH/FeuerbötherHow the climate, environment and global resources develop doesn’t depend on physical factors alone – how we live, work and do business in the future...Contribution from the university's newsroom9 July 2024|Promotion of young talentsArwen Pearson elected as Humboldt ScoutPhoto: UHH, RRZ/MCC Arvid MentzCUI researcher Prof. Arwen Pearson from the Institute of Nanostructure and Solid State Physics (INF) at Universität Hamburg has been elected by the...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging of Matter27 June 2024|PublicationClassifying conformal field theories by means of the Leech latticePhoto: Möller, S. and Scheithauer, N. (2024)Mathematician Sven Möller (Universität Hamburg) from the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe and his colleague Nils Scheithauer (TU Darmstadt) have...Contribution from the news channel Research Highlight26 June 2024|ForschungAlgorithms for Optimal Airport OperationsPhoto: Hamburg Airport / Oliver SorgFrom basic research to everyday use: the Institute for Quantum Physics at Universität Hamburg and the IT provider Lufthansa Industry Solutions are...Contribution from the university's newsroom26 June 2024|PublikationCorrecting the non-Linear Response of Silicon PhotomultipliersPhoto: SensorsSilicon PhotoMultipliers (SiPMs) are efficient light detectors which can sense single photons and are used in high-energy physics, medical imaging and...Contribution from the news channel Research Highlight18 June 2024|PublicationA New Spin on Neutron Star MergersPhoto: diagram and simulation by S. Rosswog et al. (2024)Neutron star mergers are among the most violent and spectacular events in the Universe. Until now, large individual spins of the neutron stars had not...Contribution from the news channel Research Highlight10 June 2024|Research€4.8 million for Projects on the Big Bang and the Higgs particlePhoto: Cern/Hertzog/OrdanSeveral research groups at the Department of Physics at Universität Hamburg will receive almost €5 million over the next 3 years for their joint...Contribution from the university's newsroom30 May 2024|PublikationIntroducing: the first practical Terahertz-powered ultrafast photogunPhoto: DESYA team of researchers from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, DESY and Universität Hamburg have developed the first practical Terahertz (THz)-driven...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights29 May 2024|PublikationUltrashort optical and X-ray pulses capture elusive intermediate in catalysisPhoto: Raphael JayAn international team of scientists has used visible and X-rays light to fully understand how the key intermediate structure forms before a...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights22 May 2024|ResearchScientists decipher the contribution of electrons to molecular chiralityPhoto: Ella Maru Studio, Inc.A new experimental approach provides the long-awaited tools to understand the role of electrons in the molecular chiral reactivity and offers a way to...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights17 May 2024|ResearchHow heatwaves are affecting Arctic phytoplanktonPhoto: Alfred-Wegener-Institut/Paolo VerzoneThe basis of the marine food web in the Arctic, the phytoplankton, responds to heatwaves much differently than to constantly elevated temperatures...15 May 2024|ResearchDeveloping future nanomedicinesPhoto: Wolfgang ParakQuantitative analysis of biodistribution and clearance can improve the development of nanoparticles tailored to diagnostic and therapeutic needs. In a...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights14 May 2024|ForschungWelcome on board: Prof. Dr. Vitalii Konarovskyi joins the Department of MathematicsPhoto: privatEvery year, numerous new researchers join the University of Hamburg. In this series, we introduce them and their fields of research. This time...14 May 2024|ForschungFinding the chink in corona’s armourPhoto: European XFELThe COVID-19 pandemic resulted in millions of deaths. Despite an unparalleled collaborative research effort that led to effective vaccines and...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging Highlights8 May 2024|ResearchResearchers can now accurately measure the emergence and damping of a plasmonic fieldPhoto: RMT.BerguesAn international research team led by Universität Hamburg, DESY, and Stanford University has developed a new approach to characterize the electric...Contribution from the news channel Advanced Imaging HighlightsPrevious articlesMore articles
