Cluster of ExcellenceCUI: Advanced
Imaging of Matter

During the nationwide Boys' and Girls' Day in April, numerous students from Hamburg and the surrounding area visited the Science City Campus Bahrenfeld to learn exciting things about science. Through experiments and presentations, they were able to gain their first experiences as scientists.

The German Research Foundation (DFG) is providing 1.3 million euros in funding to establish a new Emmy Noether independent junior research group at the University of Hamburg, led by Dr. Johannes Tölle from the Department of Chemistry. The goal of the research project is to develop innovative theoretical methods that can be...

Researchers build world’s smallest interferometer to measure how X-rays and atomic nuclei interact.

Prof. Arwen Pearson is one of 11 recipients, who received the Suffrage Science award 2026 during a ceremony at Oxford University. The award honors pioneering women in science and creates a self-sustaining talent pool that encourages others to enter science and assume senior leadership roles.

From climate research and quantum physics to manuscript and materials research: Hamburg was successful in the nationwide Excellence Strategy competition with no fewer than five clusters of excellence. Over the next seven years, they will receive approximately €266.4 million in federal funding. The Hamburg Senate will...

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) and an international team led by Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) have discovered that simply twisting two pieces of the crystal hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) against each other creates quantum wells that emit...