News20 May 2026|Advanced Imaging of MatterA 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|Advanced Imaging of MatterA Wall is a Screen at Science City Hamburg BahrenfeldPhoto: awiasFilm meets research - twice over: Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld is hosting the short film tour “A Wall is a Screen” on 15 May 2026, and 5 June 2026...6 May 2026|Advanced Imaging of MatterA 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...5 May 2026|Advanced Imaging HighlightsExotic quantum phase dynamically connects vibrations that symmetry keeps apartPhoto: Jörg M. Harms, MPSDAn international team of researchers has demonstrated a new mechanism by which distinct vibrations in a crystal – normally decoupled by symmetry – can...30 April 2026|Advanced Imaging Highlights3D atomic structure determination with ultrashort-pulse MeV electron diffractionPhoto: REGAE-Gruppe/DESYAt DESY´s electron accelerator REGAE researchers, including CUI member Henry Chapman, have developed a new method to determine the detailed atomic...29 April 2026|Advanced Imaging HighlightsInnovative laser system advances microscopy method for revealing hidden cellular worldsPhoto: DESY/Marvin EdelmannResearchers at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), working with international partners, have developed a new laser system that could...27 April 2026|Advanced Imaging of MatterHuge turnout for the Boys' and Girls' DayPhoto: UHH/CUIDuring the nationwide Boys' and Girls' Day in April, numerous students from Hamburg and the surrounding area visited the Science City Campus...21 April 2026|Advanced Imaging of MatterNew Emmy Noether independent junior research group investigates properties of quantum materialsPhoto: UHH/KrügerThe German Research Foundation (DFG) is providing 1.3 million euros in funding to establish a new Emmy Noether independent junior research group at...Contribution from the university's newsroom20 April 2026|Advanced Imaging HighlightsDouble-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.8 April 2026|Advanced Imaging of MatterArwen 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...7 April 2026|Advanced Imaging of MatterHamburg Presents Roadmap and Goals for the Clusters of ExcellencePhoto: UHH/EsfandiariFrom climate research and quantum physics to manuscript and materials research: Hamburg was successful in the nationwide Excellence Strategy...Contribution from the university's newsroom24 March 2026|Advanced Imaging HighlightsTwisted crystals unlock high-efficiency deep-ultraviolet lightPhoto: ScienceScientists at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) and an international team led by Pohang University of Science...12 March 2026|Advanced Imaging of MatterMildred 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...11 March 2026|Advanced Imaging of MatterUniversity 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|Advanced Imaging HighlightsLight 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...10 March 2026|Advanced Imaging HighlightsChemical 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...18 February 2026|Advanced Imaging of MatterFuture day in science for boys and girlsPhoto: kompetenzz.deHow much time do scientists actually spend in the laboratory? What do they study there? On Girls' Day and Boys' Day on April 23, 2026, the school...17 February 2026|Advanced Imaging of MatterUniversity of Hamburg presents successful quantum researchPhoto: UHH/Ostermaier-GrabowHamburg's Senator for Science Maryam Blumenthal visited the university to learn about its activities in the field of quantum technologies. She toured...17 February 2026|Advanced Imaging HighlightsInnovative 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...4 February 2026|Advanced Imaging HighlightsMoiré 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...Show all newsA project of the University of Hamburg in cooperation with
