News30 July 2026|Advanced Imaging HighlightsMechanical strain creates chiralityPhoto: Jörg Harms, Zhiyang Zeng (MPSD).Mechanical strain is one of the most common tools used to tailor the properties of materials. In piezoelectric materials, stretching or compressing a...29 July 2026|Advanced Imaging HighlightsUltrafast X-ray flashes heal the damage they causePhoto: Stacy HuangThe interaction between X-rays and matter can be actively controlled: an international research team led by the University of Hamburg and SLAC...29 July 2026|Advanced Imaging of MatterVideo insights into the beauty of nanoparticle researchWhen Sarodi Jonak Dutta enters the lab, gold, silver and copper are placed on the table. These metals can be synthesized into tiny structures with...29 July 2026|Advanced Imaging of MatterVideo insights into research on new functionalities of matterPhoto: UHHShooting lasers at matter to find answers to unsolved questions. For Kai-Fu Wong, this is everyday life in the lab. His specialty is ultrashort pulses...Contribution from the university's newsroom23 July 2026|CUI in FocusThe beauty of basic researchPhoto: UHH/CUI, Peter GartenThe new magazine “Advanced Imaging of Matter: Seven Years CUI in Focus” highlights the progress made by the scientists of the Cluster of Excellence...16 July 2026|Advanced Imaging of MatterSummer School 2026: three days focused on learning, internal networking, and relaxingPhoto: Lukas HaasThree days full of exciting research highlights, discussions, and poster slams awaited the students during the CUI Graduate Summer School in Lübeck...15 July 2026|Advanced Imaging HighlightsResearchers watch chemistry unfold atom by atomPhoto: European XFEL/Enrique SahagunResearchers have captured how a molecule redistributes energy after absorbing light, differentiating the roles of individual atoms in the process...15 July 2026|Advanced Imaging of Matter2025 Annual Report Published: A Look Back at a Year of New BeginningsPhoto: UHH/Oeding/VogiatzisThe eventful year 2025 had already reached its first highlight for the University of Hamburg with the confirmation of the four Clusters of Excellence...Contribution from the university's newsroom14 July 2026|Advanced Imaging HighlightsProgrammable Quantum WhirlpoolsPhoto: TII Abu Dhabi, editedWatch water spiral down a bathroom drain and you are looking at one of the most stubborn puzzles in physics. Vortices, the swirling structures behind...8 July 2026|Advanced Imaging of MatterMildred Dresselhaus Award 2026 goes to Shuyun Zhou and Suzy ZhangPhoto: privateProf. Shuyun Zhou from Tsinghua University, China, and Prof. Suzy Zhang from Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University...7 July 2026|CUI in FocusHow to turn quantum fluctuations of photons into material propertiesPhoto: MPSD, Joerg HarmsOne particularly interesting, but at first glance counter-intuitive, idea for controlling the quantum world is to use the quantum fluctuations of the...1 July 2026|Advanced Imaging HighlightsUniversal quantum melting of quasiperiodic dynamicsPhoto: C. Nowoczyn, K.SeiboldBetween simple periodic motion and chaos, nonlinear systems can display complex rhythms that never exactly repeat. In a new theoretical study...25 June 2026|Advanced Imaging HighlightsViruses under stress: how viral shells change shape as they dry outPhoto: MPSDWhen viruses travel through the air in tiny droplets, they can quickly start to dry out. Yet many viruses remain infectious after...12 June 2026|Advanced Imaging of MatterMaking Equal Opportunity VisiblePhoto: UHH/CUIEvery year, the University of Hamburg presents an award for gender equality on campus. This year, the Academic Senate has selected two high-profile...9 June 2026|CUI in FocusTracking down superconductivity using quantum simulationPhoto: Electron Studios, UHH, AG MoritzResearch with ultracold gas clouds shows the conditions under which superfluidity – flow without friction – is particularly stable. The new findings...5 June 2026|Advanced Imaging HighlightsA microscopic link between dense Rydberg gases and ultracold plasmasPhoto: UHH/GroßmannUnderstanding strongly interacting matter far from equilibrium requires both precisely defined initial conditions and a consistent description of how...5 June 2026|Advanced Imaging of MatterHamburg Celebrates Its Clusters of Excellence – Top-Level Research as a Driver of Future InnovationPhoto: Kirstin HammersteinWith the success of five clusters of excellence, Hamburg has set a new course for academic excellence. Over the next seven years, the University of...Contribution from the university's newsroom27 May 2026|CUI in FocusSeven years research in the Cluster of Excellence CUI: Advanced Imaging of MatterPhoto: Eva PetersWhat progress has been made in basic research in the Cluster of Excellence “CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter" during the past funding phase? What...26 May 2026|Advanced Imaging HighlightsToward a Robust Quantum ComputerPhoto: UHH/MINAn international research team led by a research group at the University of Hamburg has, for the first time, experimentally demonstrated that...Contribution from the news channel MIN-en20 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 newsroomShow all newsA project of the University of Hamburg in cooperation with
