Institute of
Experimental Physics

This year's Physics Project Days takes place from September 10 to 13 at Science City Hamburg-Bahrenfeld. The four-day event is aimed specifically at female students from Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, and Lower Saxony. Around 50 students work in small groups on 15 different experiments and research projects supervised by...

Dr. César Cabrera Córdova, an experimental physicist at the University of Hamburg, has been awarded a prestigious Starting Grant from the European Research Council, receiving €1.9 million to uncover the fundamental mechanisms behind superconductivity and open new pathways toward future quantum technologies.

With great sadness we have learned of the passing of our highly esteemed emeritus professor, Prof. Dr. Herwig Schopper. He passed away on August 19, 2025, at the age of 101 in Hamburg.
Herwig Schopper, born on February 24, 1924, in Landskron (Czechoslovakia), was an outstanding figure in German and international physics.
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This July, the Hamburg International Summer School “Particles, Strings and Cosmology” brought 27 students from 11 different countries to Hamburg. In two weeks’ time, they had the opportunity to get to know the University of Hamburg’s Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe and the Campus Bahrenfeld.

The Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld is changing faster than any other research center in Hamburg. On occasion, we ask University of Hamburg members to introduce their workplace in existing or planned Science City research buildings and tell us what makes their building special. Today: the Center for Hybrid Nanostructures...

It’s not just sunshine that comes from our nearest star — according to new research by IFIC, DESY and the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe at the University of Hamburg, the Sun also emits ultra-weak gravitational waves over an enormous frequency range. These gentle ripples in space and time could one day shed new...