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Experimental Physics

How 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 laboratories “Molecules & Schools” and “Light & Schools” as well as various working groups from the Department of Physics will provide insights into scientific research, the...

A research team comprising scientists from DESY, the University of Hamburg, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, the University of Rostock, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology have been awarded a 14 million euro grant for the project IFuEL (short for Inertial Fusion Energy Laser Development and...

Today’s festive groundbreaking with Maryam Blumenthal (science senator), Dr. Andreas Dressel (finance senator), Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren (president of the University of Hamburg), Martin Sowinski (managing director of Sprinkenhof GmbH), and Prof. Dr. Erika Garutti from the Institute of Experimental Physics at the University...

The German Research Foundation is funding a new Emmy Noether Independent Junior Research Group at the University of Hamburg. Led by Dr. Max Wiesner, the project is investigating how fundamental phenomena of the universe—such as dark energy—can be better described on the basis of new insights into theories of quantum...

The Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space is providing 3 million euros in funding for a research project on AI-supported analysis of large amounts of data in astrophysics and particle physics. SciFM is coordinated by Prof. Dr. Luisa Lucie-Smith, principal investigator at the Cluster of Excellence “Quantum...

The research group “Relativistic Jets in Active Galaxies” (FOR 5195), which also includes researchers from the Department of Physics at the University of Hamburg, has been investigating the powerful plasma beams emitted by supermassive black holes since 2021. Now the DFG has extended its funding.