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In the Shielded Experimental Hall (SHELL) at the University of Hamburg, an international research collaboration involving the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe is developing the MADMAX experiment to detect axions. The particles are considered promising candidates for dark matter and could solve a mystery surrounding...

What forces determine the behavior of elementary particles? And how have they significantly shaped the development of the universe? On the campus of Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld (SCHB), the upcoming Hamburg Fundamental Interactions Laboratory (HAFUN) is a research facility unique in Germany that will address these major...

There were several reasons to celebrate at the CUI summer party: the extension of the Cluster of Excellence, the past seven years, and the new winners of the Mildred Dresselhaus Program.

Researchers at the University of Hamburg and DESY have found evidence of the elusive toponium. With this discovery, the fundamental structure of matter could be deciphered in even greater detail.

A consortium of researchers from the University of Hamburg, and DESY together with the European XFEL and the Technical University of Dortmund have received around 1.4 million Euros funding from the Federal Ministry for Education and Research. The research project “AttoSee” will focus on bringing attosecond time resolution...

Prof. Teresa Pellegrino and Dr. Zala Lenarčič were awarded the Mildred Dresselhaus Prize 2025 for their outstanding research work at a ceremony hosted by the Cluster of Excellence “CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter”. Both expressed their gratitude for the recognition of their achievements and emphasized how honored they felt...