There is exciting news from the Higgs division of Quantum Universe Cluster of Excellence: Starting in September 2026, Dr. Matthias Schröder of the Department of Physics, University of Hamburg, will become the new coordinator of all Higgs boson research conducted by the international CMS collaboration at the European...

With the success of five clusters of excellence, Hamburg has set a new course for academic excellence. Over the next seven years, the University of Hamburg (UHH) and the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), together with their partners, will receive approximately €266 million in funding to further advance their...

With the success of five clusters of excellence, Hamburg has set a new course for academic excellence. Over the next seven years, the University of Hamburg (UHH) and the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), together with their partners, will receive approximately €266 million in funding to further advance their...

Oliver Gerberding, Professor of Physics and Principal Investigator at Quantum Universe, has been appointed Germany’s representative in the Einstein Telescope Forum of National Representatives. He succeeds Michèle Heurs, who held the position for the past three years.

How 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 entertain at Hamburg pubs for the Science on Tap event. On 3 and 4 June, researchers from DESY and the University of Hamburg will take over bars and pubs. Thanks to the huge interest...

Researchers at the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe have reached a critical milestone in the search for dark matter: The MADMAX cryostat has been successfully cooled down to just above 4 kelvin (minus 269°C), clearing the way for the experiment to move to CERN and begin searching for a particle that could explain one...