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...

The Beate Naroska Guest Professorship programme, established by the Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe in honour of the late physics professor Beate Naroska, awards a senior and a junior guest professorship each year to two outstanding female scientists. The professorship recognises excellence in one of the research...

Nobel Prize laureate in Physics Dr. Reinhard Genzel will deliver an Academy Lecture on the topic “Massive Black Holes: Evidence and Cosmological Evolution.” Genzel is accepting an invitation from the University of Hamburg and the Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg and will speak on 24 June 2026, at 6 pm in the...

Film meets research - twice over: Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld is hosting the short film tour “A Wall is a Screen” on 15 May 2026, and 5 June 2026. Researchers from the Clusters of Excellence “CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter” and “Quantum Universe” will provide the scientific context.

As more powerful observatories have allowed astronomers to peer farther back in time and push the observable edge of the universe closer to the Big Bang, they revealed that most, if not all, galaxies harbor supermassive black holes at their center. Clearly, black holes play a critical role in the formation and evolution of...