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Japanese researcher honored for work on string theory
The Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics, endowed with €137,036, has been awarded to the Japanese scientist Hirosi Ooguri yesterday. Ooguri, who works at California Institute of Technology (Caltech)...
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A new path through the looking-glass
Exploring the mystery of the molecular handedness in nature, scientists have proposed a new experimental scheme to create custom-made mirror molecules for analysis. The technique can make ordinary...
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Novel corkscrew-laser technique can send molecules spinning rapidly about a...
Using corkscrew-shaped laser pulses, scientists of DESY and Universität Hamburg have devised a sophisticated optical centrifuge that can make molecules rotate rapidly about a desired molecular axis....
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“Role? Out! – Do stereotypes and prejudices play a role both professionally...
CUI, DESY and PIER, would like to invite you all to join the event “Role? Out! – Do stereotypes and prejudices play a role both professionally and socially?” Date: 29 Nov 2018, 10:00 am – 1:15 pm...
View ArticleMildred Dresselhaus Awardee gives talk
On Wednesday, 5 December 2018, Prof. Tanya Zelevinsky, Mildred Dresselhaus Awardee 2017, of Columbia University, New York, will talk about “High-precision physics and chemistry with ultracold...
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Terahertz laser pulses amplify optical phonons in solids
A study led by scientists of the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) at CFEL presents evidence of the amplification of optical phonons in a solid by intense terahertz...
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Saša Bajt elected Fellow of the Optical Society
DESY group leader Saša Bajt has been elected a Fellow of the Optical Society (OSA). She is recognized “for her major contributions to EUV and X-ray optics,” as the society announced. With 21 000...
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Light-induced increase of transition temperature in superconductors
Recently, physicists at Universität Hamburg demonstrated in a theoretical work that superfluidity emerges, when the atoms of a cold quantum gas are shaken by shining light on them. Now the scientists,...
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Nobel Prize technique lies at the heart of the CUI research
Yesterday, the Nobel Committees presented the 2018 Laureates at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden. Donna Strickland shares the distinction of being one of only three women to ever win...
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ERC Consolidator Grant for physicist at Universität Hamburg
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a €2 million Consolidator Grant to Prof. Dr. Dorota Koziej from the Department of Physics at Universität Hamburg. In her project “A Platform to LINk...
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€3.6 million for the HALOS life sciences project
The European Territorial Cooperation INTERREG has awarded €3.6 million to the German-Scandinavian research project “Hanseatic League of Science (HALOS).” In addition to Universität Hamburg, academic...
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“This career gives you a lot of freedom”
Last week Prof. Tanya Zelevinsky spent her first research stay as Mildred Dresselhaus Junior Awardee 2017 in Hamburg. Zelevinsky is an associate professor of atomic, molecular and optical physics at...
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Fixed roles and how to become more diverse
German-English event organized by CUI together with DESY-GB and PIER examined stereotypes and biases from different perspectives. Social psychologist Prof. Juliane Degner is an expert on stereotypes...
View ArticleLet´s talk: dealing with Depression at work!
Businesses operate in increasingly pressured times, with employees under stress. Globally, over 300 million people each year are affected by depression. What are the best ways to identify employees,...
View ArticleGraduate Days: Register Now
Get to know outstanding scientists, learn about Python and MATLAB, improve your scientific presentation skills, and find out about third party funding and how to apply. The Graduate Days from 18-21...
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Mildred Dresselhaus Guestprofessorship Conference
From 4 – 6 April 2019 the Mildred Dresselhaus Guest Professorship Conference (MDC) will take place on Campus Bahrenfeld, including top-level scientific talks, personal perspectives on how to succeed...
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New measurement technique for topological quantum systems
Researchers at Universität Hamburg have demonstrated a new scheme for measuring the topological index of a system. The index describes the topological nature of materials and influences certain...
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Resarch day for girls
How is the work as a physicists? What drives and what fascinates them? The Girls‘ Day on 28 March 2019 gives interested girls the opportunity to talk to researchers and try their own experiments. Foto:...
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Maximal satisfaction comes from solving the hardest problems
When asked to describe her research in two words, Anna Krylov says “molecules and light”. The professor at the University of Southern California and expert on quantum chemistry is spending her...
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CUI PhD student will participate in Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Caroline Arnold will participate in the 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting dedicated to physics this year. The meeting’s key topics will be cosmology, laser physics and gravitational waves. Caroline...
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