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The German Research Foundation and State of NRW grant Münster University 7.5 million euros for a cryo-electron microscope Many scientists have longed for it and now it is coming to be: followin

The scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics is honoured for developing pioneering instruments The 2022 Gruber Cosmology Prize recognizes Frank Eisenhauer of the Max Planck

Quantum simulator provides insights into the dynamics of complex quantum systems A quantum system consisting of only 51 charged atoms can assume more than two quadrillion different states. Calculating the system's behavior is a piece of cake for a quantum simulator. Yet even with today's supercomputers it is almost impossible to verify the result.

Reinhard Genzel of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics on the first image of the galactic centre With the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), researchers have successfully imaged the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way.

When stars like our Sun use up all their fuel, they shrink to form white dwarfs. Sometimes such dead stars flare back to life in a super-hot explosion and produce a fireball of X-ray radiation.

The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) will take off from New Zealand in July and August 2022 with the German GREAT spectrometer on board for its final twenty observating flights.

The German Research Foundation has awarded €1 million in funding to the early-career research group headed by Dr. David Reutter in the Department of Mathematics at Universität Hamburg.

On behalf of the Federal Foreign Office and the French ministry of defense and foreign affairs, researchers from the Carol Friedrich von Weizsäcker Center for Science and Peace Research at Universität Hamburg are organizing a multi-day exercise on controlled nuclear disarmament.

Over 23,000 parts, 5,600 assembly steps and 900 hours: Johannes Brantl built a model of the Munich Compact Light Source (MuCLS), a particle accelerator for generating X-ray radiation, both as a virtual model and using Lego bricks.

The impact of climate change is constantly becoming more evident, and the war in Ukraine is making it even more urgent that we find new solutions for our energy supply. In an interview, two experts explain how these solutions might look. At the Research Center for Energy and Information (ZEI) Prof. Thomas Hamacher investigates how the energy revolution ("Energiewende") can be accelerated.

Silvia Franchino and Monica Dunford responsible for detector operation and data analysis Two researchers from the Kirchhoff Institute for Physics of Heidelberg University are assuming leadership role

In early February 2022, German ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer tested how freshly poured concrete behaves under conditions of zero gravity on the International Space Station (ISS), and how this can contribute to environmental protection. The experiment 'MASON / Concrete Hardening' is a joint project of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the University of Cologne, and the University of Duisburg-Essen.

12/14/2021 The development of a topological laser network by a team of the Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat is among the top ten nominations for the "Breakthrough of the Year Award". On 24 September 2021, a paper appeared in the scientific journal Science that caused a sensation among experts. Israeli and German researchers from the Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat presented a new development: a highly effective network of surface-emitting lasers only the size of a grain of sand that act as a single laser.

A scientific paper by teams led by Cornelia Denz at the University of Münster and Mark Dennis at the University of Birmingham has made it onto the list of the world's 30 best papers of 2021.

The German Research Foundation will fund a number of projects in which Freie Universität Berlin is involved from January 2022 for a maximum of twelve years The German Research Foundation (DFG) has ap

German Research Foundation supports MHH Department of Nuclear Medicine with around 900,000 euros for the expansion of molecular imaging In order to detect and research diseases, it is important to look inside the body.

The Russian-German Laboratory at BESSY II celebrates twenty years of successful cooperation / Online workshop on plans for the future on November 17 and 18, 2021 To commemorate its twentieth year of

An Antarctic journey with cosmic particle physicist Martin Wolf Dr. Martin Wolf is spending an entire year at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.

The black hole of the giant galaxy M87 shoots out an enormous jet of particles. A theoretical model of this jet has now been developed that fits astronomical observations very well. The galaxy Messier 87 (M87) is located 55 million light years away from Earth in the Virgo constellation. It is a giant galaxy with 12,000 globular clusters, making the Milky Way's 200 globular clusters appear modest in comparison.

09/24/2021 Lasers are ubiquitous. Scientists from Würzburg have now developed the virtual-reality laser laboratory "femtoPro", which simulates optical setups in real time and enables eye-safe training in the handling of short-pulse lasers.