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Saturday Morning Physics on 10.12.22: Plasmas for the energy transition
11/30/22 | Saturday Morning Physics, Event
On December 10, 2022, the faculty invites you to the Saturday Morning Physics. This time, the speaker is Prof. Dr. Achim von Keudell on the topic of "Plasmas for the energy transition". Whether smallest particles...
Physics Colloquium on 05.12.2022: Computational Design of Energy Materials
29.11.22 | Event
On Monday (05.12.22) at 12.00 p.m. c.t. the next date of our physics colloquium will take place. Speaker is Prof. Dr. Silvana Botti (Uni Jena) on the topic: "Computational Design of...
Stay abroad - Erasmus for all
29.11.22 | Study
Those who want to do an Erasmus stay can look forward to higher scholarships and new special grants.
We want you back! - Research at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum with the NRW Return Program
28.11.22 | Research
The Ministry of Culture and Science offers young researchers the opportunity to return to NRW and establish a junior research group. Already more than 50 young scientists...
New MERCUR funding for cooperative research projects in solid-state physics
11/24/22 | Research
Two cooperative research projects from Bochum's solid state physics department have received funding from the Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR). The projects of Prof. Dr. Daniel Hägele and Prof....
Inaugural Lecture - The Faculty welcomes PD Dr. Tsanko V. Tsankov
21.11.22 | Faculty
During the Physics Colloquium, PD Dr. Tsanko V. Tsankov officially took up his teaching position at the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy on Monday, November 21. After Mr. Tsankov's...
Physics Colloquium on 28.11.2022: Why Is It so Difficult to Probe the Nature of Dark Matter?
21.11.22 | Event
On Monday (28.11.22) at 12.00 pm c.t. the next date of our Physics Colloquium will take place. Speaker is Prof. Dr. Ludovic Van Waerbeke (University of British Columbia) on the topic:...
After a break of two years: Bochum fall meeting of amateur astronomy a great success
16.11.22 | Faculty
On Saturday, November 12, 2022 the Bochum Autumn Meeting of Amateur Astronomy took place at the RUB. Amateur astronomers from all over Germany came last Saturday for the 39th time to the...
Physics Colloquium on 11/21/2022: Kinetics of Non-Equilibrium Plasmas (inaugural lecture).
15.11.22 | Event
On Monday (21.11.22) at 12.00 pm c.t. the next date of our Physics Colloquium will take place. Speaker is PD. Dr. Tsanko V. Tsankov (RUB) on the topic: "Kinetics of Non-Equilibrium...
Physics Colloquium on 11/14/2022: Charge Order and Strange Metals in Cuprate Superconductors.
09.11.22 | Event
On Monday (14.11.22) at 12.00 pm c.t. the next date of our Physics Colloquium will take place. The speaker is Prof. Dr. Catherine Pépin ( Institut de Physique Théorique, Université...
Iväg till Sverige - Prof. Dr. Julia Tjus becomes visiting professor in Gothenburg
07.11.22 | Faculty
Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, honors Prof. Dr. Tjus with an anniversary professorship. During her research sabbatical in the coming summer semester, Prof. Dr....
Back again - Saturday Morning Physics will start on 12.11.2022
07.11.22 | Saturday Morning Physics, Event
After a long break, the popular lecture series "Saturday Morning Physics" will start again on November 12, 2022 at the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy. Whether smallest particles or great discoveries...
Physics Colloquium on 07.11.2022: Geometry and anomalies in Dirac matter
02.11.22 | Event
On Monday (07.11.22) at 12.00 pm c.t. the next date of our Physics Colloquium will take place. The speaker will be Prof. María A. H. Vozmediano (CSIC, Madrid) on the topic: "Geometry and...
Invitation: 23rd Annual Academic Celebration of the RUB
10/31/22 | Event
The program includes a lecture on the topic of sustainability and the question "Why RUB?". All members of the university are cordially invited and can register until November 3.
A new home for research data
31.10.22 | RUB
Testers wanted: RUB is currently building structures for the management of research data from all disciplines. A first software version for the storage of research data is ready.
Reconciling study and care work
20.10.22 | Study
The balancing act between study commitments, raising children or caring for relatives can quickly become a real ordeal. In the Peer Quarter on October 26, 2022...
Physics Colloquium on 24.10.2022: Gravitational Waves in a New Light
19.10.22 | Event
On Monday (24.10.22) at 12.00 pm c.t. the next date of our Physics Colloquium will take place. Speaker is Prof. Dr. Michèle Heurs (AEI Hannover) on the topic: "Gravitational Waves in a...
Aeneas Rooch presents his latest book
18.10.22 | Event
The RUB graduate makes a guest appearance at the HZO at the invitation of the Faculty of Mathematics. "It's about geniuses, liars, the most serious crisis in mathematics, tragic life stories, and one of the greatest puzzles....