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Surprise at the grain boundary: What structures do iron atoms form at the interface?
Using state-of-the-art microscopy and simulation techniques, an international research team was able to observe for the first time how dissolved elements form new grain boundary phases.
Physics Colloquium on November 4: SHIFTING PARADIGMS IN MULTIMESSENGER ASTROPHYSICS
On Monday, November 4, 2024, at 12:00 c.t., the next date of our Physics Colloquium will take place this winter semester. The speaker will be Prof. Imre Bartos (University of...
14 million galaxies on a single map: Euclid's first images for the Atlas of the Universe
Physics of the future gets a new home: Foundation stone laid for new NA building
Photo: Gabriele Willems, Ina Brandes, Anke Richter, Denise Manahan-Vaughan, Dirk Günnewig. © RUB, Marquard On October 22, the foundation stone was ceremoniously laid for the building that will house the Faculty of Physics...
Physics colloquium on 28.10.2024: LIGHT HADRON SPECTROSCOPY WITH PHOTO PRODUCTION EXPERIMENTS
On Monday, October 28, 2024, at 12:00 c.t., the first date of our Physics Colloquium will take place this winter semester. The speaker will be Prof. Farah Afzal (Rheinische...
Long Night of Astronomy 2024
On Saturday, October 19, 2024, the Long Night of Astronomy will take place throughout Germany. Institutions across the country will open their doors to share their enthusiasm for astronomy and invite...
Student project week during the fall break: October 21 to 25, 2024
In the second week of the fall break, we invite students in grades 8 and 9 to get a taste of university life and immerse themselves in the world of physics. In three exciting projects,...
"Creating turbulence" - but how? New article in Physical Review Letters explains the phenomenon of turbulence
Anyone who has flown on vacation this summer may have experienced it first-hand: turbulence is the chaotic movement of air or other particles. This can create vortices that...
Workshop in honor of Konstantin Efetov: Universalities, symmetries and correlations in low-dimensional electronic systems
From September 23 to 27, the Institute of Theoretical Physics III is organizing an international workshop in memory of Professor Konstantin B. Efetov with the title: "Universalities,...
Discovering, teaching and researching in the school laboratory: The Society for Chemistry and Physics Education meets at RUB
From September 9 to 12, 2024, didactics experts in chemistry and physics as well as young scientists will meet at Ruhr-Universität Bochum to exchange ideas.
"Chiral Dynamics 2024": International conference with guest speech by Nobel laureate David Gross
The international conference "The 11th International Workshop on Chiral Dynamics" will take place from August 26 - 30, 2024. Around 150 participants from all over the world will come to the event center...
Preliminary Course for First Semester Students
Pre-course instead of confusion in the first lecture: In September, a course will be held to prepare new students for their physics studies. The aim is to teach mathematical skills...
Physics colloquium on 15.07.24: FROM BARDEEN-COOPER-SCHRIEFFER (BCS) PAIRING TO BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION (BEC) IN METALS, NEUTRON STARS, NUCLEI, AND ULTRACOLD ATOM
On Monday, July 15, 2024, at 12:00 c.t., the next date of our Physics Colloquium will take place. The speaker will be Prof. Carlos A. R. Sa de Melo from the Georgia Institute of Technology on...
Physics colloquium on 08.07.2024: OBSERVATIONAL PROBES OF THE MATTER-ANTIMATTER ASYMMETRY IN THE UNIVERSE
On Monday, July 08, 2024, at 12:00 c.t., the next date of our Physics Colloquium will take place. The speaker will be Prof. Luigi Tibaldo (IRAP/Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse) on the...
Physics colloquium on 01.07.2024: FAST RADIO BURSTS: UNRAVELING AN ASTROPHYSICAL MYSTERY
On Monday, July 01, 2024, at 12:00 c.t., the next date of our Physics Colloquium will take place. The speaker will be Dr. Laura Spitler (Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy) on the...
Physics colloquium on 24.06.2024: LEVERAGE - CONCEPT FOR A LONG-BASELINE EXTENSION IN NEXTGENERATION VLBI EXPERIMENTS AND RAPID-RESPONSE ARRAY
On Monday, June 24, 2024, at 12:00 c.t., the next date of our Physics Colloquium will take place. The speaker will be Prof. Dr. Matthias Kadler (University of Würzburg) on the topic "LEVERAGE...
Physics colloquium on 17.06.2024: Conventional Superconductors with Unconventional Properties
On Monday, June 17, 2024, at 12:00 c.t., the next date of our Physics Colloquium will take place. The speaker will be Prof. Dr. Mathias S. Scheurer (University of Stuttgart) on the topic...
Science Night@Phoenix de Lumières on June 24 - The hunt for ghost particles
Prof. Dr. Anna Franckowiak, astro-physicist at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, reports on research into so-called ghost particles. These neutrinos provide us with an insight into...