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Physics colloquium on 15.01.2024: Special colloquium on the Nobel Prizes
On Monday, January 15, 2024, at 12:00 c.t., the next date of our Physics Colloquium will take place. In this special colloquium on the 2023 Nobel Prizes, Prof. Dr. Clara...
Successful Test-Beam Time With the PANDA Forward Endcap Calorimeter at the COSY Proton-Accelerator
Particle detectors are the essential tools for physicists to study the properties and interactions of the smallest building blocks of matter in our universe. A next generation particle physics...
German courses in physics and astronomy enter second round
Arrive faster, network better and make connections - this is what the German courses offered by the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy for the first time from August 2023 help with. Starting in January 2024...
Saturday Morning Physics on 13.01.2024: What holds the world together at its core - the structure of our universe
On January 13, 2024, the faculty invites you to Saturday Morning Physics. The speaker is Prof. Dr. Ulrich Wiedner with a lecture on "What holds the world together at its core - the structure of...
The faculty wishes happy holidays and a happy new year
The Faculty of Physics and Astronomy wishes you all a peaceful holiday season and a happy new year. The year 2023 is drawing to a close and we hope that you all enjoyed the...
Physics colloquium on 08.01.2024: "Glueballs and Friends"
On Monday, January 8, 2024, at 12:00 c.t., the next date of our Physics Colloquium will take place. The speaker will be Prof. Dr. Franceso Knechtli (Bergische Universität Wuppertal) on the...
Researchers in chemistry and physics receive funding
The funding enables projects to be carried out at several universities in the Ruhr region.
Astrophysicist Prof. Dr. Catherine Heymans is a new member of the Leopoldina
Two members of Ruhr-Universität Bochum are new members of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - National Academy of Sciences.
Observatory in Chile named after Bochum researcher
Rolf Chini's services to the astronomical site in the Atacama Desert were honored with this special gesture.
Physics colloquium on 18.12.2023: Presentations on the dissertation prize
On Monday (18.12.23) at 12.00 c.t. the next meeting of our physics colloquium will take place. On this date, the two candidates for this year's dissertation prize will be...
Rolf Chini Cerro Murphy" observatory inaugurated
The Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences (CAMK), together with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and other institutions, held a ceremony...
Physics colloquium on 11.12.2023: "Machine Learning Conventional Superconductors"
On Monday, December 11, 2023, at 12:00 c.t., the next date of our Physics Colloquium will take place. Speaker is Prof. Dr. Miguel Marques (RUB) on the topic "Machine Learning...
ERC GRANT - Understanding particle interactions in neutron stars
We congratulate Prof. Dr. John Bulava on receiving an ERC Consolidator Grant.
Funding: Brazilian-German WE-Heraeus-Seminar in Hadron Physics
The Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation is funding a bi-national seminar in hadron physics entitled "Hadron spectroscopy and the new, unexpected resonances". In September 2024, the...
Saturday Morning Physics on 09.12.2023: Jellyfish in space - star formation and magnetic fields outside galaxies
On December 9, 2023, the faculty invites you to Saturday Morning Physics. The speaker is Dr. Ancla Müller with a lecture on "Jellyfish in space - star formation and magnetic fields...
ERC Consolidator Grant: A new look at dark matter
Astronomer Elisa Pueschel wants to penetrate a still unexplored mass range of dark matter particles.
Progress and challenges - a look back at Radio 2023
More than 100 astronomers gathered in Bochum last week to discuss the progress and challenges of German radio astronomy. New scientific results and...
CANCELLED: Physics colloquium on 27.11.2023: "Transport and Scattering in Exotic Quantum Matter"
On Monday, November 27, 2023, at 12:00 c.t., the next date of our Physics Colloquium will take place. The speaker will be Prof. Dr. Christian Hess (Bergische Universität Wuppertal) on the...