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Finally they are here!
On the occasion of the BMBF Science Year "Our Universe", we have two particularly impressive art prints on campus. On display is the galaxy NGC 2336, which is about 100 million light-years...
Physics Colloquium on 05/22/2023: "Strange Particles"
On Monday, May 15, 2023, at 12:00 pm c.t., the next date of our Physics Colloquium will take place. The speaker will be Prof. Dr. Tord Johansson (Uppsala Universitet) on the topic...
Exhibit on the MS Wissenschaft explains turbulence in space
On May 9, 2023, the exhibition ship MS Wissenschaft set off again on its journey across Germany. The focus this year: the universe.
Physics Colloquium on 5/15/2023: "Superconductivity: There's Plenty of Cream at the Bottom".
Prof. Dr. Peter Hirschfeld shows in his contribution that there is still a lot to explore in the field of superconductors.
Physics Colloquium on 08.05.2023: "50 Years of QCD"
Prof. Dr. Eberhardt Klempt celebrates the 50th anniversary of quantum chromodynamics with this lecture.
From semester ticket to Germany ticket
At the start of the Deutschlandticket, students also have the opportunity to upgrade their semester ticket and use local public transportation nationwide.
Save the Date: Euclid - our cosmological wide-angle lens in space
On June 29, 2023, we cordially invite all interested parties to the lecture of Prof. Dr. Hendrik Hildebrandt. In the context of the Science Year 2023 and the Bochum "Week of the Universe",...
PANDA experiment - forward end cap travels to Jülich
In mid-March, the time had finally come for the support structure of the forward end cap of the electromagnetic calorimeter of the PANDA experiment to make the journey from Bochum to its interim destination at the...
Star Trek and the future of artificial intelligence
The University Library is participating in the Science Year "Our Universe" with a lecture by Hubert Zitt.
Dark energy threatens cohesion in space
Gravity and dark energy are opposing forces in the universe. Hendrik Hildebrandt knows what this means for the cohesion of the universe.
Physics Colloquium on 04/17/2023: "The Very High Gamma-Ray Window to the Cosmos".
On Monday (07.04.2023), Dr. Dominik Elsässer will present his talk on photon observation by high-energy gamma radiation.
Growth for the Research Center Future Energy Materials and Systems
The Department of Physics and Astronomy is pleased to welcome Prof. Dr. Botti.
The glue that holds matter together
Researchers from all over the world are conducting elaborate experiments in search of the mysterious glueballs: Particles that consist only of the force that holds matter together. It is possible that they have already...
Researchers create exotic quantum light state
Coupled light particles could advance both medical imaging and quantum computing.
Dr. Ivonne Möller awarded Ars Legendi Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
For the development and implementation of innovative key competence modules in physics studies, Dr. Ivonne Möller from the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy was awarded the Ars Legendi Faculty Award...
PANDA experiment - A cool delivery from Bochum
The Chair of Experimental Hadron Physics (EP 1) at Ruhr-Universität Bochum is leading the development and construction of the forward end cap of the PANDA Electromagnetic Calorimeter...
Customized teaching - Dr. Christopher Körber in the RUBel Podcast
Dr. Körber was a staff member at the Chair of Theoretical Physics II until Dec. 31, 2022, and won the RUBel e-learning competition last year. In the podcast he talks together with Sven...
The coupling of two quantum dots has succeeded for the first time
A tiny change represents a major breakthrough in quantum physics: an international research team from Bochum and Copenhagen has succeeded in identifying two quantum dots in a...