Latest news and announcements
Julia Tjus is new on the board of the Astronomical Society
The Ruhr University researcher was elected to the board of the long-established professional association at the end of September.
Well advised abroad - information on scholarships and funding opportunities
For students who are interested in a stay abroad, the RUB International Office is again offering numerous advisory services and opportunities this semester....
Saturday Morning Physics on 10/21/2023: Hunting for ghost particles - neutrino astronomy at the South Pole
On October 21, 2023, the faculty invites you to Saturday Morning Physics. Speaker is Prof. Dr. Anna Franckowiak with a lecture on "Hunting for Ghost Particles - Neutrino Astronomy at the...
Sustainability Week: Program
From October 16 to 20, 2023, the Sustainability Week will take place at Ruhr-Universität for the first time.
Sophie Aerdker's laboratory is space
The astrophysicist is always fascinated when experimental results confirm previously calculated models. But also when they do not.
Are the colors of the astro images actually real?
Prof. Dr. Ralf-Jürgen Dettmar, guest author of the Year of Science, explains the secret behind the impressive sky images.
"My biggest motivation was to show everyone".
Marco Wolf has radically changed his life: He left the Jehovah's Witnesses, quit his job in the city administration and is now studying physics in the master's program without a high school diploma.
Galactic puzzle fun - Free and open access: "Our Universe. The puzzle tour." offers exciting puzzle fun in downtown Bochum.
In keeping with this year's theme of the nationwide "Year of Science 2023 - Our Universe", Bochum Marketing in cooperation with Think-Square Bochum will be hosting the following events from September 25 to 22....
Register now for Tandem.MINT
Until October 15, students of natural sciences can register for the RUB language tandem program.
Labs4Future - The (Climate)System Earth and the Individual and Societal Options for Action
Together with the Alfried Krupp School Laboratory of Science, the Physics Didactics invites interested school groups to the Labs4Future project.
Compact tips for new researchers
Who is responsible for what in the administration? What services are available for research? So that new researchers do not have to laboriously search for this information at the Ruhr-Universität, the...
Home game for Susanne Hüttemeister
The lecture series brings researchers to their home towns. Astronomy professor Susanne Hüttemeister is a guest in Altena.
Universe on Tour - Press release
From August 16 - 20, 2023, the mobile planetarium show "Universe on Tour" will stop at the Park of the Twin Cities in Dortmund. Local research institutes from Dortmund and Bochum present their research
John Bulava explores the interactions of elementary particles
The physicist was newly appointed in August 2023. He wants to use elaborate computer simulations to find out more about certain elementary particles that occur in neutron stars, for example.
Euclid ventures a first look
The new space telescope with strong German participation has delivered the first test images a few weeks after the rocket launch. The Ruhr University is also involved in the mission.
A new kind of quantum bits in semiconductor nanostructures.
Researchers have created a superimposed quantum state in a semiconductor nanostructure that would be suitable as a basis for quantum computing. The trick: two finely tuned...
Universe on Tour - Roadshow makes a stop in Dortmund
From August 16 to 20, 2023, the next highlight of the Year of Science on the topic of "Our Universe" will take place in Dortmund. The BMBF's "Universe on Tour" roadshow will stop for five days in...
"The biggest challenge is people's minds".
Research data management - that sounds primarily technical. But a social component is also crucial, as plasma researcher Achim von Keudell reports.