The international research project Event Horizon has now succeeded in photographing a black hole for the first time. But what is a black hole...
10 April 2019|Research
Black holes: what are they, actually?
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28 February 2019|Pressemitteilung
Sociologist from Universität Hamburg honored with the 2019 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize
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The German Research Foundation (DFG) and Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research have selected Stefan Aykut from Universität Hamburg’s...
20 February 2019|Pressemitteilung
New Head of World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Professor from Universität Hamburg
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The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) is one of the world’s leading climate research initiatives. Effective immediately, Prof. Detlef Stammer...
7 February 2019|Research
Remembering together—but how?
Photo: Cedric Mercken
Whether positive experiences like sporting events or negative catastrophes, how do we commemorate things, as individuals or collectively? This is one...
22 January 2019|Campus
Science City Bahrenfeld—the most important questions and answers
It is now official—the future project Science City Bahrenfeld is due to start in 2020. The aim: to strengthen Hamburg as a hub for science! And to...
29 August 2018|Research
Bacteria—nature’s trash collector for plastics?
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Could microorganisms devour and rid the world of microplastics? Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Streit and his team in the Department of Biology at Universität...
4 July 2018|Pressemitteilung
New DFG Center for Advanced Studies to research sustainability
Photo: Anna Jiménez Calaf
The German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) has granted funding for a new Center for Advanced Study at Universität Hamburg...
4 July 2018|Pressemitteilung
Hamburg scientists combine experimental expertise
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Two separate research fields have been united in Hamburg for the very first time. Ultrashort laser pulses enable us to observe and manipulate matter...
3 July 2018|Research
How extremes can help: improved accuracy for 10-year forecasts
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Leonard Borchert’s goal is to make weather forecasts for the next 10 years more accurate. To do so, he has observed the North Atlantic, which strongly...
26 June 2018|Pressemitteilung
35 years of marine conservation: the lack of a strategy increases the need for protected areas
Photo: UHH/CEN/K. Jantke
Although more than 16 percent of all national waters are now protected, many ecoregions and countries are not included. The current reserve system is...