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Swell and shrink at the touch of a button
2024/03/13
Interaction between soft matter and ultrasound investigated
In the journal “Advanced Science”, researchers from TU Darmstadt describe how ultrasound affects soft matter. This could lead to new medical and industrial applications.
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Picture: Gabriele OttoPicture: Gabriele Otto
Max Planck Fellowship for Almudena Arcones
2024/02/27
Origin of heavy elements: Nuclear matter under extreme conditions
The President of the Max Planck Society has appointed Prof Dr Almudena Arcones from the Technical University of Darmstadt as a Max Planck Fellow at the Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK) in Heidelberg. Within the framework of the Fellowship, she will lead the theoretical research group “Theoretical nuclear astrophysics and the origin of heavy elements in the universe” starting 1 March 2024, working closely with the experimental department of Prof Klaus Blaum (MPIK).
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Visionary research into atomic nuclei
2024/01/24
DFG extends Collaborative Research Centre 1245
The German Research Foundation (DFG) is extending two Collaborative Research Centres (SFB) at TU Darmstadt for a further funding period. One SFB is in the field of nuclear physics.
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Research at TU Darmstadt selected as breakthrough in optics in 2023
2023/12/04
Scientists at TU Darmstadt extend research on quantum computing to new dimension
December of each year, OPTICA, the U.S. optical society, selects scientific breakthroughs of particular interest to the broad optics community that have emerged over the past year. In this year, research conducted in the group of Prof. Gerhard Birkl at the Institute of Applied Physics at Technische Universität Darmstadt has been highlighted in this exclusive list. The special issue “Optics in 2023” of the journal „Optics & Photonics News” (OPN) reports on work conducted by Malte Schlosser, Dominik Schäffner, and their colleagues, towards advancing unique architectures for quantum computing and quantum simulation.
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Picture: Jan-Christoph HartungPicture: Jan-Christoph Hartung
Visionary research into atomic nuclei
2023/11/28
DFG extends Collaborative Research Centre 1245
The German Research Foundation (DFG) is extending two Collaborative Research Centres (SFB) at TU Darmstadt for a further funding period. One SFB is in the field of nuclear physics.
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Picture: Ruben BischlerPicture: Ruben Bischler
Harald-Rose-Prize 2023 awarded
2023/11/24
Dr Alexander Zintler receives award for his dissertation
The Technical University of Darmstadt and CEOS GmbH as the prize sponsor honour Dr Alexander Zintler for his research work on thin oxide films.
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Physics students from University of Nariño, Columbia
2023/11/14
DAAD Exchange programme
On Thursday, 09.11.2023, the Physics Department had a visit from a group of physics students from the University of Nariño as part of the DAAD exchange programme.
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Picture: Walter OppelPicture: Walter Oppel
Images as if by magic
2023/11/03
Research of the Experimental Solid State Quantum Optics Group
Quantum physics enables a new form of imaging that could make cancer diagnostics more precise. Physicists from Darmstadt, Jena and Barcelona have made quantum imaging more resilient to noise which may pave the way for practical applications such as in medicine.
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Picture: Gero Quasten, prosa | Architektur + StadtplanungPicture: Gero Quasten, prosa | Architektur + Stadtplanung
“Forum Physik” opens in the historic institute building
2023/09/21
Renovated and converted atrium forms new (teaching) centre for physics
The newly built “Forum Physik” under the historic atrium roof of the physics institute building has been inaugurated on 13 June 2023.
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ECIS Solvay Award 2023 for Professor von Klitzing
2023/09/15
Studies on foams stabilised with soft particles and polymers awarded
Regine von Klitzing and her team at the Institute for Condensed Matter Physics have received the ECIS Solvay Award 2023 for their recent pioneering studies on foams stabilised with soft particles and polymers. The award was presented at the European Colloid and Interface Society (ECIS) conference in Naples, Italy.