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Star Trek and the future of artificial intelligence

04/17/2013 | Event

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".

11.04.23 | Physics Colloquium, Event

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

05.04.23 | Research

The Department of Physics and Astronomy is pleased to welcome Prof. Dr. Botti.

The glue that holds matter together

28.03.23 | Research

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

24.03.23 | Research

Coupled light particles could advance both medical imaging and quantum computing.

Dr. Ivonne Möller awarded Ars Legendi Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching

21.03.23 | Faculty

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

23.02.23 | Research

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

03.02.23 | Research

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

02.02.23 | Research

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...

The Science Year 2023 at the RUB

27.01.23 | Event

"Bochum between heaven and earth" - that's how Bochum is kicking off the Year of Science 2023. February 11 is the starting signal in the planetarium. The Ruhr-Universität will also be participating throughout the year with...

Dissertation Award 2022: Dr. Meike Küßner could convince

23.01.23 | Faculty, Research

For the fourth time, the dissertation prize of the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy was awarded last year. The winner of this round is Dr. Meike Küßner. In her doctoral thesis, Meike...

Physics Colloquium on 30.01.2023: Topic: Electron-Astrophysics - How the Smallest Scales in Space Power the Biggest Structures in the Universe.

23.01.23 | Physics Colloquium, Event

On Monday (30.01.2023) at 12.00 pm c.t. the next date of our Physics Colloquium will take place. The speaker is Dr. Daniel Verscharen (University College London) on the topic:...