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IdeenExpo 2022 - With the Chair of Astronomy into the colourful world of space
08.07.22 | Faculty
From 2 to 10 July 2022, members of the Department of Astronomy will be showing schoolchildren how the impressive colour images of space are created at the IdeenExpo in...
Poster session SOWAS Internship 2022
07.07.22 | Event
On Wednesday 13.07.22, all interested parties are cordially invited to attend this year's poster session on the projects from the 2022 SOWAS internships.
The re-registration for the winter semester starts
06.07.22 | RUB
All students who are already enrolled have until 31 August 2022 to re-register. To do so, they must transfer the social contribution of 342.43 euros by the deadline. For new...
Physikalisches Kolloquium am 11.07.2022: High average power ultrafast lasers from the THz to the XUV: a solution looking for a problem?
05.07.22 | Event
On Monday (11.07.22) at 12.00 c.t. the next date of our Physics Colloquium will take place. The speaker is Prof. Dr. Clara Saraceno (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and...
Physics Colloquium on 04.07.2022: Topology - Open and with Diverse Backgrounds
28.06.22 | Event
On Monday (04.07.22) at 12.00 c.t. the next date of our Physics Colloquium will take place. The speaker is Dr. Tobias Meng (TU Dresden) on the topic: "Topology - Open and with Diverse...
Dr Vandad Fallah Ramazani wins Florian Goebel Prize
28.06.22 | Research
Dr. Vandad Fallah Ramazani, a member of Prof. Dr. Anna Franckowiak's research group, was awarded the Florian Goebel Prize last week together with three other...
Happy Higgs Discovery Day - Events to mark the 10th anniversary of the discovery of the Higgs particle
27.06.22 | Event
Ten years ago, on 4 July 2012, scientists at CERN announced that, after more than 40 years of searching, they had succeeded in finding the Higgs particle, which until then had only been predicted theoretically....
Physics Colloquium on 27.06.2022: Inaugural Lecture Prof. Dr. Anna Franckowiak
22.06.22 | Event
On Monday (27.06.22) at 12.00 c.t. the next date of our Physics Colloquium will take place. The speaker is Prof. Dr. Anna Franckowiak (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) on the topic: "Ghostly...
Warming up for the start of your career
20.06.22 | RUB
For the best preparation for the job and the upcoming Stellenwerk fair, the Career Service again offers many events.
Photon twins of unequal origin
17.06.22 | Research
Researchers have created identical light particles with different quantum dots - an important step for applications such as tap-proof communication.
Excursion provides insights into plasma technology
15.06.22 | Study
Participants of the lecture "Plasma Diagnostics" from this and previous semesters visited the company Avantes in Apeldoorn in the Netherlands on 03.06.22. The Dutch company specialises in plasma diagnostics. The Dutch company specialises in...
Physics Colloquium on 20.06.2022: Unlucky Stars Illuminate Massive Black Holes
14.06.22 | Event
On Monday (20.06.22) at 12.00 c.t. the next date of our Physics Colloquium will take place. The speaker is Prof. Dr. Sjoert van Velzen (Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, NL) on the...
New honorary professorship for Prof. Dr. Dr. Wolfgang Rhode
10.06.22 | Faculty
The Faculty of Physics and Astronomy honours the scientific career and successful cooperation of the Dortmund physicist with the Bochum faculty. Within the framework of the Physikalisches...
Workshop: Complex Phase Transitions with Functional Properties, 24 June 2022
08.06.22 | Event
The materials research department invites you to sign up to their workshop on "Complex Phase Transitions with Functional Properties" on June 24th, 2022. Phase transitions are a fascinating...
Well advised abroad - information on scholarships and funding opportunities
07.06.22 | Study
This article was originally published on 29.04.2022 and was updated on 07.06.2022. For students who are interested in a stay abroad, the International Office of the RUB in...
Physics Colloquium on 13.06.2022: Inaugural Lecture PD Dr habil Thomas Hammerschmidt
07.06.22 | Event
On Monday (13.06.22) at 12.00 c.t. the next date of our Physics Colloquium will take place. The speaker is PD Dr. habil Thomas Hammerschmidt (ICAMS, Ruhr-Universität Bochum) on the topic:...
Francis Halzen is an honorary doctor of the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
With this award, the faculty honours his outstanding achievements in astrophysics and particle physics.
RUBel competition 5×5000 - Dr. Christopher Körber among the winners
27.05.22 | Study
Through adaptive teacher supplementation through systematic digitisation, the lecture Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics and Statistics in Physics is to be provided in the long term with individualised and...