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World Quantum Day on 14 April: Cluster of Excellence QuantumFrontiers featured in podcast

New episode of the science podcast ‘Exzellent erklärt’: Using atomic clocks to track down dark matter.

LUH presents current projects at the Hannover Messe

The recycling of plastic-based automotive components and integrated photonics for health, security and industry will be the focus of LUH’s exhibit at the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture’s joint booth from 20 to 24 April.

‘Gute Küste Niedersachsen’ information sign on a dike in Butjadingen

‘Gute Küste Niedersachsen’ information sign on a dike in Butjadingen

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Flowering dikes improve coastal protection

Researchers from the Ludwig Franzius Institute at LUH have investigated how coastal dikes can be made more resilient in the face of extreme weather events.

Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize goes to Hannover physicist

Dr. Guillem Domènech Fuertes from the Institute of Theoretical Physics at LUH has received the most prestigious award for early-career researchers. His work focuses on the interaction of gravitational waves and primordial black holes in the early phase of the universe.

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Research consortium succeeds in transporting antiprotons for the first time

Breakthrough at the CERN laboratory paves the way for the transport of antimatter to precision laboratories such as those at LUH.

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Research on optical precision instruments in the PhoenixD Cluster of Excellence

The goal of the Hearing4all Cluster of Excellence is an improved hearing experience for all

Doktoranden am Institut für Quantenoptik der LUH, bereiten am Lasertisch ein Experiment vor, bei dem einzelne Atome auf nahezu den absoluten Temperatur-Nullpunkt herabgekühlt werden, um ihre Quanteneigenschaften untersuchen zu können.

Doktoranden am Institut für Quantenoptik der LUH, bereiten am Lasertisch ein Experiment vor, bei dem einzelne Atome auf nahezu den absoluten Temperatur-Nullpunkt herabgekühlt werden, um ihre Quanteneigenschaften untersuchen zu können.

Doktoranden am Institut für Quantenoptik der LUH, bereiten am Lasertisch ein Experiment vor, bei dem einzelne Atome auf nahezu den absoluten Temperatur-Nullpunkt herabgekühlt werden, um ihre Quanteneigenschaften untersuchen zu können.

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