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Colorful images from the microscopic world of basic research require a close second look: Universität Hamburg's Cluster of Excellence CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter is hosting the Arts and Science exhibition, 4-24 April 2023 at Hamburg's city hall.

The world is changing quickly and we need to keep learning in order to adapt to new conditions. A new research group headed by Tania Lincoln is looking at how these learning processes can fail and what the consequences are for our psychological health.

For research on improving the quality of health care, the Hamburg Center for Health Economics at Universität Hamburg has created a comprehensive doctoral program.

The transformation of the economy towards sustainability proceeds apace. Eighty-four percent of those responsible for sustainability at a company in the real economy say that the topic has become -more- or -much more important.

From 31 January to 23 February 2023, the Cluster of Excellence CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter at Universität Hamburg showed What Were You Wearing? at the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science at Science City Bahrenfeld.

Meat production causes climate-harming CO2 emissions. Furthermore, many animals suffer under livestock conditions. A meat tax could lower consumption and the money could be used, for example, to improve conditions. A new study by Grischa Perino and Henrike Schwickert from Universität Hamburg reveals how the population responds to this idea.

Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is currently not plausible, as is shown in a new, central study released by Universität Hamburg's Cluster of Excellence -Climate, Climatic Change, and Society- (CLICCS).

After the restrictions on students and staff enforced by the coronavirus pandemic in terms of teaching, researching, and in administration in the last two and a half years, Universität Hamburg has taken a clear position for the Winter Semester: University operations will take place in-person.

Ten years ago, researchers at Universität Hamburg jointly initiated a research alliance to digitalize astronomical photographic plates in high resolution, publish these online, and make them available for current research.

On 4 July, the discovery of the Higgs boson particle celebrated its tenth anniversary. Many German universities and institutes took part, including DESY and Universität Hamburg.

What is required if parental leaves laws are to contribute to a sustainable society? And what does paid parental leave mean for children's health and development? The Parental Leave Policies and Social Sustainability project takes a look at these very questions.

Two-thirds of the German population are concerned about new corona mutations; one-fifth of the population is very worried.

An interdisciplinary and pan-university team under the aegis of the Department of Informatics at Universität Hamburg will develop intelligent assistance systems designed to facilitate remote diagnosis.

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the development and availability of chemical and biological weapons has once again attracted renewed scrutiny.

The German Research Foundation has awarded €1 million in funding to the early-career research group headed by Dr. David Reutter in the Department of Mathematics at Universität Hamburg.

On behalf of the Federal Foreign Office and the French ministry of defense and foreign affairs, researchers from the Carol Friedrich von Weizsäcker Center for Science and Peace Research at Universität Hamburg are organizing a multi-day exercise on controlled nuclear disarmament.

Dr. Irene Fernandez-Cuesta from the Department of Physics at Universität Hamburg and her team have received a grant of 150 000 euros from the European Research Council.