March 10: Closing event for the exhibition RETHINKING PHYSICS at IFW Dresden +++ March 10–12: Quantum Alliance @ DPG Spring Meeting, Dresden – Tent A, Booth 78

News

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    Women Quantum Physicists Take Center Stage: RETHINKING PHYSICS Concludes International Tour in Dresden

    After 61 stops across Germany, Australia, Austria, and the United States, the traveling exhibition “RETHINKING PHYSICS: A Century of Quantum Mechanics — Time for a Female Perspective!” is drawing to an end. It remains on view at the IFW Dresden through March 10, 2026. A public colloquium will mark the official closing event.
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    ctd.qmat Team Deciphers Moiré Superconductivity

    Writing in Nature, an international team of researchers has, for the first time, demonstrated a direct link between electronic states in quantum materials and moiré superconductivity. The theoretical framework was provided by a multi-site team from the Cluster of Excellence ctd.qmat.

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  • Gruppenfoto von Teilnehmenden eines ct.qmat-Workshops auf einer Außentreppe, sommerliche Atmosphäre.

    #researcHER: Female Physicists from Around the World Gather in Würzburg

    Frauenpower für die Quantenphysik: Vom 30. Juni bis 2. Juli 2025 wurde der Hubland-Campus der Universität Würzburg zum Treffpunkt für Quantenphysikerinnen aus aller Welt. Zum zweiten Mal hatte das Grete-Hermann-Netzwerk des Exzellenzclusters ct.qmat – Complexity and Topology in Quantum Matter der Universitäten Würzburg und Dresden zu einem Workshop eingeladen.
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    Outstanding Diversity! Physics Team Wins JMU Würzburg’s 2025 Gender Equality Award

    The Equal Opportunities in Physics Taskforce is committed to promoting diversity in science by raising the visibility of role models. The Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat is a proud partner in this initiative, which received the University of Würzburg’s 2025 Gender Equality Award.
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    Groundbreaking Ceremony for a New Joint Research Facility by IFW Dresden and TU Dresden

     Construction is now officially underway on a new research building that will house both the Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat and the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden – creating a world-class hub for international research into quantum materials.

    Kitty Q – A Quantum Adventure: Germany’s First Quantum Physics Escape Room for Children Opens in Dresden

    +++ Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat unveils Germany’s first quantum physics-themed escape room for youngsters in Dresden +++ Kitty Q – A Quantum Adventure at Technische Sammlungen Dresden offers a gamified exploration of quantum physics +++ Michael Kretschmer, Prime Minister of the Free State of Saxony, has agreed to act as patron +++
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    Quantum entanglement in quasiparticles: a stealth mode against disorder

    Würzburg physicists of the Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat have discovered that quantum entanglement toughens up quasiparticles against impurity scattering – even when they are subject to strong disorder.
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    “A Wonderful Start” – ct.qmat Launches German-Japanese Research Partnership in Quantum Technologies

    The Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat hosted a German-Japanese workshop on February 26 and 27, 2024, setting the course for close collaboration between researchers from both countries. Around 70 participants from Germany and Japan convened in Würzburg to discuss their latest findings in quantum physics research. Organized by ct.qmat and supported by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), the workshop delved into areas such as topology, photonics, magnetism, and the dynamics of electron correlation in solids. This exchange of ideas paved the way for joint projects in the coming years.
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    Spinaron: A Rugby in a Ball Pit. New Quantum Effect Demonstrated for the First Time

    For the first time, experimental physicists from the Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat have demonstrated a new quantum effect aptly named the “spinaron.” This revelation challenges the long-held Kondo effect – a theoretical concept which has been considered the standard model for the interaction of magnetic materials with metals since the 1980s. These groundbreaking findings were published in the esteemed journal Nature Physics.
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    Building Bridges in the Quantum World. New Excellence Chair launched in Würzburg

    Giorgio Sangiovanni specializes in the computational analysis of quantum materials. He now heads the recently established Chair in Computational Quantum Materials at ct.qmat’s Würzburg branch, backed by €1.5 million in funding from the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts.
  • Claudia Felser im Porträt vor verschwommenem Hintergrund, draußen bei Tageslicht.

    Claudia Felser Awarded the 2023 EPS Europhysics Prize for Pioneering Scientific Work

    The European Physical Society presented this award to celebrate the “seminal contributions to the classification, prediction, and discovery of novel topological quantum materials.” Claudia Felser is one of the 25 principal investigators of the Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat.
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    Training quantum computers: Physicists win prestigious IBM award

    A team of five, headed by quantum physicist Professor Ronny Thomale of the Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat based at two universities in Würzburg and Dresden, secured second place in the international IBM Quantum Open Science Prize. The research group devised an algorithm enabling IBM’s 16-qubit quantum chip to be trained to outperform conventional computing capabilities.