Students from Belgium, Canada, Mexico, Türkiye and the USA win the 12th edition of Beamline for Schools1
Beamline for Schools (BL4S) is a physics competition that was initiated by CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, and is open to secondary school pupils from all around the world. Participants are invited to submit a proposal for a physics experiment to be undertaken at the beamline of a particle accelerator, either at CERN or at one of the partner institutes: DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron in Hamburg, Germany) and ELSA (Elektronen-Stretcher-Anlage of the University of Bonn, Germany). In 2025, a record number of five winning teams have been chosen, based on both the scientific merit of their proposals and the communication merit of their submission video.
Three clusters of excellence for Physics and Astronomy in Bonn2
The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Bonn will be represented in three Clusters of Excellence in the future - an impressive success that underlines the breadth and international visibility of its research. The University of Bonn was successful with a total of eight approved clusters in the nationwide Excellence Strategy and is therefore once again one of the absolute leaders in the German science system.
NRW Minister Ina Brandes visits the ELSA electron accelerator3
Ina Brandes, Minister for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, has visited the electron accelerator "ELSA" on the Poppelsdorf campus of the University of Bonn. The large-scale device has been reliably delivering the latest findings for research into the building blocks of matter for over three decades. It is part of a 70-year tradition of Nobel Prize-winning accelerator research at the University of Bonn.
"Color meets Flavor" enters the next round4
The cluster initiative “Color meets Flavor“ – Search for new phenomena in strong and weak interactions was given the green light to apply for funding as part of the Excellence Initiative of the German government and federal states. The German Research Foundation and the German Council of Science and Humanities made the announcement earlier today.
Links
- https://www.pi.uni-bonn.de/en/news/jugendliche-aus-belgien-kanada-mexiko-der-tuerkei-und-den-usa-gewinnen-die-12-ausgabe-von-beamline-for-schools
- https://www.pi.uni-bonn.de/en/news/three-clusters-of-excellence-for-physics-and-astronomy-in-bonn
- https://www.pi.uni-bonn.de/en/news/nrw-minister-ina-brandes-visits-the-elsa-electron-accelerator
- https://www.pi.uni-bonn.de/en/news/color-meets-flavor