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NOA PhD student Francesco Vitale analyzing the photoluminescence of semiconductur nanowires.
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    Jena unites forces for research transfer and innovation

    Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung funds new transfer centre JENAiNNOVATION with three million euros: Joint initiative of Friedrich Schiller University Jena, University Hospital Jena, and University of Applied Sciences Jena
    The new JENAiNNOVATION transfer centre will commence operations at the beginning of October.
    Image: Immo Feine/Uni Jena
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    Jena looks back on an exciting week of science

    Tens of thousands of visitors attend the Highlights of Physics and the MINT Festival in Jena
    Exhibition at the science festival "Highlights of Physics" in the shopping centre "Goethe Galerie" in Jena.
    Image: Nicole Nerger/Universität Jena
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    Jena Photonics is in Europe’s Top League

    EU Project PHORTIFY Strengthens Education and Research Across Europe
    Researchers from the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT) and the University of Jena – shown here in a laboratory at the Abbe Center of Photonics on the Beutenberg Campus.
    Image: Sven Döring / Leibniz-IPHT
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    Postdoc Position in Photonics Education at ASP

    At the Abbe School of Photonics, we are announcing a very special position for a dedicated photonics enthusiast at the postdoc or "almost-finished-PhD" level, to engage in our Photonics Master program.
    Detail of the Michelson XRTL setup in Jena.
    Image: Jari Domke
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    Harvard and MIT Students Explore Cutting-Edge Technologies at ACP

    The Abbe Center of the Friedrich Schiller University Friedrich Schiller University Jena welcomed a delegation of students from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for a day of exchange centered on innovation and emerging photonic technologies.
    Harvard and MIT Germany Trek Visit 2025
    Image: Privat
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    Political Summer Guests at Fraunhofer IOF

    Representatives of the Thuringian Cabinet visit the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF
    Minister President Mario Voigt (third from left) holds the Gaussian boson sampler, a key component for Germany's first quantum computer.
    Image: TSK / Antje Lang
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    InfectoGnostics Begins Third Funding Phase

    Eight million euros for seven new projects
    The InfectoGnostics Research Campus begins its third funding phase; speaker of the executive board Prof. Dr. Jürgen Popp looks forward to seven new projects.
    Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
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    Throwing machine, diving boat or jukebox

    Science festival "Highlights of Physics" invites pupils to the nationwide "exciting physics" competition in Jena / Registration until 15 August
    Pupils from all over Germany are invited to present their projects at the "Highlights of Physics" in Jena, as here in Dortmund in 2018.
    Image: Highlights der Physik/Offer
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    Beyond classical resolution limits: Dr Wilhelm Eschen receives the Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth Prize

    Dr Wilhelm Eschen, former doctoral student at the Institute of Applied Physics at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, was awarded the prestigious Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth Prize at the 23rd Alumni Day on 20 June 2025 was awarded.
    Wilhelm Eschen ist fixing a lab set-up.
    Image: Ira Winkler
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    New possibilities for quantum technology

    Chemistry research team influences the spin of a molecule directly through an electric field for the first time
    Crystal of a copper compound used by the team led by Prof. Dr Winfried Plass to investigate spin states in molecules.
    Image: Nicole Nerger (Universität Jena)
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    Rowena Morse Prize 2025: Award for Priv.-Doz. Dr. habil. Stephanie Lippmann

    Honored on Schiller Day for outstanding academic achievements
    Award winner PD Dr. habil. Stephanie Lippmann.
    Image: Ira Winkler
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    How Light Enables Secure Communication

    Jena researchers develop new approaches for quantum communication via optical fibre
    Prof. Dr Mario Chemnitz (right) from the University of Jena and Mehmet Müftüoğlu are researching new approaches for secure quantum communication via fibre optics at Leibniz IPHT.
    Image: Stela Todorova/ Leibniz-IPHT
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