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Astrophysics: Mystery of the ‘missing’ binary stars solved

A binary star system in the centre of the Milky Way provides new clues as to how stars form around the central black hole

12/17/2024

University

Season's Greetings of the Rector

to the Members of the University of Cologne

12/17/2024

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Research

‘Strong’ filters – Innovative technology for better displays and optical sensors

New research has shown how the quantum mechanical principle of strong coupling opens unrivalled possibilities for designing optical filters: So-called…

12/09/2024

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Woven histories

The project ‘Curating and Weaving Memories: Critical Multimodal Collaborations’ is a cooperation between a research project of the University of Ghent, the Cologne International Forum and the Global South Studies Centre (GSSC) of the University of Cologne. It problematises the marginalisation and exploitation of women weavers in the production and trade of handmade Iranian carpets.
_{Photos: Jana Bauch}

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Saheb-Jamal Rahimi has travelled from Iran for the exhibition at the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum to give workshops, among other things.
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Simone Pfeifer from the Global South Studies Center (GSSC) and the graduate programme ‘anschließen-ausschließen’. She is providing academic support for the project and co-curated the exhibition.