After decades of searching: The LHCb experiment at CERN has found the first evidence of the extremely rare decay of a neutral B0 meson into two muons. At the same time, the collaboration has achieved the most precise measurement to date of the related decay of the B0s meson into two muons. These results mark an important milestone in the search for New Physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. Researchers from Germany, funded by the BMFTR, have made major contributions to the measurements.

What happens when quantum computing meets acrobatics? On Saturday, October 31, 2026, you can experience it live at the Schauspielhaus Bad Godesberg at Theater Bonn. Color meets Flavor is kicking-off the new series “Science in the Theater.”

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved the construction of the central magnet system for the “BabyIAXO” project by the “Color meets Flavor” Cluster of Excellence at the Universities of Bonn, Siegen, and Dortmund. A total of 6 million euros will be invested in the project. The goal is to search for the axion—a previously undiscovered elementary particle that could solve one of the greatest mysteries of particle physics.

What is dark matter? How does space get to accelerate particles a hundredfold compare to mankind's biggest labs? Particle and astrophysicists at Ruhr university Bochum and TU Dortmund tackle these and more fundamental questions about the nature of the universe. The new podcast episode "Think.Try.Transform" features Prof. Prof. Julia Tjus and Prof. Johannes Albrecht, giving insights into their research (in German).

Listen to podcast "Think.Try.Transform"

Cutting-edge research “made in NRW”: The “Color meets Flavor” Cluster of Excellence was officially launched in Bonn. Teams from the universities of Bonn, Siegen, and Dortmund, along with the Jülich Research Center, are jointly investigating the strong and weak interactions of quarks and the origins of the universe.

Applications opened for a new professorship for Accelerator Physics at the University of Bonn

Applications opened for a new professorship at the University of Bonn

The Forschungszentrum Jülich, together with its partners, has been awarded funding for the new Helmholtz “Color meets Flavor” Excellence Network (CmFEN).

The 24th Conference on Flavor Physics and CP violation takes place from 18th to 22nd of May, 2026 in the Physics Center in Bad Honnef