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24 September 2021

The two-doors physicist

By Jonas Vogt

Beatrix Hiesmayr is a theoretical physicist whose main research interest is quantum information. Quantum information science holds tremendous potential for fundamental changes – among other things, in the way our computers work. But even though quantum theory has been around for more than one hundred years, nobody, not even Hiesmayr, can fully make sense of […] Continue reading “The two-doors physicist”

Interview & Opinion

22 June 2021

A gap in Hawking’s theorem

Interview: Reinhard Kleindl

The physicist and 2021 START Award winner Laura Donnay has discovered subtle properties of black holes that had hitherto been overlooked. They could shed new light on something that researchers have long been looking for: the link between quantum physics and gravitational theory. Continue reading “A gap in Hawking’s theorem”

On the road

9 December 2020

The colours of Paris

By Anna Galler

In the context of her Schrödinger Fellowship, physicist Anna Galler is conducting research on the optical properties of new, environmentally friendly colour pigments at the École Polytechnique in Paris. In order to be able in the future to design the pigment colour and other material properties on the computer, Anna Galler is developing sophisticated theoretical […] Continue reading “The colours of Paris”

Interview & Opinion

19 June 2020

Smart materials for the next generation

Interview: Tanja Paar

Optical data processing, quantum information and intelligent buildings are areas of application for Elisa Davoli’s research. The mathematician and recipient of a 2020 START prize develops theories for modelling composite materials with the ability to adapt to their environment. Continue reading “Smart materials for the next generation”

Interview & Opinion

19 June 2020

The surprising simplicity of complexity

Interview: Alois Pumhösel

Physics, computer science, artificial intelligence: science knows many systems able to produce surprising complexity on the basis of just a few rules. The theoretical physicist and START Award winner Gemma De las Cuevas wants to get to the bottom of this ability by comparing concepts from different scientific fields that demonstrate this complexity – and […] Continue reading “The surprising simplicity of complexity”

Projects

11 May 2020

New threats to our old data

Cryptologist Daniel Slamanig is investigating how today’s encryption methods can be rendered fit to ward off future attacks. Not even powerful quantum computers should be able to harm them. Continue reading “New threats to our old data”

Interview & Opinion

31 May 2019

The end of the paywall in science

Ingrid Ladner, Falk Reckling

The Austrian Science Fund FWF has worked to promote free and open access to scholarly knowledge for the last 15 years. Its funding policies have helped to bring about a long overdue cultural shift in publishing practice. Now “Plan S” is being launched, a new initiative to finally ring in an era of Open Science. Continue reading “The end of the paywall in science”

Projects

17 September 2018

Luminescent nanoparticles help with early cancer detection

In a project funded by the FWF, a research group from Innsbruck investigated how cancer cells in the large intestine can be made to glow in order to facilitate early detection. Continue reading “Luminescent nanoparticles help with early cancer detection”

Projects

13 March 2017

The underestimated role of coincidence

In a project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, a team directed by mathematician Erika Hausenblas is investigating how the pressure of flowing liquids can be described when taking into account random perturbations. Continue reading “The underestimated role of coincidence”

On the road

2 June 2016

Doing research and living in Glasgow

Matthias Sonnleitner

Towards the end of his PhD studies in theoretical physics at the University of Innsbruck, Matthias Sonnleitner had no doubts that the next step in his scientific career would take him abroad. Now he is doing research at the University of Glasgow surrounded by a region of great dynamism. Continue reading “Doing research and living in Glasgow”

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