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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”