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22 November 2021

Light source for quantum computers in portable format

A research group from Vienna has achieved a breakthrough by producing bespoke light particles that are particularly well suited for quantum physical entanglement. The method has been patented and opens up new possibilities for the construction of quantum computers. Continue reading “Light source for quantum computers in portable format”

Interview & Opinion

22 June 2021

“An incredibly exciting moment for quantum science”

Interview: Reinhard Kleindl

Over the next six years, the physicist and START Award winner Julian Leonard wants to implement a new form of quantum computer that could solve difficult problems in materials research – and do it faster than conventional computers. Continue reading ““An incredibly exciting moment for quantum science””
Getting to the bottom of quantum physics

Video

23 March 2018

Getting to the bottom of quantum physics

The FWF Special Research Programme Foundations and Applications of Quantum Science made it possible to set-up a research group headed by the physicist Rainer Blatt which represents the basis for the development of quantum physics in and beyond Austria. With the help of bottom-up methods, the team investigates ways to use just a few atoms […] Watch video “Getting to the bottom of quantum physics”

Projects

25 April 2022

A handshake between theory and experiment

The surfaces of metal oxides are in the focus of a Special Research Programme funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF under the leadership of the physicist Ulrike Diebold in Vienna, which aims at establishing a close link between theory and experiment. Recently, the researchers have managed to develop a new method for extremely smooth […] Continue reading “A handshake between theory and experiment”

Projects

31 March 2022

When metals become brittle like glass

The materials scientist Lorenz Romaner and his research group are investigating a better way of simulating processes at boundaries of the crystal lattice of metals in order to improve material properties. For this purpose, the Leoben-based researchers are using methods of artificial intelligence to supplement previous physical simulations and correct errors. The technology sector is […] Continue reading “When metals become brittle like glass”

Portrait

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”

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