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Tag: START Award

Interview & Opinion

22 June 2022

Searching for infinity

Interview: Alois Pumhösel

Mathematician and START Prize winner Sandra Müller analyses various forms of infinity arising from set theory. In doing so, she is attempting to find a closer link between the theory of large cardinal numbers and the axiom of determinacy, two theoretical approaches that seem to share little in common at first glance. Continue reading “Searching for infinity”

Interview & Opinion

22 June 2022

A diary opens up a new world

Interview: Laura Anninger

Greek and Latin philologist William Barton is using artificial intelligence to decipher the diary of Hellenist Charles-Benoît Hase, written in Ancient Greek and long thought to have been lost. The START Award winner is gaining new insights into the Greek language, the history of Greek literary studies, and life in early modern Paris. Continue reading “A diary opens up a new world”

Interview & Opinion

22 June 2022

A cell protein like a bull in a china shop

Interview: Alois Pumhösel

If the protein legumain is not in its proper place in the human cell, the likely result is cancer or Alzheimer’s disease. Molecular biologist and START prize winner Elfriede Dall from the University of Salzburg is investigating how this protein functions outside of its usual environment.    Continue reading “A cell protein like a bull in a china shop”

Interview & Opinion

22 June 2022

Nanostructures that pretend to be lenses and make ultrafast processes visible

Interview: Reinhard Kleindl

Ultrashort pulses can be generated using light from the extreme ultraviolet spectrum, allowing precise measurements to be taken on atomic time scales. However, no suitable lenses exist yet for this light spectrum. Physicist Marcus Ossiander is looking to remedy that shortcoming by using new nano-optics, such as those used in virtual reality goggles, for example. […] Continue reading “Nanostructures that pretend to be lenses and make ultrafast processes visible”

Interview & Opinion

22 June 2021

Why vaccination is a political issue

Interview: Magdalena Meergraf

What is the value that society attributes to vaccinations? This is the basic question that underlies the research work of political scientist Katharina T. Paul. The START Award winner analyses which criteria decision-makers in politics and business, researchers and the public at large apply in making decisions about vaccinations. Continue reading “Why vaccination is a political issue”

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”

Interview & Opinion

22 June 2021

Taking the antibody taxi right into the cancer cell

Interview: Juliane Fischer

START Award winner Hannes Mikula is a chemist who works at the interface between chemistry and biology and wants to improve cancer therapy. His goal is to steer active substances directly into the tumour cell. In this way, the substances do not attack healthy cells and destroy specifically the cancer cells. Continue reading “Taking the antibody taxi right into the cancer cell”

Interview & Opinion

22 June 2021

A profound understanding of symmetries

Interview: Alois Pumhösel

Mathematician Yash Lodha’s research field is group theory. The winner of the START Award studies mathematical symmetries in this area, employing both geometrical and algebraic approaches.  Continue reading “A profound understanding of symmetries”

Interview & Opinion

22 June 2021

Preparing freshwater lakes for global change

Interview: Juliane Fischer

Markus Möst knows what water fleas and their hybrids can and should teach us about the interaction between evolutionary and ecological changes. With global change an inevitable certainty, active management of ecosystems is needed to preserve their functions. Continue reading “Preparing freshwater lakes for global change”

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””

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