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ISTA Labs Certified as Sustainable
LEAF certification for more responsible research
February 7, 2025
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Dancing Bubbles Model a Cosmic Disaster
Quantum machine models how “false vacuum” decays into “dancing” cosmic bubbles
February 5, 2025
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The Globetrotter
New insight into the painted lady butterfly’s annual migration
February 4, 2025
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ISTA Welcomes Three Faculty Members
Samara Ren, Michael Sammler, and Latha Venkataraman join the ISTA faculty
January 30, 2025
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Many Roads Lead to… the Embryo
ISTA shows evolution had many optimal outcomes to choose from
January 22, 2025
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Neural Magic Acquired by Red Hat
ISTA’s First Startup Collaboration Achieves Milestone Exit in AI Technology
January 20, 2025
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The Megadroughts Are Upon Us
Forty-year study: Extreme droughts will become more frequent, severe, and extensive
January 16, 2025
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“Ask the Science Grandma!”
New offers at ISTA for women (60+) and children (6-12 years)
January 2, 2025
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Three Faculty Promotions in 2024
Anna Kicheva, Caroline Muller, and Florian Schur were promoted to professors
December 27, 2024
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AI Residency for Francesco Locatello
ISTA Assistant Professor partners with Chan Zuckerberg Initiative as AI Resident
December 16, 2024
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Distinct Nerve Wiring of Human Memory
ISTA biologists team up with neurosurgeons to unravel the human brain’s specificities
December 11, 2024
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Obituary: Claus J. Raidl
ISTA mourns guiding force of the Institute
December 10, 2024
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Love Thy Neighbor
How neighborhood enhances cooperation
December 6, 2024
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No Economic Upswing without Research
Joint appeal by Austrian research institutions and funding agencies to government
December 5, 2024
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Allen Distinguished Investigator at ISTA
ISTA Professor Anđela Šarić to lead a $1.5 million-funded project on active membranes
December 3, 2024
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A Matter of Time
New ISTA research shows how tissue development is temporally organized
November 27, 2024
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New Era in Amphibian Biology
ISTA scientists use harmless viruses to investigate the nervous system in frogs
November 26, 2024
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ELLIS: Enabling Excellence in AI Research
ELLIS Unit Vienna at ISTA to push AI foundations and applications in science
November 21, 2024
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Seeing Memories Form
ISTA scientists take a deep look into memory processing inside the hippocampus
November 20, 2024
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Bringing Quantum Mechanics to Life
New ISTA assistant professor Julian Léonard makes abstract quantum properties visible
November 12, 2024
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Hard in Theory, Easy in Practice
ISTA researchers investigate why graph isomorphism algorithms seem so effective
November 6, 2024
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High-Tech Inventor to Further ML in Science
Machine learning expert, electrical engineer, and inventor Alex Bronstein joins ISTA faculty
October 30, 2024
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Dandelion-Shaped Supernova
ISTA astronomer Ilaria Caiazzo helps model a unique historical supernova in 3D
October 25, 2024
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Understanding Impacts of Mutations
ISTA scientists propose a novel framework to study “polygenic” diseases
October 24, 2024
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Evolution in Real Time
ISTA scientists predict—and witness—evolution in a 30-year marine snail experiment
October 11, 2024
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From Chaos to Structure
How a bunch of seemingly disorganized cells go on to form a robust embryo
October 10, 2024
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One Million Euro Funding
ISTA researcher receives NOMIS Grant
October 9, 2024
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Cluster of Excellent Brains
ISTA neuroscience part of FWF Cluster of Excellence with 21 million Euro research funding
October 4, 2024
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Ylva Götberg Named to TIME100 Next
ISTA Assistant Professor Ylva Götberg named to TIME’s list of 100 emerging leaders
October 2, 2024
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A Centralized Database of All Math
A Mathlib developer at ISTA: Graduate student Martin Dvořák’s ‘side-project’
September 27, 2024
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Austria’s Math Award to Matthew Kwan
Austrian Mathematical Society recognizes Kwan’s contributions
September 26, 2024
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A Viral Close-Up
HTLV-1: A unique virus
September 25, 2024
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Exploring the Future of AI
Recap of the fully booked bigX 2024 by ISTA, xista, and IV
September 23, 2024
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76 New PhD Students at ISTA
28 countries represented in the Institute’s largest PhD cohort to date
September 20, 2024
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A Neuroscience Network Across Continents
From Imbizo–a computational neuroscience summer school in South Africa–to ISTA
September 18, 2024
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Big Algebras: Dictionary of Abstract Math
Abstract algebra and algebraic geometry to connect quantum physics with number theory
September 12, 2024
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Cells, Data, Stars: New ERC Projects at ISTA
EU funding for recipients Lisa Bugnet, Alicia Michael, and Marco Mondelli
September 5, 2024
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A Very “Clean Room”
Take a glimpse into ISTA’s Nanofabrication Facility
September 4, 2024
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Star Lives and Afterlives
ISTA welcomes stellar evolution specialist Ilaria Caiazzo as an assistant professor
August 27, 2024
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Re-engineering Bacterial Defense Systems
New ISTA Assistant Professor Jack Bravo develops potent tools for genome engineering
August 20, 2024
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Align or Die
ISTA researchers uncover how ‘mortal filaments’ self-assemble and maintain order
August 12, 2024
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Research with NVIDIA Accelerated Computing
ISTA is investing in an NVIDIA GPU cluster for generative AI and machine learning
August 8, 2024
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Wind, Water, and an Ever-Changing Climate
Atmosphere, ocean, and climate researcher Caroline Muller promoted to professor
August 1, 2024
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Deep-Mapping the Night Sky for Hot Stars
UVEX: NASA’s new UV space telescope with an ISTA fingerprint to conquer space
July 11, 2024
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Obituary: Arnold Schmidt
ISTA mourns one of the Institute’s ‘founding fathers’
July 10, 2024
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Martin Hetzer joins EMBO
ISTA president honored for outstanding research
July 9, 2024
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ISTA Graduation 2024
Representing 20 countries on 5 continents, honoring exceptional PhDs and alumni
June 21, 2024
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2024 Wittgenstein Award for Jiří Friml
Cell biologist at ISTA receives Austria’s most highly endowed science prize
June 20, 2024
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A Railroad of Cells
Computer simulations explain cell movement
June 19, 2024

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The Influence of Moisture on Seasonally Varying Circulations in Planetary Atmospheres The Influence of Moisture on Seasonally Varying Circulations in Planetary Atmospheres
Simona Bordoni, University of Trento
Feb 10, 2025
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Thesis Defense: Asymmetrical modulation of fear expression via GABAB receptors in the mouse medial habenula Thesis Defense: Asymmetrical modulation of fear expression via GABAB receptors in the mouse medial habenula
Cihan Önal, Shigemoto Group
Jan 22, 2025
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Dislocation motion and plasticity Dislocation motion and plasticity
Florian Theil, University of Warwick
Jan 28, 2025
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Feb 17, 2025
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Feb 11, 2025
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Feb 14, 2025
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Feb 19, 2025
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Tracy Northup, University of Innsbruck (Austria)
Feb 25, 2025
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Levitated nanoparticles: a route to the quantum regime Levitated nanoparticles: a route to the quantum regime
Tracy Northup, University of Innsbruck / Austria
Feb 25, 2025
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Nonlinear potentials at the fractional scale: sharp regularity Nonlinear potentials at the fractional scale: sharp regularity
Cristiana De Filipppis, University of Parma
Feb 25, 2025
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Mar 4, 2025
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Mar 25, 2025
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Hyperbolic Geometry of Google Maps Hyperbolic Geometry of Google Maps
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Apr 7, 2025
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Recessed microelectrodes as a platform to investigate the intrinsic redox process of Prussian blue analogs for energy storage application

Nomnotho Jiyane, Carla Santana Santos, Igor Echevarria Poza, Mario Palacios Corella, Muhammad Adib Abdillah Mahbub, Gimena Marin-Tajadura, Thomas Quast, Maria Ibáñez, Edgar Ventosa, Wolfgang Schuhmann

Batteries and Supercaps 2025

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Structures and computations in topological data analysis

Ondrej Draganov

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Deformational rigidity of integrable metrics on the torus

Sven Joscha Henheik

Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems 2025

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VAMOS: Middleware for best-effort third-party monitoring

Marek Chalupa, Fabian Mühlböck, Stefanie Muroya Lei, Thomas A Henzinger

Science of Computer Programming 2025

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On modulo ℓ cohomology of p-adic Deligne–Lusztig varieties for GLn

Jakub Löwit

Journal of Algebra 2025

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Morse predecomposition of an invariant set

Michał Lipiński, Konstantin Mischaikow, Marian Mrozek

Qualitative Theory of Dynamical Systems 2025

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Order-2 Delaunay triangulations optimize angles

Herbert Edelsbrunner, Alexey Garber, Morteza Saghafian

Advances in Mathematics 2025

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Combining REBOUND and MESA: Dynamical evolution of planets orbiting interacting binaries

Zepei Xing, Santiago Torres Rodriguez, Ylva Louise Linsdotter Götberg, Alessandro A. Trani, Valeriya Korol, Jorge Cuadra

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2025

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