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A Sky Full of (Quantum) Scars
Bizarre quantum phenomenon more common than anticipated, ISTA physicists show
April 23, 2025
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Philanthropist Funds Translational Fellowship
Wicklow Capital contributes over 1 million euros to support Fellowship Program at ISTA
April 15, 2025
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Clockwork, Just for Antibiotic Resistance?
Multiple antibiotic resistance is auxiliary to bacterial fitness and adaptability
April 10, 2025
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From Bacterial Immunity to Plant Sex
First report of a new DNA marker outside of microbes, important for sperm function
April 9, 2025
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Pink Skies
ISTA researchers present new brain organoid model
April 3, 2025
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Scientists Revive Extinct Dodo
Revolutionary breakthrough: 300 years after extinction, the Raphus species returns to life
April 1, 2025
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How Sleep Keeps Our Memories Fresh
Neural patterns reorganize during sleep to boost recollection
March 24, 2025
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The First World Day for Glaciers
Interview with ISTA Professor Francesca Pellicciotti
March 21, 2025
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Hardware-Optimal Quantum Algorithms
ISTA PhD student spearheads efforts in tailoring algorithms to quantum hardware
March 18, 2025
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Updating the Textbook
ISTA scientists revise our knowledge about the auxin signaling mechanism in plants
March 5, 2025
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Cooling Materials–Out of the 3D Printer
ISTA researchers 3D print high-performance, sustainable thermoelectric materials
February 20, 2025
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An Electrifying Turn in an Age-Old Quest
Contact electrification depends on materials’ contact history, ISTA physicists show
February 19, 2025
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When Qubits Learn the Language of Fiberoptics
ISTA physicists achieve optical readout of superconducting qubits
February 11, 2025
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Video Optimization in Our Brain
ISTA scientists uncover how the brain unblurs vision during movement
February 10, 2025
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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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Renana Gershoni-Poranne, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Apr 28, 2025
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Delocalization for integer-valued height functions in the presence of a random disorder Delocalization for integer-valued height functions in the presence of a random disorder
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Apr 28, 2025
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Apr 28, 2025
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Erez Berg, Weizmann Institute of Science
Apr 29, 2025
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May 6, 2025
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Nonlocality and anisotropy in inverse problems Nonlocality and anisotropy in inverse problems
Angkana Rüland, University of Bonn
May 7, 2025
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May 14, 2025
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Lattice and Superlattice Engineering of Quantum Materials Lattice and Superlattice Engineering of Quantum Materials
Aravind Devarakonda | Assistant Professor of Applied Physics, Columbia University
May 15, 2025
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Interaction of the local Langlands program with the generalized Springer correspondence Interaction of the local Langlands program with the generalized Springer correspondence
Anna-Marie Aubert, IMJ-PRG
May 15, 2025
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May 26, 2025
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Hamiltonian estimation in semiconductor spin qubits Hamiltonian estimation in semiconductor spin qubits
Jeroen Danon, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
May 27, 2025
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Harald Schwefel, University of Otago / New Zealand
Jun 17, 2025
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Lisa Bugnet

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Jiří Friml

DEVELOPMENTAL AND CELL BIOLOGY OF PLANTS

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Matthew Kwan

COMBINATORICS AND PROBABILITY

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Leonid Sazanov

STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY OF MEMBRANE PROTEIN COMPLEXES

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Kimberly Modic

THERMODYNAMICS OF QUANTUM MATERIALS AT THE MICROSCALE

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JOURNAL ARTICLE

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Mathieu Helfter

Mathematische Zeitschrift 2025

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The semi-random tree process

Sofiya Burova, Lyuben Lichev

European Journal of Combinatorics 2025

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The role of indole-3-acetic acid and characterization of PIN transporters in complex streptophyte alga Chara braunii

K Kurtović, S Vosolsobě, D Nedvěd, K Müller, PI Dobrev, V Schmidt, P Piszczek, A Kuhn, Adrijana Smoljan, TJ Fisher, D Weijers, Jiří Friml, JL Bowman, J Petrášek

New Phytologist 2025

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Unlocking plant regeneration: The role for glutathione

Eva Benková

Developmental Cell 2025

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High-resolution anthropogenic emission inventories with deep learning in northern South America

Franz Antezana-Lopez, Alejandro Casallas Garcia, Guanhua Zhou, Kai Zhang, Guifei Jing, Aamir Ali, Ellie Lopez-Barrera, Luis Carlos Belalcazar, Nestor Rojas, Hongzhi Jiang

Remote Sensing of Environment 2025

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Linear Eigenvalue statistics at the cusp

Volodymyr Riabov

Probability Theory and Related Fields 2025

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How local is “local”? Deep learning reveals locality of the induced magnetic field of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Yair Davidson, Aviad Philipp, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Alexander Bronstein, Renana Gershoni-Poranne

Journal of Chemical Physics 2025

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ARF degradation defines a deeply conserved step in auxin response

Martijn De Roij, Jorge Hernández García, Shubhajit Das, Jan Willem Borst, Dolf Weijers

Nature Plants 2025

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