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ÖAW-ISTA Lecture with Lisa Kaltenegger
The quest for exoplanets and life beyond Earth
December 16, 2025
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Two ERC Consolidator Grants
4 million Euro boosting theoretical quantum physics and biophysics
December 9, 2025
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Ants Signal Deadly Infection
Early disease detection in the colony: Ants signal incurable sickness to save others
December 2, 2025
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Science Is like Magic, Just Real
ISTA physicists overcome a fundamental limitation of acoustic levitation with charge
December 1, 2025
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Hidden in Plain Sight
ISTA scientists detect new climate pattern in the tropics
November 24, 2025
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Trapping Particles to Explain Lightning
ISTA scientist captures tiny particle for clues on cloud electrification
November 20, 2025
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EU Commissioner Zaharieva Visits ISTA
Top official for start-ups, research and innovation engaged with scientists & students
November 18, 2025
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The Future Fate of Water in the Andes
What if the ongoing 15-year megadrought hits Chile again at the end of the century?
November 18, 2025
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Reaching for the (Quantum) Scars
ISTA scientists solve complex quantum problems with the help of classical physics
November 13, 2025
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Carbon Footprint of Conference Travel
ISTA scientists examine the sustainability of travel to international NMR meetings
November 10, 2025
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Under the Tundra’s Spell
Researchers and the changing Siberian landscape
October 14, 2025
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Destined to Melt
ISTA study confirms: Glaciers are fighting a losing battle against climate change
October 13, 2025
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New ISTA Kindergarten Officially Opens
Contemporary space fosters balance between family and work life on campus
October 6, 2025
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Taming the “Bad” Oxygen
From cell damage to empty batteries, ISTA chemists put singlet oxygen on a leash
October 1, 2025
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New Quantum Physicist Joins ISTA
Veronika Sunko to explore emergent states of quantum matter in a unique lab
September 25, 2025
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Snapdragon Secrets
ISTA scientists collect snapdragon flowers in the Pyrenees to trace their ancestry
September 22, 2025
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2025 Ig Nobel Prize for Perfect Pasta Sauce
ISTA postdoc Fabrizio Olmeda receives the “Nobel Prize of hearts”
September 19, 2025
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ISTA Welcomes a Record 80 New PhD Students
Thirty-two nationalities reflect ISTA’s role as global player in postgraduate education
September 16, 2025
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The Minuscule World of Quantum Science
ISTA physicist Kimberly Modic explores quantum phenomena inside materials
September 11, 2025
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Stress & Stars: Two ERC Starting Grants for ISTA
Three million Euro in EU funding for Assistant Professors Amelia Douglass and Ylva Götberg
September 4, 2025
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The Tipping of the Last Resilient Glaciers
When the Soviet Union’s collapse means no glacier data for decades in Tajikistan
September 2, 2025
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Matyáš Fendrych Receives Alumni Award
Fendrych is praised by colleagues as an international leader in auxin signaling
August 7, 2025
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Bench-Pressing Cells
Immune cells turn into ‘Mini-Hulks’ to push away tissue and make space when migrating
July 21, 2025
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ERC Proof of Concept Grant to Johannes Fink
Towards commercializing a key technology for a future optics-based quantum internet
July 14, 2025
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20 Million for Courageous Research
NOMIS Foundation will support exceptional projects at ISTA with 4 million euros annually
July 3, 2025
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When Black Holes Collide
Astrophysicist Zoltan Haiman joins ISTA after 23 years at Columbia University
July 2, 2025
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Gaia Novarino & Edouard Hannezo join EMBO
ISTA professors honored for outstanding research
July 1, 2025
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Of Mice and Mind
New Assistant Professor Amelia Douglass tries to decode brain-body conversations in mice
June 30, 2025
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ISTA Class of 2025: Celebrating 58 Graduates
Representing 26 countries. Five exceptional PhDs honored with awards.
June 27, 2025
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On the Frontiers of Quantum Research
100 years of a theory that changed physics echoed in wide quantum diversity at ISTA
June 24, 2025
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A Sun-Day Full of Science
Over 1,800 Guests at ISTA Open Campus 2025
June 18, 2025
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4 ERC Advanced Grants: 10 Million Euro for ISTA
Black Hole Binaries, Brain Mapping, Memory Engrams, and a Three-way Math Dictionary
June 17, 2025
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Zero Emissions Award by FWF for ISTA Researcher
Rajesh B. Jethwa wins award for climate-relevant basic research worth €375,000
June 16, 2025
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ISTA and Google Launch Research Collaboration
Google presence in the xista science park connects
June 16, 2025
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Statement Regarding Weizmann Institute
Statement by ISTA
June 15, 2025
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Pride Month 2025
Statement by Martin Hetzer
June 13, 2025
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Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations
ISTA scientists formalize how amorphous solids learn nontrivial behaviors
June 12, 2025
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The Shadow of an Electron
Quantum processors: Influencing the trace of ‘missing electrons’ in spin qubits
May 21, 2025
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Artists in Residence at ISTA
Fiona Connor and Sara Ghalandari connect arts and science
May 20, 2025
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How Roots Forage for Water
In drought conditions, plants do not care about gravity
May 19, 2025
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The Four ISTA Journalism Residents 2025
Science journalists from four continents stay at ISTA for several months
May 8, 2025
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Piecing Together the Brain Puzzle
ISTA scientists present new microscopy method to reconstruct mammalian brain tissue
May 7, 2025
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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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Alexander Dear, ETH
Jan 15, 2026
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Jan 21, 2026
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Resonant optical dipole-dipole interactions in cold atoms Resonant optical dipole-dipole interactions in cold atoms
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Jan 27, 2026
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Valentin Blomer, University of Bonn
Feb 11, 2026
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Mar 30, 2026
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Jie Ren , University of Leeds
Apr 7, 2026
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Apr 20, 2026
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Apr 28, 2026
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May 11, 2026
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Alexander Schier, University of Basel
May 18, 2026
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Federica Surace, Trinity College Dublin
May 28, 2026
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Hannes Bernien , University of Innsbruck & IQOQI
Jun 2, 2026
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Jun 8, 2026
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Jun 16, 2026
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Electrostatics overcome acoustic collapse to assemble, adapt, and activate levitated matter

Sue Shi, Maximilian Hübl, Galien M Grosjean, Carl Peter Goodrich, Scott R Waitukaitis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2025

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Promoters of cooperation in evolutionary games

Jakub Svoboda, Krishnendu Chatterjee

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2025

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Mitigating the rock-salt phase transformation in disordered LNMO through synergetic solid-state AlF3/LiF modifications

Xingqi Chang, Carlos Escudero, Ashley P. Black, Sharona Horta, Elías Martínez, Xuan Lu, Jordi Llorca, Maria Ibáñez, Jordi Jacas Biendicho, Andreu Cabot

Advanced Science 2025

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Scale-free activity as a basis for spatial learning and memory in the brain

Predrag Zivadinovic

2025

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Local strong Birkhoff conjecture and local spectral rigidity of almost every ellipse

Illya Koval

Inventiones Mathematicae 2025

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Towards understanding the assembly mechanisms of the Z-ring in Archaea and Bacteria

Marko Kojic

2025

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Role of NOTCH signaling in radial glial progenitor lineage progression

Raquel Casado Polanco

2025

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Methylome-wide association studies and epigenetic biomarker development for 133 mass spectrometry-assessed circulating proteins in 14,671 Generation Scotland participants

Josephine A. Robertson, Jakub Bajzik, Spyros Vernardis, Aleksandra D. Chybowska, Daniel L. Mccartney, Arturas Grauslys, Jure Mur, Hannah M. Smith, Archie Campbell, Camilla Drake, Hannah Grant, Jamie Pearce, Tom C. Russ, Poppy Adkin, Matthew White, Charles Brigden, Christoph B. Messner, David J. Porteous, Caroline Hayward, Simon R. Cox, Aleksej Zelezniak, Markus Ralser, Matthew Richard Robinson, Riccardo E. Marioni

Genome Biology 2025

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