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ISTA Lecture with Cynthia Dwork
Differential privacy: public methods for private data
February 5, 2026
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ISTA Researchers Recognized in 2025
Honors across disciplines and career stages highlight institutional excellence
January 30, 2026
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On the Frontiers of Geometric Topology
Xujia Chen: New woman mathematician joins the ISTA faculty
January 28, 2026
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ERC Grant to Bring Privacy to LLMs
European Research Council supports AI research at ISTA with Proof of Concept grant
January 27, 2026
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ISTA Receives €5 Million Donation for AI Research
Uber co-founder Garrett Camp’s first gift to a European institute shows ISTA’s global appeal
January 24, 2026
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Obituary: Peer Bork
ISTA mourns the loss of a distinguished member of its Scientific Board
January 19, 2026
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Keynote by Michael John Gorman
Recording from the VISTA Opening Festival about science in times of misinformation
January 15, 2026
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Behind Nature’s Blueprints
ISTA physicists create ‘theoretical rulebook’ of self-assembly
January 8, 2026
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Geometry Shapes Life
Embryo geometry has to be firm—without it, cells would be all over the map
January 5, 2026
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Five Faculty Promotions in 2025
Johann Danzl, Xiaoqi Feng, Stefan Freunberger, Maximilian Jösch & Marco Mondelli
December 30, 2025
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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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Feb 16, 2026
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Universalities in BCS theory Universalities in BCS theory
Joscha Henheik , University of Geneva
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Feb 24, 2026
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James Utterback, Institut des NanoSciences de Paris (INSP)
Feb 26, 2026
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Entanglement Dynamics of Integrable and Chaotic Quantum Cellular Automata: Towards a Quantum Many-body Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser Theory Entanglement Dynamics of Integrable and Chaotic Quantum Cellular Automata: Towards a Quantum Many-body Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser Theory
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Mar 3, 2026
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Mirror symmetry for Higgs bundles Mirror symmetry for Higgs bundles
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Putting the Pieces Together: Inception of Human Neural Circuits in Assembloids Putting the Pieces Together: Inception of Human Neural Circuits in Assembloids
Sergiu Pasca, Stanford University
Mar 16, 2026
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Momentum distribution of a Fermi gas with Coulomb interaction in Random Phase approximation Momentum distribution of a Fermi gas with Coulomb interaction in Random Phase approximation
Diwakar Naidu, University of Milan
Mar 17, 2026
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Mar 30, 2026
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Quantum many-body mixed phase space revealed by hybrid feedback control Quantum many-body mixed phase space revealed by hybrid feedback control
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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Nachi Stern, AMOLF
May 7, 2026
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May 11, 2026
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May 18, 2026
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“Slow dynamics in quantum many-body systems” “Slow dynamics in quantum many-body systems”
Federica Surace, Trinity College Dublin
May 28, 2026
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Dual-Species Atom Array Quantum Processors and Quantum Networks Dual-Species Atom Array Quantum Processors and Quantum Networks
Hannes Bernien , University of Innsbruck & IQOQI
Jun 2, 2026
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Jun 16, 2026
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Boundary q-characters of finite-dimensional representations of quantum affine symmetric pairs Boundary q-characters of finite-dimensional representations of quantum affine symmetric pairs
Jianrong Li, University of Vienna
Jun 18, 2026
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JOURNAL ARTICLE

Bottom-up analysis of rovibrational helical dichroism

Mateja Hrast, Georgios Koutentakis, Mikhail Maslov, Mikhail Lemeshko

Physical Review Letters 2026

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Impact of resonance, Raman, and Thomson scattering on hydrogen line formation in Little Red Dots

Seok Jun Chang, Max Gronke, Jorryt J Matthee, Charlotte Mason

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2026

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Persistence diagrams as morphological signatures of cells: A method to measure and compare cells within a population

Yossi Bleile, Pooja Yadav, Patrice Koehl, Florian Rehfeldt

PLoS Computational Biology 2026

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O-GlcNAc and phosphorylation modifications on HtL1/FBA10 regulate wheat vernalization for flowering

Pengfang Yang, Yangyang Liu, Qi Dong, Yuting Miao, Jianlong Zhang, Shujuan Xu, Hong Zhao, Yuda Niu, Xueyong Zhang, Yunyuan Xu, Zifeng Guo, Lijing Xing, Kang Chong

Nature Communications 2026

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Braiding geometry and topology to study shapes and data

Christopher D Fillmore

2026

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Advances in NiI/NiIII-catalyzed C(sp2)–heteroatom cross-couplings

Aleksander Bena, Bartholomäus Pieber

ACS Catalysis 2026

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The genomic architecture of local adaptation in introduced populations

Diego Fernando Garcia Castillo

2026

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No decrease of tropical convection in individual deep convective systems with global warming

Maximilien Bolot, Rémy Roca, Thomas Fiolleau, Caroline J Muller

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science 2026

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