Talent ain't got no gender. 💡
State minister C. Hagele visited IQOQI Innsbruck ahead of #InternationalWomensDay – meeting @ferlainogroup.bsky.social and young physicists from the atom*innen network she founded to make women in quantum physics visible & connected
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjNS...
Ist die Welt verrückt? This was the question the German weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT asked quantum physicist Peter Zoller. The result is a really interesting conversation about #physics and how we think about #nature.
It's in German, but worth listening:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oKs...
#podcast
Save the Date: Die #ÖAW lädt anlässlich des Weltfrauentags zu Vorträgen von Francesca Ferlaino & Anaïs Angelo über Vielfalt, Wissenschaft & Frauen in der Forschung.
📅 06.03.2026 | 17:45 | ÖAW-Festsaal und via Zoom
www.oeaw.ac.at/detail/veran...
@iqoqi.bsky.social @ya-oeaw.bsky.social
📣 Francesca Ferlaino is Austria's Scientist of the Year 🎉🥳 👏 She has been deeply committed to science communication for many years, intensifying her efforts during #IYQ2025. With her enthusiasm, she succeeds in bringing her field of research to a wider audience. @ferlainogroup.bsky.social
🚀 Supersolid spins into synchrony! 💫
Supersolids just got even cooler: @ferlainogroup.bsky.social discovered that when supersolids are rotated, #quantum vortices cause the precession and revolution of the superfluid crystal structure to synchronize their motion. 🌀
👉 iqoqi.at/en/current/n...
#physics
🚀 No Research, No Answers 📌
Public funding for science is under pressure.
But without research, the big questions of our future stay unanswered.
At IQOQI Innsbruck, we push the frontiers of quantum physics – shaping tomorrow’s technologies.
🔗 www.oeaw.ac.at/keine-forsch...
#researchmatters
Theoretical physicist Torsten Zache has been awarded a Starting Grant by the @erc.europa.eu for his research into #quantum simulations of lattice gauge theories. He aims to help overcome limitations in their numerical investigation.
Congratulations, Torsten 👏
iqoqi.at/en/current/n...
#ERCStG
A research team led by Robert Ott & Hannes Pichler has developed a novel architecture for #quantum processors that is specifically designed for simulating fermions—particles such as electrons. The method can be implemented using #technologies already available today 👉 iqoqi.at/en/current/n...
This year's #Euregio Young Researchers' Award 🥇 goes to @evacasotti.bsky.social from Francesca Ferlaino's research group. 🥳🤩
Eva impressed the jury with her work on #supersolidity, a fascinating state in which matter exhibits both solid and superfluid properties at the same time. Congratulations 👏
Bavarian State Minister Markus Blume honored experimental physicist Rainer Blatt with the PRO MERITIS SCIENTIAE ET LITTERARUM award for his achievements in the field of #quantum #optics and quantum #information. He also co-founded the @munichquantum.bsky.social research network. Congratulations! 👏
We went on a trip to Seefeld together with our colleagues from the Departments of Experimental & Theoretical Physics at the University of Innsbruck – over 100 team members in total, including a few kids. We were lucky with the weather 🌞 A perfect day that combined team spirit & the beauty of nature!
YAO 2025 started!
Having a great time and enjoying the rainy view on top of the famous Bergisel ski jump!
#YAO2025
@iqoqi.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social
@oeaw.bsky.social
An international team led by Peter Zoller together with #QuEra Computing has directly observed “string breaking” in a two-dimensional analog #quantum #simulator 🧲⚡️⚛
Read more: iqoqi.at/.../1006-str....
👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @nature.com
📸: Harald Ritsch @fwf-at.bsky.social #physics
📣 On Tuesday evening, experimental physicist Hannes Bernien and theoretical physicist Hannes Pichler gave their inaugural lectures at the @uniinnsbruck.social.uibk.ac.at.ap.brid.gy.
Read more: iqoqi.at/en/current/n...
Photo: David Jordan
⚡The future begins now⚡
Innsbruck at the center of quantum research
#ORF documentary (in German) with @ferlainogroup, Gregor Weihs, Gerhard Kirchmair, Rainer Blatt, Peter Zoller, Thomas Monz, Serge Haroche, and many more.
👉🏻 on.orf.at/video/142763...
TV-Tipp 📺 Am 18.5. um 18:25 Uhr zeigt ORF2 #Innsbruck als Hotspot der #Quantenforschung 💫 Mehr zu Nobelpreisträger und Alt-Präsident der ÖAW Anton Zeilinger und der Forschung am @iqoqi.bsky.social erfahrt ihr hier ⤵️
tv.orf.at/program/orf2...
🏆 Experimental physicist Yusuf Karlı, a former PhD student in the research group of Gregor Weihs at @uniinnsbruck.social.uibk.ac.at.ap.brid.gy, has been awarded the IQOQI Dissertation Prize 2024. 🚀
We warmly congratulate Mr. Karli on his success! 👏
👉 iqoqi.at/en/current/n...
#quantum #physics
🎶 Arfor Houwman from @ferlainogroup.bsky.social turned his research topic into a music video and won the international "Dance Your PhD" competition in the categories of physics and AI/quantum physics! 🏆🕺 Congratulation! 🎶
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPry...
#DanceYourPhD #Science #QuantumPhysics
A new architecture for improved #quantum control of microwave resonators: A recently published study shows how a superconducting fluxonium #qubit can be selectively coupled & decoupled with a microwave resonator & without additional components.
👉 journals.aps.org/prxquantum/a...
📸: Dominik Pfeifer
💡 We’re featured in today’s Quantum Snapshot by QuantA!
⚛️ The spotlight is on IQOQI Innsbruck @iqoqi.bsky.social and the atom*innen initiative @atominnen.bsky.social.
Pictured (left to right): Our PhD students Sarah Embacher, Elena Poli, and Eva Casotti.
📸 Photo credit: IQOQI | D. Jordan
Superpositions of #quantum states known as Schrödinger cat states can be created in “hot” environments with temperatures up to 1.8 K, say researchers @iqoqi.bsky.social and @icfo.eu. ⚛️🧪 physicsworld.com/a/schrodinge...
Researchers led by Gerhard Kirchmair & Oriol Romero-Isart have demonstrated that it is possible to create quantum superpositions from thermally excited states.
Hot Schrödinger cat states 🐈⬛ in a microwave resonator: iqoqi.at/en/current/n...
📸: Harald Ritsch @oeaw.bsky.social @fwf-at.bsky.social
Less than a week left to register for YAO 2025! ⌛️ Join us in Innsbruck from July 6–11 for talks, lab tours, an industry panel, and networking with fellow young researchers in AMO and quantum physics.
Register by March 31: yao.iqoqi.at
#YAO2025 @iqoqi.bsky.social @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social
Innsbruck is hosting YAO!!!! Are you not yet registered? Hurry up :-) list of speakers AMAZInG! Honestly, YAO is one of the best event the Atomic Physics community has ever created for PhD Students! @yao2025.bsky.social
Hats off to Michael Meth for doing the experiments on this monster project: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Francesca Ferlaino lives & works in Innsbruck for almost 20 years now. In an interview she explains what inspires her work, how she is advocating for more women in physics and what "aussi" and "ummi" mean in Tyrol.
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tbt... (in German) @ferlainogroup.bsky.social
🔬 Exciting opportunities at IQOQI-INNSBRUCK!🌟
We are looking for an Academy Scientist + Post-docs to join Prof. Ferlaino's team to work on cutting-edge research in dipolar quantum gases! ⚛️
🔗Apply now: erbium.at/FF/join-us/
#QuantumScience #ResearchJobs #Physics
Eugene Polzik (Niels Bohr Institute) and Jun Ye (JILA) have published an #obituary in #Nature, reflecting on Jeff Kimble’s groundbreaking contributions to science, the deep appreciation he received from the community, and the personal friendships he built beyond science.
👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
✨ We are part of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology 2025! ✨
Today, the launch of the IYQ kicks off at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, marking 100 years of quantum science.
🔗 For more, visit www.quantum2025.at
#IYQ2025 #quantumscience #UNESCO #quantA #quantumcurious
