New research network granted 03.12.2025

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The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) has approved a new special research area on quantum systems of neutral atoms. Research groups led by Hannes Bernien, Francesca Ferlaino, and Hannes Pichler from IQOQI Innsbruck are participating in this project. The FWF will fund the new research network with approximately €4 million over a period of four years.

Three among the most cited 13.11.2025

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Every year, the data company Clarivate publishes a list of the most cited—and therefore most influential—scientists. The latest list, published on Wednesday, includes 6,868 “Highly Cited Researchers” from 60 countries—3 of whom are from IQOQI Innsbruck: Rainer Blatt, Hannes Pichler, and Peter Zoller.