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Theoretical and experimental #quantum #physics #research at the Vienna Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)

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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
ORF Long Night of Museums 2026 at the Vienna Technical Museum 📍October 3, 2026 IQOQI Vienna presented interactive stations featuring exciting experiments and insights into the world of #quantumphysics ✨ Thanks to everyone who came by! 📸 ÖAW/Daniel Hinterramskogler
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🇦🇹 Austria and the Quantum World Congress 2026 Our director, Markus Aspelmeyer, joined leading voices in quantum science at the 4th Global Quantum Strategies Overview in Washington on September 22. His work reflects Austria’s strong role in #quantum research. 📸 Austrian Embassy Washington
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Quantum Zoom - The First Chapter This immersive 3D experience premiered @Ars Electronica Festival 2026! It journeys from the visible world into molecular & subatomic realms, following how information self-organises. Created for DeepSpace 8K with Ars Electronica, DESY, IQOQI Vienna & BOKU University
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
✨ Looking back at the Children’s University 2026! Young explorers joined our Senior Postdoc Armin Shayeghi for a journey into the strange world of #quantum #physics — discovering how the tiny world of atoms can challenge our everyday ideas 🔬🌌 Thanks to all curious minds aged 7–12 who joined us!
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
New publication alert! 🎉 Read the latest work co-authored by Marcus Huber and Paul Erker: 'Unlocking the potential of high-dimensional quantum communication with scalable photonic entanglement in time and frequency' | Science Advances
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Unlocking the potential of high-dimensional quantum communication with scalable photonic entanglement in time and frequency
A time-frequency entanglement experiment enables record 5.7 ebits and paves the way for scalable high-dimensional QKD.
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Can randomness be certified? 🎲 Researchers at IQOQI Vienna have shown how genuine, verifiable randomness can be generated directly from the laws of quantum physics—a key step toward stronger cryptography and more secure digital communication. Learn more: journals.aps.org/prxquantum/a...
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Certified Randomness From Quantum Speed Limits
Time-energy uncertainty relations are used to provide a semi-device-independent protocol for randomness certification.
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Following his 2026 FWF Wittgenstein Award, our Director Markus Aspelmeyer spoke with Der Standard about quantum gravity, the future of fundamental research, and why curiosity-driven science matters. 👇
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Quantenphysiker Aspelmeyer: "Ich möchte einfach nur Neues lernen"
Der wichtigste österreichische Wissenschaftspreis geht in diesem Jahr an den Quantenphysiker Markus Aspelmeyer
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Markus Aspelmeyer and Daniel Carney explore what’s needed to identify elusive signatures and finally connect gravity to quantum mechanics 👇
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The elusive signatures of quantum gravity
To go beyond classical models and tie our understanding of gravity to the quantum world, experiments are needed.
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Österreichischer Wissenschaftsfonds FWF @fwf-at.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Markus Aspelmeyer erhält den #Wittgenstein-Preis 2026! 🏆 Der Quantenphysiker @univie.ac.at und Direktor @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social erforscht Quantenphänomene in völlig neuen Bereichen an der Grenze zwischen #Quantenphysik und #Gravitation. ✨ Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 👏 www.fwf.ac.at/aktuelles/de...
FWF-Wittgensteinpreisträger 2026 - Markus Aspelmeyer. (c) FWF/DerKnopfdruecker
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
📍Save the date: Vienna Quantum Foundations Conference 🗓️ November 24–27, 2026 @oeaw.bsky.social Full program & registration 👉 www.iqoqi-vienna.at/detail/news/... 📸 Schrödinger Archive, University of Vienna
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
On April 24, IQOQI-Vienna brought quantum physics to life at this year’s Long Night of Research 🔬 With hands-on experiments and live demonstrations, our scientists showed just how fascinating the quantum world can be! #LongNightOfResearch #QuantumPhysics #LNF26
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Starting tomorrow at the Vienna Museum of Science and Technology: the permanent exhibition “Science in Transition” - featuring a reconstruction of one of our quantum optics labs 🔬 📸 TMW/Franzi Kreis @tmwpress.bsky.social @oeaw.bsky.social @quantumunivie.bsky.social #tmw_science #becurious
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Happy World Quantum Day! 🌏 🌟 Today we celebrate the fascinating world of quantum science! We are proud to highlight a special contribution by Prof. Caslav Brukner: "Schrödinger’s Equation at 100: The Wave Picture That Helped and Possibly Hurt" schroedinger100.univie.ac.at/news/profs#c...
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Based on our paper „Theory-Independent monitoring of the decoherence of a superconducting qubit with generalized contextuality“ 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Wie ein Qubit seine "magischen" Fähigkeiten verliert
Wiener Physiker beobachteten quasi in Echtzeit, wie ein Quantensystem im Laufe der (sehr kurzen) Zeit zu klassischen physikalischen Eigenschaften zurückkehrt
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
💫 Schnuppert Quantenluft am Welt-Quanten-Tag ✨ Am 14.4. öffnen wir unsere Türen! 🔭 Highlight ist unter anderem der Besuch des Hedy Lamarr Teleskops, benannt nach Schauspielerin und Erfinderin Hedy Lamarr. Mehr dazu 👉 www.iqoqi-vienna.at/detail/news/...
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Exciting news! Our paper has been selected for the Physical Review Letters Collection 2025 – honored to be featured among this year’s highlights! 🎉 👇 promo.aps.org/prl2025
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Entropic Costs of Extracting Classical Ticks from a Quantum Clock
Experiments reveal the surprisingly large amount of entropy---and thus heat---generated by a clock that could be part of a quantum processor.
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
⚛️ Our Director Markus Aspelmeyer at the 24th Einstein Lecture Dahlem, unpacking “Quantum Physics and Gravity: How Does Schrödinger’s Cat’s Clock Tick?” #QuantumPhysics #EinsteinLecture #Science 📸 Freie Universität Berlin | Max-Planck-Gesellschaft | Stefanie Loos
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Listen to the Ö1 Science Arena Special at the Vienna Book Fair: “Entangled Truths: The Year of Quantum Physics,” with Anton Zeilinger and Marissa Giustina (German language only) oe1.orf.at/programm/202...
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Ö1 Science Arena Spezial auf der Buch Wien | MO | 17 11 2025 | 16:05
"Verschränkte Wahrheiten: Das Jahr der Quantenphysik". Anton Zeilinger und Marissa Giustina
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
100 Years of #Quantum 💫 From scientists to science fans — on November 6, Vienna City Hall buzzed with quantum energy! ⚛️ Quantum Science Austria (quantA) brought the community together to celebrate Austria’s role in shaping the future of quantum #research. Find out more 👇
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Welcome to the Quantum World!
On November 6, around 800 guests came together at Vienna City Hall to celebrate 100 years of quantum theory – and Austria’s role as a driving force in global quantum research.
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
On October 31, the Slovak Academy of Sciences held a ceremonial event to honor Anton Zeilinger with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa for his achievements in the mathematical and physical sciences. #congratulations 📸 Martin Bystriansky
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
The Paul Ehrenfest Best Paper Award for #Quantum Foundations for 2024 has been awarded to Rainer Verch and Chris Fewster in recognition of their outstanding paper, “Quantum Fields and Local Measurements.” Congratulations!
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Tag der Offenen Tür! Join us today at Minoritenplatz 3 and interact with our scientists 😎 #quantumphysics #research #experiments #bmfwf
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Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften @oeaw.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Forschende vom @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social & der @univie.ac.at haben gezeigt, dass sich Prozesse in der Quantenwelt mit mathematischen Knoten 🪢 beschreiben lassen. Das könnte Quantencomputer eines Tages schneller machen. Mehr dazu: www.oeaw.ac.at/news/wenn-ur...
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Wenn Ursache und Wirkung sich verknoten
Forschende vom Institut für Quantenoptik und Quanteninformation (IQOQI) der ÖAW und der Universität Wien zeigen gemeinsam mit internationalen Kolleg:innen, dass sich Prozesse in der Quantenwelt mit Hi...
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
New publication by our Scientific & Deputy Executive Director Caslav Brukner, Viktoria Kabel, Anne-Catherine de la Hamette and Samuel Fedida, exploring indefinite causal order between events in the context of quasiclassical spacetimes in superposition 👇 quantum-journal.org/papers/q-202...
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Knot invariants and indefinite causal order
Samuel Fedida, Anne-Catherine de la Hamette, Viktoria Kabel, and Časlav Brukner, Quantum 9, 1875 (2025). We explore indefinite causal order between events in the context of quasiclassical spacetimes i...
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
#Throwback: During this year’s Monument Day on September 28 (Tag des Denkmals), IQOQI Vienna welcomed the public into its historic research facility. The program included an introduction to the institute and its members, a look back at its long history, and guided tours of the laboratories.
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Q&A with Prof. Anton Zeilinger! 👇 www.austria.org/new-austrian...
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Q & A with Professor Anton Zeilinger — Austria in USA
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Learning from the past for the future: Only those who know history can find answers to tomorrow's questions. The Austrian Academy of Sciences conducts research for the future. Find out more about current projects here (German only): www.oeaw.ac.at/en/keine-for...
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Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften @oeaw.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Wie ist das jetzt eigentlich mit den Zeitreisen und was genau ist das Großvater-Paradoxon, das in so vielen Science Fiction-Filmen und -Büchern vorkommt? 🧐👴 Fragen wir einen, der es wissen muss: Marcus Huber, Quantenphysiker @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social an der #ÖAW. www.oeaw.ac.at/news/reine-s...
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"Reine Spekulation": Warum Zeitreisen nicht möglich sind
In dem neuen ÖAW-Wissenschaftspodcast „Hiccup. Per Schluckauf durch die Zeit“ wird eine Zeitreisende in die Vergangenheit geschickt – mit einigen Hindernissen. Warum das reine Spekulation bleibt, erkl...
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
All students, PhD candidates and early-career researchers are invited to an evening of engaging conversation as well as a session with Computational Physics & the ÖPG Master Thesis award winners! Find the exact time in the conference program Where: ÖPG–SPG conference venue, University of Vienna
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Our Director Markus Aspelmeyer received the MCQST Distinguished Lecturer award 2025! 👏 The prize acknowledges scientific achievements in the field of #quantum science and technology, as well as a high commitment to communicate recent developments to a broader public. 📷 MCQST/Christoph Hohmann
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
IQOQI Vienna at the Children's University 2025! During their workshop last week, our researchers showed why nature is crazier than we think! The children got to see #experiments with light particles and that they can be connected in a special way.
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Vienna Children’s University 2025! In the opening lecture by Markus Aspelmeyer, the students learned more about "The crazy world of quantum physics" 📸 Kinderbüro der Universität Wien/APA-Fotoservice/Juhasz
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CEITEC @ceitec.eu · 07/07/2025
Meet Stefan and Philipp from @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social. They do research in quantum science and technology. They regularly travel from Vienna to CEITEC Nano at CEITEC @vut.cz , where they find the advanced nanofabrication facilities and also essential expertise 🔬 youtube.com/shorts/PAXgR...
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Why Austrian scientists choose to conduct their research at CEITEC Nano
YouTube video by CEITEC Brno
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
We are excited to invite you to the public talk "Physical Understanding in Times of AI", by Prof. Dr. Claus Beisbart, who will offer a philosophical perspective on the topic. Participation is free of charge. Register via the following link: oepg-sps-meetingvienna2025.univie.ac.at/program/publ...
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Our Director, Markus Aspelmeyer, receives the EPS-QEOD PRIZE 2025! Congratulations 👏 www.iqoqi-vienna.at/detail/news/...
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Markus Aspelmeyer awarded EPS-QEOD PRIZE 2025
The 2025 EPS-QEOD Quantum Electronics and Optics Prize for fundamental aspects is awarded to Markus Aspelmeyer, Professor of Physics at the University of Vienna and Director at the Institute for Quant...
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Vienna sends first quantum computer into space 🪐 science.orf.at/stories/3230764/
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Wien schickt ersten Quantencomputer ins All
Erstmals soll ein Miniquantencomputer in den Weltraum gebracht werden, um dort gesammelte Daten direkt im All zu verarbeiten. Das von Physikern der Universität Wien entwickelte System in der Größe von...
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
🏅 We are excited to announce that #NobelLaureate Serge Haroche will be speaking at this year’s ÖPG/SPG Conference in Vienna! ⚠️ Don't miss this unique opportunity to join us from 18–22 August! Registration is open until 1 July. 🔗 More info: oepg-sps-meetingvienna2025.univie.ac.at/registration/
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Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften @oeaw.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Wie verändert Quantenforschung unsere Wirklichkeit? 💫 Diese Frage wird am 16.6.2025 um 18 Uhr in der Aula der Wissenschaften diskutiert. Mit dabei ist unter anderem Markus Aspelmeyer, Direktor des @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @derstandard.at ⤵️ rudolphina.univie.ac.at/podiumsdisku...
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Semesterfrage Podiumsdiskussion
Zum Abschluss der Semesterfrage diskutieren internationale Wissenschafter*innen sowie Alumni der Universität Wien gemeinsam mit dem Publikum in der Aula der Wissenschaften über das Zukunftspotenzial d...
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
youtu.be/JW2Qjv_V8x8?... Our PhD student Dorian Schiffer, takes on the great quantum myths and dispels popular misunderstandings about the quantum world - in a pointed, understandable way and with a scientific background 👏
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🙀 Debunking Quantenmyths - Die Mythen um die Quantenphysik 💡
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
www.iqoqi-vienna.at/blogs/blog/w... Check out our new blog entry "Why and How History for Physics" by Flavio Del Santo 👇
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Why and how “History for Physics”
By Flavio Del Santo - University of Vienna, IQOQI Vienna
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Our project QuantumGain, funded by the FFG, was selected among the Top 10 Spin-Offs in Austria! There is now a community voting on which one has the largest future impact. Support our team with a single click: brutkasten.com/artikel/voti... Deadline: Monday, 19.05. 06:00 pm
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QuantumGain | TOP 10 S&B Award 2025
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
⚛️ Join the Annual Meeting of the Austrian and Swiss Physical Societies! This binational event will take place from 18-22 August 2025 at Universität Wien ⚠️The abstract submission deadline has been extended to 18 May. To find out more, click on the link below! ⤵️ oepg-sps-meetingvienna2025.univie.ac.at
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Featuring our Group Leader Markus Müller 👏 www.quantamagazine.org/paraparticle...
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‘Paraparticles’ Would Be a Third Kingdom of Quantum Particle | Quanta Magazine
A new proposal makes the case that paraparticles — a new category of quantum particle — could be created in exotic materials.
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
'When there is no reality without observation' Our Scientific & Deputy Executive Director Časlav Brukner explains why we simply cannot speak of an existing reality prior to observation 👇 rudolphina.univie.ac.at/en/quantum-p...
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Quantum physics demands a new understanding of reality
Quantum research is not just changing our technological reality, but also our conception of reality itself. Časlav Brukner, quantum physicist at the University of Vienna, explains why we simply cannot...
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Almost aligned! This Michelson interferometer greets us with surreal, alien-like interference patterns in near-infrared light — telling us it’s soon ready for single-photon experiments. Happy World Quantum Day 😎 📸 Matthias Estermann
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Tune in to a podcast featuring our Director Markus Aspelmeyer talking about 'Why everything in physics hinges on gravity' 👇 (German language)
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Podcast: Warum in der Physik alles an der Gravitation hängt
Mit seinen Experimenten stellt Markus Aspelmeyer die Gravitation auf den Prüfstand der Quantenphysik – und betritt damit das Grenzgebiet zweier bisher unvereinbarer Weltbilder. Sein Ansatz könnte die ...
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
⚛️ Join us at the Annual Meeting of the Austrian & Swiss Physical Societies in August 2025! When & where? 🗓️ 18-22 August 2025 📍 University of Vienna, Universitätsring 1 ⚠️ The submission of abstracts and registration is open! 🔗 Read more about the event here: oepg-sps-meetingvienna2025.univie.ac.at
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Check out the latest article written by our very own Dorian Schiffer on 'The entanglement of physics and philosophy' 👏
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100 years of quantum research at the University of Vienna
The most successful theory of the present day, quantum physics is everywhere. To mark the 100th anniversary of this discipline, Rudolphina looks back at how researchers at the University of Vienna hav...
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
On March 12, the newly adapted installation "Nobel Prize and University of Vienna" was unveiled in the Aula of the University of Vienna. The installation was expanded to include also Nobel Prize winners Anton Zeilinger and Emmanuelle Charpentier 👏 📸 derknopfdruecker
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IQOQI Vienna @iqoqi-vienna.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Congratulations to our amazing researchers Philip Schmidt, Martin Žemlička & Rémi Claessen- "Die Presse" published an article about their work 👏 They are developing quantum amplifiers designed to boost the fragile signals of quantum computers while preserving their integrity.
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