by Manca Žitnik | Apr 23, 2025 | 2025
Oriented intergrowths are common in both natural minerals and synthesized functional materials. Examples include contact, cyclic, and interpenetration twins, as well as epitaxial intergrowths of structurally related phases. In my lecture, I will present various...
by Lenka Trdina | Apr 16, 2025 | 2025
We know that physics Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) exists, but the question is how to best proceed to determine its particle nature. I will provide a historical perspective, covering the last few decades, on how the dominant theoretical speculations and prejudices...
by Manca Žitnik | Apr 9, 2025 | 2025
Many proteins can bind to RNA and in this way form granules in cells, whose changes are a characteristic phenomenon in many neurodegenerative diseases. I will describe our recent research showing that some proteins can attract their own mRNAs into granules when they...
by Manca Žitnik | Apr 8, 2025 | 2025
The presentation will review the fundamental functional principles of quantum information processing and provide an update on the status of the Innsbruck trapped-ion quantum computer. Using strings of trapped ions, a quantum information processor is implemented to...
by Manca Žitnik | Mar 27, 2025 | 2025
Perovskites comprise a vast family of materials with many important applications in areas such as dielectrics, superconductivity and photovoltaics, among others. From a structural chemical perspective, the basic perovskite, ABO3, is the parent of a large variety of...
by Manca Žitnik | Mar 26, 2025 | 2025
Technological advances have enabled humans to have a permanent presence in space in this century, but with unwanted consequences of weightlessness, which can be dangerous on return to Earth. Despite current exercise methods, astronauts suffer a loss of muscle and bone...
