How do bacteria adapt when resources run low? ISTA researchers have found that, under starvation stress, E. coli can use ...

D-printed thermoelectric materials and expansion microscopy of brain tissue—these are the contributions that earned two ...

Pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, and agrochemicals are produced industrially using a wide range of chemical reactions. These ...

ISTA is a place where curiosity-driven science drives discovery, innovation, and impact. Through annual residencies, ISTA welcomes journalists and artists to experience basic research firsthand and ...

Louis Pasteur and Pierre Curie dreamed of directing chiral symmetry breaking using external magnetic and electric fields. [Chem. Rev. 1998, 98, 2391] Their attempts failed due to time-inversion ...

In recent years, machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) methods have begun to play a more and more enabling role in the sciences and in industry. In particular, the advent of large and ...

This article is a work of science fiction and was published on April Fools’ Day. Always keep a critical mind to distinguish between fake news and scientific fact. In a landmark achievement that ...

Future quantum computing will require correlations between distant modules—a feature known as distributed entanglement. Traditionally, such entanglement has relied on active control and repeated ...

International meetings offer researchers worldwide the chance to explore the cutting edge of science, generate new ideas, and strike up collaborations. Having a wide geographical distribution of ...

The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) has received a donation of 5 million euros from Canadian philanthropist and entrepreneur Garrett Camp to help advance AI as a trustworthy, ...