Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati

SISSA and AgorAI launch an artist residency exploring the relationship between science and comics

Exploring human identity through a graphic novel conceived and developed in a place of scientific research. This is the idea behind the first Artist Residency, which will begin at SISSA - Scuola ...
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Frontiers in Scaling Superconducting Quantum Computing

Large-scale superconducting qubit arrays have emerged as the leading platform for practical quantum computing. The field has recently achieved significant milestones, with several groups deploying ...
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A new twist in a tangled story

Long polymer chains are everywhere: in synthetic materials, soft matter, biological systems such as chromosomes, and mathematical models of filaments and knots. When many such chains are densely ...
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Artificial intelligence: why its indiscriminate use is a danger to the production of knowledge

“If the difficult and demanding process of learning to think like a scientist is replaced by a simple command to ChatGPT, critical thinking, depth of analysis, and even the very skills that allow ...
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Ammissione ai corsi di PhD della SISSA per l'Anno Accademico 2026/27 - Admission to SISSA PhD courses for the Academic Year 2026/27

3 Fellowships financed by FSE + (1 fellowship still available for the second session) ...
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Ammissione ai corsi di PhD della SISSA per l'Anno Accademico 2025/26 - Admission to SISSA PhD courses for the Academic Year 2025/26

Extra EU candidates are welcome to applyCheck the Information Sheets below for additional information on the examsCLICK HERE FOR ONLINE APPLICATIONSMATHEMATICS AREA - CLOSEDGeometry and Mathematical ...
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The hidden mathematics behind innovation: Italy and China meet in Trieste

How does a mathematical idea move from basic research into real-world applications? And what kind of relationships need to exist for knowledge produced in universities and research centres to ...
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Within a Second After the Big Bang: The Birth of the First Black Holes, Boson Stars, and Cannibal Stars

Before atomic elements came together, less than a second after the Big Bang, if particles condensed into halos of matter, these halos may then have collapsed, creating the first black holes, boson ...
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Finding the right combination: new simulations in the search for topological superconductors

A new theoretical and computational approach developed by a group at SISSA makes it possible to realistically and predictively simulate the “proximity effect”, a phenomenon in which a material can ...
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Ammissione ai corsi di “Philosophiae Doctor” - Posizioni cofinanziate dal Fondo Sociale Europeo Plus - Anno Accademico 2024/2025

Call for PhD applications co-financed by FSE PLUS - Academic Year 2024/25 ...
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Simons Observatory’s Large Aperture Telescope Achieves First Light: A New Window on the Early Universe

The Simons Observatory (SO), a most advanced network of telescopes aimed at mapping the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) with unprecedented precision, has reached a major milestone: the Large ...
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Magnetic fields in the infant Universe may have been billions of times weaker than a fridge magnet

The magnetic fields that formed in the very early stages of the Universe, may have been billions of times weaker than a small fridge magnet, with strengths comparable to magnetism generated by neurons ...