Awarded Projects

Astrophysical observations reveal that disorganised plasmas around compact objects produce coherent radiation. How orderly processes can arise from such conditions and give place to coherent dynamics still eludes us. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain these phenomena.

Following the launch of ChatGPT, an unstoppable trend has risen to use chatbots for day to day consultations and text writing by businesses, public institutions and individuals alike.

Most proteins in the cell begin to fold co-translationally on the ribosome while they emerge from its exit tunnel. A growing amount of evidence also demonstrates that the ribosome itself can significantly modulate this process.

The team will perform large-scale particle-in-cell simulations that support novel configurations to generate plasmas with comparable conditions to those found around astrophysical objects.

The advent of ultrafast laser sources paved new way in the synthesis of materials, as it has become possible to access new phases of matter (charge density waves, order-disorder phase transitions, magnetism, ferroelectricity) in the transient period following a laser excitation.

The quest to reduce CO2 emissions in transport is driving research into flow control methods aimed at reducing the aerodynamic drag. Especially in air transportation, the roughly linear dependency of fuel consumption on aerodynamic resistance explains the need for innovative approaches.

Determining atomic resolution structures of multiple functional states of protein would greatly aid the development of drugs to target these states and regulate biomolecular function.

2D materials can be dramatically different from those of their 3D parents, thus unveiling novel physical phenomena and creating new technological potentialities.

Catalysis is ubiquitous in chemical processes. The need for reducing the amount of critical raw materials has stimulated research in the field of Single Atom Catalysts (SACs).