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atom*innen featured in Optics & Photonics News

We are pleased to announce that a new article about atom*innen has been published in Optics & Photonics News (November 2025). In the article “Taking on Gender Disparity in Quantum,” we present the atom*innen...

Event on Women in Quantum at University of Vienna

On November 27, Francesca Ferlaino was invited to present the atom*innen project at the University of Vienna. The event, organised by Brigitte Bischof, Diversity Coordinator at the Faculty of...

Women in Quantum Physics: Yesterday - Today - Tomorrow

As part of the UN International Year of Quantum Science and Technologies 2025 (IYQ2025) — marking 100 years of quantum mechanics — the Faculty of Physics of the University of Vienna will host an...

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