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Press Releases
20.04.26
Luigi Ambrosio Honored with Teubner Science Prize Luigi Ambrosio Honored with Teubner Science Prize
This year’s Teubner Science Prize for the Promotion of Mathematical Sciences has been awarded to the Italian mathematician Luigi Ambrosio, honoring his outstanding contributions to calculus of variations, geometric measure theory, and differential equations. Congratulations!
Press Releases
25.03.26
Turbulent Fluids: New Stochastic Models for the Analysis of Heat Transfer Turbulent Fluids: New Stochastic Models for the Analysis of Heat Transfer
Turbulent fluids play an important role in many natural and engineering processes. For a better understanding of heat transfer in these systems, the Emmy Noether Group at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig is developing stochastic models to investigate the role of noise in convection.
Press Releases
06.01.26
Mathematics Reveals Brain Changes Mathematics Reveals Brain Changes
Jürgen Jost, Areejit Samal, and colleagues apply topological data analysis to reveal how brain connectivity changes with age and in autism. Their recent study, published in "Patterns", offers insights that could help guide the development of targeted brain stimulation therapies.
Press Releases
11.09.25
Influencers, Multipliers, and the Structure of Polarization Influencers, Multipliers, and the Structure of Polarization
A new study by Armin Pournaki, Felix Gausbauer, and Eckehard Olbrich shows how two groups of highly active users — influencers and multipliers — significantly shape political communication on Twitter/X. Their activity reinforces polarization and issue alignment, highlighting the hidden forces that structure digital discourse.
Press Releases
13.08.25
The Shape of the Universe — Revealed Through Algebraic Geometry The Shape of the Universe — Revealed Through Algebraic Geometry
How can the behavior of elementary particles and the structure of the entire universe be described using the same mathematical concepts? This question is at the heart of recent work by Claudia Fevola and Anna-Laura Sattelberger, published in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society.
Press Releases
06.08.25
Beyond Words: The Cognitive Force of Metaphor Beyond Words: The Cognitive Force of Metaphor
A new study by Marie Teich, Wilmer Leal, and Jürgen Jost provides insights into the structural and cognitive dimensions of metaphors, revealing how they shape our thinking and language – far beyond their role as rhetorical devices. The article was recently published in PLOS Complex Systems.
Press Releases
29.04.25
Mathematics meets AI: Anna Wienhard becomes Principal Investigator at ScaDS.AI Mathematics meets AI: Anna Wienhard becomes Principal Investigator at ScaDS.AI
ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig welcomes our director Anna Wienhard as a new member (principal investigator) from March 2025 onward at Leipzig University. At our institute, she supports basic mathematical research and applications of geometric and topological methods in the natural sciences, especially in data analysis and machine learning.
Press Releases
26.02.24
Teubner Science Award Goes to Viviane Baladi Teubner Science Award Goes to Viviane Baladi
This year’s Teubner Science Prize for the Promotion of Mathematical Sciences goes to Viviane Baladi. The public award ceremony takes place on March 1 at 11:00 am at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, followed by an Institute Colloquium at 3:30 pm. We cordially invite to both festive events.
Press Releases
19.09.23
Cellular Cartography – Charting the Sizes and Abundance of Our Body's Cells Reveals Mathematical Order Underlying Life Cellular Cartography – Charting the Sizes and Abundance of Our Body's Cells Reveals…
International scientists unveil the first human cell index, mapping cell size and abundance throughout the body. In a landmark PNAS study, they uncover surprising mathematical patterns that challenge our basic understanding of cellular organization.
Press Releases
08.09.23
What Do Neurons, Fireflies and Dancing the Nutbush Have in Common? What Do Neurons, Fireflies and Dancing the Nutbush Have in Common?
Synchronicity is all around us, but it is poorly understood. Jürgen Jost, Joseph Lizier, and colleagues have now developed new tools to understand how human and natural networks fall in and out of sync.
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