The effect of turbulent flows is obvious. As yet, these have not been scientifically defined and remains one of the biggest unsolved problems in science. A global team of leading physicists now...
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The progressively ageing society and new medical technologies are challenging the Austrian health and legal system. Laws must be amended or rewritten. Medical law expert Karl Stöger from the...
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Proteins are often used in medicine to deliver drugs to the body and maintain the activity of these drugs in the body. Fundamental research has now provided a better understanding of the...
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Climate change and dwindling agricultural land are major challenges for food and feed production. The supply of animal protein is particularly problematic. The start-up Blue Planet Ecosystems, based...
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Incentives to promote e-mobility are available in many European countries. In most cases, it is the tax reductions and subsidies on purchases that should make it easier for citizens to make the...
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The Austrian start-up company Etagrow has invented a highly efficient lighting system for greenhouses and vertical farming. LED-based, it not only emits light, but can also create the right kind of...
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Medical research has a long tradition when it comes to testing on animals. Apart from the ethical problem, animal experiments also lack reliability. Mice do not always react to diseases and drugs in...
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In June 2019, I had the opportunity to interview Akiro Yoshino, the father of the lithium-ion battery, on the fringes of the 2019 European Inventor Awards. At that time he had just won the...
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We assume that water is an unlimited resource every time we turn on the tap. But experts warn that climate change will affect our water supplies. Freshwater is one of the most endangered ecosystems...
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Bachelor student Johannes Střelka-Petz has designed a portable Braille keyboard for the blind and visually impaired. OSKAR, the prototype’s name, is an open source project. The blueprints and...
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Magnetizing new & improved technology for heart pump
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The neurobiologist Belinda Pletzer from the University of Salzburg is researching the psychological effect of the contraceptive pill. She is focusing on the neurobiological effects on the structures...
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It is above all the rise in sea levels that is responsible for the increasing risk of flooding along Europe’s coasts. However, the danger is also heightened if storm surges occur together with...
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Smartphone software that detects which means of transport the user is using – and for how long. This vision became reality at the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT). Compared to other...
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Parkbob was launched four years ago with an app for motorists looking for parking space in Vienna. Within a short period of time, the start-up company expanded its services even further. Today, it...
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Virus-like particles are very important in medicine and are used for vaccinations, amongst other things. Yet it is technically very difficult to accurately characterize and identify them. Victor...
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Malignant skin cancer is one of the most dangerous types of cancer. 5000 people are diagnosed with it every year in Austria. The number of cases has risen sharply in recent decades. Thirty years...
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The construction of transportation infrastructure in alpine regions is a real challenge. Support structures are indispensable for roads and railways. There are numerous concrete walls with and...
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Two young architects have crossed the boundaries of our centuries-old architectural knowledge. Strohboid, as they call it (Strawboid in English), aims to make houses CO2-neutral and harmless to the...
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The vision of a clock with an atomic core has been around for a long time, but its realization has kept researchers busy for decades. The challenge was to find an atomic nucleus (core) suitable for...
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The University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences in Vienna encompasses all research areas within the field of bioeconomics and sees this as a unique selling point at a global level. A...
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Researchers at all levels are working on alternative mobility concepts, from batteries to hydrogen to methane. They are not always in agreement with the strategies of politicians. In Austria,...
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Biopharmaceutical drugs solve previously unsolved problems, but are very complex in their manufacture. A new simulation software will be used to systematize the knowledge process. Biopharmaceutical...
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Urban planning is no longer just a matter of science. In the new City Innovation Lab in Vienna, data and facts are transformed into scenarios that can be visualized and experienced in 3D. The key...
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In June, Facebook and a consortium of technology companies announced a plan to create a new digital currency known as Libra. Politicians were highly sceptical. After all, the money monopoly is still...
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