A landslide success: New model makes landslides and slope failures easier to...
The threat of slope instability will be easier to predict in future. Scientists working on an Austrian Science Fund project have succeeded in developing a new numerical model for this purpose. The...
View ArticleAntisemitism and parliamentary rhetoric
A project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF investigates the relationship between parliamentary debate and the development of democracy in post-fascist societies. Using Austria as an example, the...
View ArticleBig Data for Sustainability – Web intelligence tools for the United Nations...
UN uses Web Intelligence for SustainabilityWith the UNEP Live web portal, the United Nations Environment Programme has created a unique globally accessible source of up-to-the-minute, integrated...
View ArticleMiracle material graphene: steady progress vs. quantum leaps
The interactions between graphene and its environment have a significant influence on the use of this promising material by the semiconductor industry. Thanks to the comprehensive findings of an...
View Article450 m2 of Protist Diversity: Conservation Area for Newly Discovered Ciliates...
A pond in Salzburg has been granted nature conservation status due to its unusually diverse population of ciliates. As the results of an Austrian Science Fund FWF research project show, this small...
View ArticleLiving Healthier with Media Technology
St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences founds Center for Applied Research in Media Assisted Health Care St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences (UAS) is founding a center for applied research on...
View ArticleArt history – In the eye of the beholder
What viewers of a work of art see and feel is informed by their socio-cultural background and by how familiar they are with the image. Art historians have now verified this theory with the help of...
View ArticleCholesterol-lowering drug kills melanoma cells – if messenger substance is...
Special cholesterol-lowering drugs can hamper the growth of metastasising melanoma cells if the cellular messenger substance Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is present. This link was observed in a research...
View ArticleThe sound of old music
In addition to their shape, the material that brass instruments are made of determines their sound. This was demonstrated by acousticians in a project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF on...
View ArticleThe Virtual Road to the White House – US Election 2016 Web Monitor Tracks...
Five months before the US Presidential Election 2016 and in time for the upcoming Democratic and Republican conventions, a team of European researchers has just released a novel Web intelligence...
View ArticleLiving Healthier with Media Technology
St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences founds Center for Applied Research in Media Assisted Health Care St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences (UAS) is founding a center for applied research on...
View ArticleMicrobial Power Storage Shows It Can Do the Job
Microorganisms turn surplus power into natural gas within seconds Linz, Austria – New results have proven that certain microorganisms are capable of producing natural gas under industrial conditions....
View ArticleCoeliac disease triggered by viruses
The onset of the autoimmune condition coeliac disease may not be down to genetic factors alone – certain viral infections may also be involved. This is the finding of a project funded by the Austrian...
View ArticleArtificial intelligence plus common sense
In the future, a new generation of autonomous robots is set to complete tasks autonomously, even if something unforeseeable happens. With the support of the Austrian Science Fund FWF, information...
View ArticleThe computer as architect: Mathematics liberates building design from...
Creative architecture and modern construction technology create impressive buildings – but discrete differential geometry has also recently been playing a role in this area. The results of a...
View ArticleAddiction research uncovers potential of social interaction
Addiction research: The potential of social interactionAnimals prefer contact with other animals rather than drug consumption. – This has been shown by neuroscience studies providing first-time...
View ArticlePolar region: Smart use of satellite radar reveals “new” wetlands
Comparing special radar measurements can precisely identify soil moisture in Arctic polar regions. This has revealed that the scale of the Arctic wetlands may be a lot vaster than previously assumed....
View ArticleLiving Healthier with Media Technology
St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences founds Center for Applied Research in Media Assisted Health Care St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences (UAS) is founding a center for applied research on...
View ArticleDementia from an art and design perspective
Demographic change requires a new approach to dementia. A project supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF creates awareness of the issue using innovative artistic methods that sharpen the perception...
View ArticleStability of cheap solar cells improved
The stability of a very efficient and cheap material for solar cells has now been enhanced by up to two orders of magnitude. The material manipulations that enabled this enhancement were developed in a...
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