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Circle U. Seed Funding Scheme 2024 Results

Out of the 13 awarded projects, the student-led project "Climate change? LET’S BE THE CHANGE! Summer school (LBC) (project lead: Angelika Tangl)" was selected from the University of Vienna.

17.01.2025 | [more]

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Nanoscale quantum light: miniaturized and programmable photon sources ready to go on chip

Nanoscale-engineered two-dimensional semiconductors can be programmed to efficiently produce photons on ultracompact spatial scales. This is the result of a recent study on nonlinear and quantum optics.

16.01.2025 | [more]

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Ocean temperatures reached a new record high in 2024

The ocean is the hottest it has ever been recorded by humans, not only at the surface temperature but also for the upper 2000 meters. The ocean surrounding the Antarctic continent is experiencing one of the fastest warming rates.

13.01.2025 | [more]

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Obituary for Martin Karplus

Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Martin Karplus died on 28 December at the age of 94. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Vienna in 2015.

28.12.2024 | [more]

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Exploring the influence of urban art interventions on attraction and wellbeing

Margot Dehove of the Faculty of Psychology explored the influence of urban art interventions on attraction and wellbeing and published them in Frontiers in Psychology.

17.12.2024 | [more]

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More than the sum of its parts

Precise regulation of gene expression is crucial for the development and homeostasis of multicellular organisms. Christa Bücker and her team published a new approach to the regulation of gene expression.

02.12.2024 | [more]

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The European Union funds the Conceptual Study of the wide Field Spectroscopic Telescope

The Department of Astrophysics of the University of Vienna is one of the consortium partners of a new telescope, the Wide Field Spectroscopic Telescope (WST), which could become operational in Chile after 2040.

26.11.2024 | [more]

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Parkinson's drug changes the gut microbiome for the worse due to iron deficiency

A common Parkinson's drug alters the intestinal flora by causing iron deficiency in the gut. Microbiologist Michael Wagner explains the results of a recent study in the video.

21.11.2024 | [more]

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