Press room

On this page, journalists and media representatives can find current press releases, contact persons in the Media Relations Team and a selection of press photos.

Older news items can be found in the archive of the media portal of the University of Vienna.

Press releases
All press releases from the University of Vienna at a glance – sorted by topic
Press photos
Images of university locations, research, studying and teaching and the current Rectorate team – available for download
Contacts
Contact details and responsibilities of the Media Relations team at the University of Vienna at a glance

Latest press releases

Which signalling pathways in the cell lead to possible therapies for Parkinson's disease

25.07.2025 Press release

New triggers for mitophagy – a self-cleaning process in cells – discovered

The Holobiont Revolution: How wheat is becoming more climate-resilient through nature-based plant breeding and machine learning

22.07.2025 Press release

Focus on the interaction between the microbiome and plants

What the sea spider genome reveals about their bizarre anatomy

04.07.2025 Press release

Pycnogonum litorale, adult male feeding on a sea anemone.

The first high-quality pycnogonid genome provides novel insights in chelicerate evo-devo

At the Frontier Between Two Lives – The Evolutionary Origins of Pregnancy

03.07.2025 Press release

New Study Identifies the Evolutionary Origins of the Cells and Molecular Signals Bridging Mother to Fetus

Mothers are more likely to smoke later in life if they take longer parental leave

30.06.2025 Press release

Data from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and The Netherlands

Successful launch of the first space-proof quantum Computer

26.06.2025 Press release

Picture of the core team of the project just after the final assembly of the satellite payload.

Communication with the satellite will be established in the next two weeks

Further press releases

How is quantum research changing our reality?

Welcome to the quantum world, where particles can seem to be in multiple places at once and old certainties are thrown into question.

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