Press releases

Current developments in research, university life, higher education policy and studying and teaching: Our press releases contain official information from the University of Vienna on academic findings, degree programmes and higher education topics. Our press mailing list will deliver everything directly to your inbox.

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When Magnets Cannot Agree: Quantum mechanics deciphers iron catalyst

10.09.2025 Press release

On the road to more efficient catalysts for a reduction of global CO2-emissions

Three ERC Starting Grants for the University of Vienna

04.09.2025 Press release

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Funding for historian Eva-Maria Muschik, microbiologist Megan Sørensen and historical sociologist Agata Zysiak

Sustainable energy: "Fairy circles" can provide clues to the depth of natural hydrogen Sources

01.09.2025 Press release

Picture of a "fairy circle" in the São Francisco Basin in Brazil.

New study by the University of Vienna explains why 'fairy circles' subside

Bacteria that "breathe" rocks and Sulfur

28.08.2025 Press release

Picture of a habitat of MISO bacteria - Wetland soil.

Microbiologists uncover bacteria that remove toxic sulfide and use iron minerals for growth

Measuring How Molecules Communicate

21.08.2025 Press release

Picture of iSFAC modelling.

New method enables direct measurement of partial charges in molecules

Plant-based diets can reduce the risk of multimorbidity

20.08.2025 Press release

Vegan salad bowl

Multimorbidity caused by cancer and cardiometabolic diseases can be reduced – regardless of age

What Geese Teach Us About Leadership and Followers

18.08.2025 Press release

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Courage and curiosity shape the flock's collective behavior

Controlling Polymer shapes: A new generation of shape-adaptive materials

30.07.2025 Press release

A sketch of the conformations of supercoiled ribbons in dependence of the electric charge.

Researchers control ring polymer shapes by tuning electric charge

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

Picture of a wheat field,

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

The oppssum

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

Depiction of a smoking woman

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

6 FWF ASTRA Awards and 2 Merit Awards to researchers from the University of Vienna

25.06.2025 Press release

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Eight young researchers from the University of Vienna impressed the FWF Board of Directors with their excellent research projects

How fructose increases the risk of inflammation

24.06.2025 Press release

Picture of three sugary drinks

Even short-term high fructose consumption increases the concentration of receptors to which bacterial toxins can bind

University of Vienna ranks 152nd in the QS World University Rankings

19.06.2025 Press release

The University of Vienna remains among the top 10% of universities worldwide

Universities of Graz, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt and Vienna join Global Coalition for Ukrainian Studies

18.06.2025 Press release

Government officials

Research about language, literature, history and culture of Ukraine

Bodybuilding in Ancient Times: How the Sea Anemone Got Its Back

13.06.2025 Press release

Adult polyp of the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis.

New insights into the evolution of the back-belly-axis

Quantum computers boost machine learning algorithms

06.06.2025 Press release

Depiction of a photonic quantum computer.

New findings published in Nature Photonics

New Center for Advanced Studies established by the University of Vienna

30.05.2025 Press release

University Building

First call for 20 fellowships in May