Science & Technology

Dr. Herta Steinkellner’s work could lead to a new, effective treatment for COVID-19 – and demonstrates the power of plants to produce highly complex human proteins.

Most Austrians consider motorway expansion and other highways development to be at odds with climate goals: 63% are in against it.

A Greenpeace report shows most European short-haul flights can be easily replaced by train journeys - and calls for some routes to be banned

President Van der Bellen spoke on the importance of fighting climate change in his traditional televised speech on Austrian National Day, October 26.

International scientist and curator of the acclaimed meteorite collection at Vienna's Natural History Museum, Ludovic Ferrière is bringing the wonder of shooting stars to the public.

Having enthroned the power of logic, the Austrian philosopher also saw how much lay outside it, and the need for nonsense to stretch the imagination.

From Vienna to Berlin in under five hours – the Via Vindobona is part of Europe’s bid to expand railway lines and reduce short-haul flights within the region.

The Nobel-Prize-winning chemist Emanuelle Charpentier laid the groundwork for her stunning scientific discoveries at the Max Perutz Labs in the Austrian capital.

Work on coronavirus has highjacked science, disrupting projects and schedules, particularly for women. Some see a chance to turn the crisis into opportunities for breakthrough thinking

The world is waking up and (really) smelling the coffee – in all its glory, scope and complexity.

As the world awaits a vaccine, Polymun, a small high-tech company provides essential ingredients for the first candidate to reach the EU Market.

As nations around the world follow every twist and turn of the developing science to combat the coronavirus, Austrian researchers and companies could play a key role.

Electricity spells kosher for many an eco-warrior, with battery-powered cars seen as the answer to vehicle-generated pollution. An analysis by carmaker Volvo suggests it is not so simple.

European court ruling strikes down the transatlantic data transfer mechanism in a case initiated by the young Austrian data privacy advocate.

Alfred Adler and Jacob L. Moreno developed the theoretical foundations for family therapy in Vienna, building on the work of Sigmund Freud.

Inventing something new is one thing. Turning it into a product is quite another. Here's how founders and researchers take ideas to market

The U.S. Pentagon funds critical studies in medicine and quantum physics in Austria. Does this threaten the country’s neutrality or academic freedom?

Amid Austria’s glowing record of scientific enterprise, women’s involvement in the natural sciences has grown, albeit far too slowly. That may be changing.

Austria’s music tech entrepreneurs are pushing Vienna into new areas of innovation .

… and call me in the morning. Can neuroscience prove that music soothes some of our biggest ailments?

On Friday, 27 September 2019, Roger McNamee, Evgeny Morozov, Max Schrems and Shalini Randeria will be talking about Facebook and how it's changing our societies on the panel "Social Networks or Social Nightmares?" at the Vienna Humanities Festival.

Bins full of sorted junk, sewage, waste - and all that trash...For all cities, garbage is a fact of life that must be managed - but for Vienna, waste ...

Local government announces plans for climate-friendly construction hoping to curb the devastating effects of climate change.

Programmers are in high demand. Two Viennese are helping more women to close the digital gap. It’s going on 18:30, but the windows of the...

A thousand women are challenging the boys’ club of science by making a research expedition to Antarctica to raise awareness for climate change. A...

Biomedical research in Vienna is revealing the secrets of life, as two research institutes make breakthroughs in cancer treatment. The announcement ca...

To the late chef Anthony Bourdain, “Life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is not a life worth livi...

Vienna has been shaping its stretch of the Danube for 500 years. But only in the 19th century was it possible to alter Vienna’s riverscape and revamp ...

In our age of e-commerce, it is the mobility of things that has become ever more important. Logistic companies aim to tackle the problem with new tech...

As robots and AI pervade our living rooms and workplaces, will they also hold the mirror up to our lives?

My story with Facebook began in early 2006. Mark Zuckerberg, then only 22, was looking for advice. I had been a technology investor for more than two ...

The Technisches Museum Wien invites us to explore our past imaginings of what was to come, and how we dare to dream today Vienna’s Technical Muse...

Science is coming to grips with a complex emotion that was once dismissed as sentimental or downright pathological. It was a way to surv...

With an entire continent in ruins, the Marshall Plan planted the seeds for a peaceful, prosperous Europe As the Second Wo...

Virtual reality is only for tech enthusiasts? Get ready to see fish, mice and fruit flies join the VR craze with scientists from Austria ...

While we no longer ride out with a lamp and a whistle, cycling today has become a part of life "I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it wher...

A newcomer’s guide to some interesting research institutions in and around Vienna The approximately 1,500 research organizations in Vienna come i...

Previously dismissed as a sign of immaturity, homesickness is now seen by researchers as playing a vital evolutionary role. All it takes is the b...

Previously dismissed as a sign of immaturity, homesickness is now seen by researchers as playing a vital evolutionary role. All it takes is the b...

Recent research poses that love could be “treated” like an addiction. Are we really going to medicalize l’amour? Most of us know the ...

Old-school bar romancer discovers the matching app phenomenon Tinder “Meeeaaap – wrong answer??!” – twenty-four hours after not replying to Hanna...

The fight-or-flight response is designed to prepare us for danger, but what really happens, when the adrenaline kicks in? On a bright sunny morni...

Since the 18th century this city has been on the cutting edge of medical innovation. What is the next frontier? Vienna at the fin de siècle was the ...

One study divides how we cope with anxiety into four categories: Guardians, Integrators, Drivers and Pioneers. Which one are you? “Nothing is per...

Data science is currently among the hottest fields of study and its practitioners are in high demand For many, the 21st century buzzword “Big Dat...

Skiing is deeply embedded in Austrian identity. In spite of climate change, technology has made the sport smarter and safer International familie...

Fertility specialists have made a breakthrough that could eradicate a rare deadly disease. So why isn’t the world celebrating? After several misc...

The city that brought forth Wittgenstein, Freud and Schrödinger, Vienna is again a hotbed of ideas and scientific research. When refugee scientists ...

Academia and business don’t mix? A group of Austrians set out to bridge the gap, and business is booming. Great ideas are born in the laboratories, c...

The first home automation hub, Amazon Echo raises lots of questions about how much we want to depend on artificial intelligence Entering our livi...

Trips from Vienna to Bratislava are routine. But if the Hyperloop project has its way, they may soon become the most exciting commute on the planet ...

A group of gifted high schoolers will defend Austria’s “physical” fitness at the International Young Physicists’ Tournament in early July The Aus...

Scientists are teaching computers about the complex factors that make music expressive. Might computers outperform humans someday? The digital ag...

“This is not a conference. This is a festival!” the main stage emcee Daniel Cronin, co-founder of AustrianStartups, told the packed “Arena” audience d...

Have you ever googled your symptoms? Everyone wants to avoid trips to the doctor. These apps may give patients insights and help doctors diagnose bett...

The University of Vienna's green oasis enacts the history of the Empire in the splendor of flowers The first thing you notice is the air. Softer ...

In the Austrian success story of gravitational waves, detecting something tiny can be a huge leap forward On February 11, 2016, the last of Alber...

Do multilingual children have an advantage? Perhaps; but the ability to learn languages may be inborn. Either way, stakes are high and consensus is ra...

The Austrian school of economic thought shapes financial policy the world over – but remains unpopular in its land of origin In dealing with the ...

A new way of documenting species digitally – cybertaxonomy – allows more intricate research and the images can be shared all over the world T...

Open source genomics raise enormous challenges when protecting patient identity Over the past decade the genomic revolution has taken off in spec...

Helga Nowotny takes on institutional science in her new book: The Cunning of Uncertainty Helga Nowotny is fascinated with uncertainty. Not with i...

A new way of documenting species digitally allows more intricate research and the images can be shared all over the world The new guy, Ommato...

A new study at Vienna’s University of Veterinary Medicine shows how cells change according to daily rhythms, with significant consequences for your he...