Science & Technology
Interviews
INTERVIEW: Vienna-Based Team Engineer Coronavirus “Super Antibodies” in a Tobacco-Related Plant
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.
News
Motorway Expansion at Odds With Climate Goals, Say Austrians
Most Austrians consider motorway expansion and other highways development to be at odds with climate goals: 63% are in against it.
News
Trains Could Replace 80 Percent of Short-Haul Flights
A Greenpeace report shows most European short-haul flights can be easily replaced by train journeys - and calls for some routes to be banned
News
Van Der Bellen on Climate Change: “I Will Not Be Quiet”
President Van der Bellen spoke on the importance of fighting climate change in his traditional televised speech on Austrian National Day, October 26.
News
Ludovic Ferrière, Vienna’s Interplanetary Explorer
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.
Print Editions
Ludwig Wittgenstein & the Limits of Language
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.
News
New High-Speed Rail Train Connection Between the Austrian and German Capitals
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.
Features
Nobel Laureate Charpentier’s Breakthrough Was “Born” in Vienna
The Nobel-Prize-winning chemist Emanuelle Charpentier laid the groundwork for her stunning scientific discoveries at the Max Perutz Labs in the Austrian capital.
Print Editions
How the Pandemic Stalled Scientific Research
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
Print Editions
The Science of Coffee Roasting
The world is waking up and (really) smelling the coffee – in all its glory, scope and complexity.
Print Editions
Behind the COVID Vaccine – The Austrian Key to the BioNTech Breakthrough
As the world awaits a vaccine, Polymun, a small high-tech company provides essential ingredients for the first candidate to reach the EU Market.
Coronavirus
How Austrian Scientists Are Fighting COVID-19
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.
Science & Technology
Coming Clean on Electric Cars
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.
Science & Technology
Max Schrems Challenges Facebook and Wins. Again.
European court ruling strikes down the transatlantic data transfer mechanism in a case initiated by the young Austrian data privacy advocate.
Science & Technology
How Freud, Adler & Moreno Pioneered Modern Family Therapy in Vienna
Alfred Adler and Jacob L. Moreno developed the theoretical foundations for family therapy in Vienna, building on the work of Sigmund Freud.
Science & Technology
IST Research in Klosterneuburg – Ranked 3rd in the World – Joins Forces with Startups to Make Ideas ...
Inventing something new is one thing. Turning it into a product is quite another. Here's how founders and researchers take ideas to market
Science & Technology
Inside the U.S. Pentagon’s Funding for Foundational Research in Austria – and the Fight to End It
The U.S. Pentagon funds critical studies in medicine and quantum physics in Austria. Does this threaten the country’s neutrality or academic freedom?
Science & Technology
Women in the Natural Sciences, from Lise Meitner to Today
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.
Science & Technology
The Tools of Today`s Music
Austria’s music tech entrepreneurs are pushing Vienna into new areas of innovation .
Science & Technology
Take Two Quavers…
… and call me in the morning.
Can neuroscience prove that music soothes some of our biggest ailments?
Science & Technology
Social Networks or Social Nightmares? | Panel Discussion With Roger McNamee
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.
Fall 2019
Someone’s Gotta Do It
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 ...
City Life
Vienna’s Climate Protection Zones
Local government announces plans for climate-friendly construction hoping to curb the devastating effects of climate change.
Features
The Code Makers
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...
Science & Technology
Technology | Breaking the Ice Ceiling
A thousand women are challenging the boys’ club of science by making a research expedition to Antarctica to raise awareness for climate change.
A...
Features
From Slaughterhouse to Lighthouse
Biomedical research in Vienna is revealing the secrets of life, as two research institutes make breakthroughs in cancer treatment.
The announcement ca...
Food & Drink
The Future of Meat | Impossible Burgers, Bioreactors and the Real Cost of Cheap Protein
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...
June 2018
Taming the Great River | Vienna’s Healthy Relationship with the Danube
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 ...
Science & Technology
Delivering New Solutions | The Last Mile Problem in the Age of E-commerce
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...
Science & Technology
Art Ex Machina | When AI Enters the Studio
As robots and AI pervade our living rooms and workplaces, will they also hold the mirror up to our lives?
Science & Technology
It’s Time to Fix Facebook
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 ...
Science & Technology
The Technisches Museum Wien is Imagining our Future from the Past, and it’s Adorable
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 & Technology
The Science is in and Nostalgia is Actually Good for You
Science is coming to grips with a complex emotion that was once dismissed as sentimental or downright pathological.
It was a way to surv...
Science & Technology
The Marshall Plan: How Austria Benefited 70 Years ago
With an entire continent in ruins, the Marshall Plan planted the seeds for a peaceful, prosperous Europe
As the Second Wo...
Science & Technology
Vienna Researchers Pioneer Rodent VR
Virtual reality is only for tech enthusiasts? Get ready to see fish, mice and fruit flies join the VR craze with scientists from Austria ...
Science & Technology
Happy Birthday to the Bicycle! 200 Years and Still Going Strong
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...
City Life
16 hives for international research bees in Vienna
A newcomer’s guide to some interesting research institutions in and around Vienna
The approximately 1,500 research organizations in Vienna come i...
Science & Technology
The Science Behind Homesickness
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...
Science & Technology
The Science Behind Homesickness
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...
Science & Technology
New Research at Oxford Suggests Love can be Treated, Just Like an Addiction
Recent research poses that love could be “treated” like an addiction. Are we really going to medicalize l’amour?
Most of us know the ...
Science & Technology
A Tinder Novice Samples Viennese App-Dating
Old-school bar romancer discovers the matching app phenomenon Tinder
“Meeeaaap – wrong answer??!” – twenty-four hours after not replying to Hanna...
Science & Technology
How Fear Makes you an Instant Superhero
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...
Science & Technology
Just What the Doctor Ordered | The Past, Present and Future of Medical Innovation in Vienna
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 ...
Science & Technology
Dealing with Stress
One study divides how we cope with anxiety into four categories: Guardians, Integrators, Drivers and Pioneers. Which one are you?
“Nothing is per...
Science & Technology
The Oracles of Big Data
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...
Science & Technology
Alpine Hi–Tech
Skiing is deeply embedded in Austrian identity. In spite of climate change, technology has made the sport smarter and safer
International familie...
Science & Technology
Saved from Your Genes
Fertility specialists have made a breakthrough that could eradicate a rare deadly disease. So why isn’t the world celebrating?
After several misc...
Science & Technology
Vienna, a Scientist’s Paradise
The city that brought forth Wittgenstein, Freud and Schrödinger, Vienna is again a hotbed of ideas and scientific research.
When refugee scientists ...
Science & Technology
From Lab Coats to Pinstripes
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...
Science & Technology
Alexa, Can You Hear Me?
The first home automation hub, Amazon Echo raises lots of questions about how much we want to depend on artificial intelligence
Entering our livi...
Science & Technology
Taking the Tube – Hyperloop
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
...
July/August 2016
Science: Physics Showdown in Russia
A group of gifted high schoolers will defend Austria’s “physical” fitness at the International Young Physicists’ Tournament in early July
The Aus...
July/August 2016
Technology: Artificial Intelligence in Music
Scientists are teaching computers about the complex factors that make music expressive. Might computers outperform humans someday?
The digital ag...
Science & Technology
High Five for the Future – Pioneers Festival 2016
“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...
June 2016
Science & Technology: Doctor in Your Pocket
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...
City Life
The Belvedere in Bloom at the Botanical Garden
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 ...
May 2016
Science & Technology: Einstein, Lasers And Supermirrors
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...
April 2016
Science & Technology: Speaking in Tongues – Multilingual Children
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...
March 2016
Science & Technology: No Country for Old Economists
The Austrian school of economic thought shapes financial policy the world over – but remains unpopular in its land of origin
In dealing with the ...
Science & Technology
Science & Technology: Creepy Crawling Avatars – Cybertaxonomy
A new way of documenting species digitally – cybertaxonomy – allows more intricate research and the images can be shared all over the world
T...
February 2016
Science & Technology: Protecting Genetic Privacy
Open source genomics raise enormous challenges when protecting patient identity
Over the past decade the genomic revolution has taken off in spec...
December/January 2015/2016
Conspiring with the Unknown
Helga Nowotny takes on institutional science in her new book: The Cunning of Uncertainty
Helga Nowotny is fascinated with uncertainty. Not with i...
November 2015
Science & Technology: Creepy Crawling Avatars
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...
Science & Technology
The Rhythm of the Day
A new study at Vienna’s University of Veterinary Medicine shows how cells change according to daily rhythms, with significant consequences for your he...