The "Wien[n]erisches Diarium" is considered to be one of the oldest newspapers. Its rich historic data pool is now being digitalized...

Besucheransturm an ÖAW-Stationen bei der Langen Nacht der Forschung.

Ein deutsch-österreichisches Forschungsteam unter Beteiligung von Quantenphysiker/innen der ÖAW realisierte ein verschränktes...

OeAW researchers Magnus Nordborg and Stefan Hagel are receiving Advanced Grants from the European Research Council.

An international team of researchers with participation of the Academy reports in “Nature Communications” that remote areas in...

Mountain plants are increasingly reacting to climate change. Parallel to the rising temperatures in high mountains, today five times...

Molecular biologists of the OeAW discovered new details on the origin of cancer cells. The results are published in the open access...

Researchers at the University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences develop a new theoretical framework to describe how...

Young Academics: Big Bang created equal amounts of matter and antimatter, at least in theory. However, according to the rules of...

As children they had to flee Austria under Nazi rule. Today, they are among the most outstanding scientists in the world. Eighty...

No written record of the late Bronze Age exists. Therefore, researchers have to rely on finds in grave sites and settlements if they...

Iva Tolić from the Ruđer Bošković Institute in Zagreb has been awarded this year’s Ignaz L. Lieben Prize for her outstanding research...

Veraltete Handschriften wurden im Mittelalter in kleine Streifen geschnitten und wiederverwendet. Andreas Fingernagel begibt sich mit...

"Everybody is constantly online" - that was Martin Slama`s impression, when he began doing research on the media usage of Indonesian...

Lise Meitner wurde 1948 in die ÖAW aufgenommen. Sie hatte eine bewegte Lebensgeschichte und Karriere in der „Männerdomäne Physik“.

Ein internationales Team rund um Physiker/innen der ÖAW und Universität Innsbruck konnte erstmals sogenannte Rotonen in einem...

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen and the Federal Minister of Education, Science and Research Heinz Faßmann took a trip to...

Freedom of expression, freedom of the press and freedom of speech: The enforcement of civil rights that are mostly taken for granted...

Mit go!digital unterstützt die ÖAW Projekte mit bis zu 220.000 Euro. Der aktuelle Call läuft bis 15. Mai 2018.

Mit dem wirklichen ÖAW-Mitglied verstarb am 10. Februar 2018 einer der führenden Historiker Österreichs.

3.500 years ago the Nile island Sai was nothing but a military stronghold. In the reign of Pharao Tutmosis III however it became a...

Der renommierte Literaturwissenschaftler und Reformer mit Weitblick verstarb im Alter von 82 Jahren. Die Akademie trauert um ihren...

Communication requires to embody information into a physical system, the so-called information carrier. Classically, the information...

Today's high-speed trains bring up to 300 km/h onto rail. OeAW acoustics researchers are developing physical formulas to make tunnels...

Quantum entanglement is a key feature of a quantum computer. Yet, how can we verify that a quantum computer indeed incorporates a...

The civil war in Yemen has been raging for over two years. But who is fighting whom? OeAW social anthropologist Marieke Brandt, who...

OeAW glaciologist Andrea Fischer explores ancient ice from alpine glaciers. For these are a window into the Earth's past - and key...

Promoting the career of junior scientists - that's the aim of the fellowship programmes of the OeAW. Current calls can be found at...

The research satellite „China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite“ lifted off into space. It carries a highly sensitive quantum...

Die ÖAW ist erschüttert über antisemitische und rassistische Texte in Burschenschafts-Liederbuch.

Am 25. Jänner fand an der ÖAW die exklusive Voraufführung der Dokumentation „Einsteins Wien“ statt. Der Mathematiker Karl Sigmund von...

ÖAW-Präsident Zeilinger: „Von der Erforschung des Weltkulturerbes Ephesos profitieren nicht nur die Wissenschaften, sondern alle...

Der ehemalige Direktor des Instituts für Weltraumforschung der ÖAW, Willibald Riedler, ist 85-jährig verstorben. Das hochverdiente...

The 100th anniversary of the Republic of Austria offers the opportunity to reassess the turbulent events of 1918. The fact that...

In a newly released publication in the science journal Physical Review Letters, researchers from the Austrian Academy of Sciences,...

150 years ago archaeologists discovered fragments of musical instruments near a pyramid. OeAW philologist and musicologist Stefan...

Ein internationales Team rund um Pflanzenforscher/innen der ÖAW analysierte die komplexen Wechselwirkungen zwischen molekularen...

Ist gesellschaftliche Relevanz von Forschung bewertbar? Und wenn ja, wie? Die besten Antworten auf diese Frage werden mit insgesamt...

Five young scientists and five highly innovative research projects are being funded by Austria’s new Erwin Schrödinger Center for...

Ein reichhaltiges Veranstaltungsprogramm erwartet Wissenschaftsfans an der ÖAW. Acht Highlights die man 2018 auf keinen Fall...

Blockchains are booming. They promise more security, more transparency and more fairness in the virtual world of data. But is that...

An international team of researchers demonstrated that structures of complex societies worldwide show similar patterns in their...

Academy member and quantum physicist Pan Jianwei is among the ten most influential scientists in 2017, Nature says.

An answer to a quantum question provided by the algorithm Melvin has uncovered a hidden link between quantum experiments and the...

Academy member Heinz Faßmann has been appointed minister of education, science and research.

A new programme by FWF and OeAW funds innovative projects by teams of young researchers.

The doyen of tex law died at the age of 92. The OeAW mourns the loss of a great scientist and an inspiring fellow.

From Thirty Years' War to Napoleon's Aspern - the bioarchaeological examination of mass graves at historic battle sites reveals many...

The cultural significance of the Austrian National Theatre "Burgtheater" for the First Austrian Republic is being comprehensively...

Nasmyth receives one of five 2018 Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences for his work on chromosome segregation. He has been a member...

Artificial Intelligence isn't that intelligent, says AI-expert Douglas Hofstadter. At the OeAW he explained, what makes him think so...

OeAW molecular researcher has received a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council. His project focusses on studying the...

With the recent publication of the last volume of the "Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität" a monumental piece of work has been...

New OeAW Performance Agreement 2018-2020: Academy budget reaches 363 mio. euros - fundings for dynamic and interdisciplinary research...

The paintings of the Italian Renaissance painter are perfect templates for modern graphic-design programs, says Da-Vinci-expert...

Five young scientists were awarded the „For Women in Science“ scholarships. The awarding ceremony took place in the Austrian Academy...

Historian Waltraud Heindl was awarded the Wilhelm Hartel-Prize, Quantumphysicist Francesca Ferlaino the Erwin Schrödinger-Prize. Both...

An international conference examined the testimonies of Holocaust survivors and their descendants. Why do their stories still matter...

The world´s most-cited researchers have been listed for 2017. Twenty-two of the elected "Highly Cited Researchers" work at the OeAW...

OeAW space researchers analyzed how solar storms are able to enter Earth's magnetosphere. Their findings have recently been published...

The Commission for Astronomy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences celebrates 50 years of collaboration in space exploration. In an...

The OeAW mourns the loss of a great mathematician and a respected member.

The OeAW quantum physicist Francesca Ferlaino receives the Antonio Feltrinelli Giovani Prize in physics. This is the first time the...

The value of mothers to prehistoric societies has not yet been properly researched. OeAW archeologist Katharina Rebay-Salisbury wants...

On global "Dark Matter Day" OeAW high energy physicists invited to an event at the WUK "Stadt Beisl". Many science fans came to learn...

Fanconi anemia is a rare genetic disease that occurs statistically in one out of every 130,000 people. Researchers from the Austrian...

Die Akademie betrauert den Tod eines bedeutenden Hirnforschers und hoch engagierten Mitglieds.

Researchers at OeAW’s Gregor Mendel Institute sequenced the genomes of 163 monkeys in the largest study to date of mammalian genetic...

Digital technologies are increasingly challenging labour markets. Today, employers expect a bundle of formal qualifications,...

Generating and exploiting personal gaming data is a profitable business. Data privacy however may be violated, say OeAW technology...

Young Academics: Molecular biologist Lisa Landskron of the Austrian Academy of Sciences analyses asymmetric cell division in neuronal...

Induction heating can completely change the energy budget of an exoplanet and even melt its interior. In a study published by Nature...

Foldable displays, rollable mobile phones and transparent photovoltaics: There are many smart devices on our future wish list. OeAw...

History revisited: "The Creation" was in the early 19th century the most discussed work of Josef Haydn. "It is crucial to understand...

An international symposium at the OeAW celebrated the 60th anniversary of the International Geophysical Year 1957. Science historian...

Ground beetles provide key services for the regulation of ecoystems. A new project by OeAW researchers in Innsbruck examines how the...

Views of young scientists will appear regularly at derStandard.at

An asteroid about the size of a house passed the Earth on October 12th. It didn`t hit our planet, but scientists and space agencies ...

Does the world in which we live really exist in the way we see it? A question that early Indian philosophers were distinctly...

The many aspects of escape and integration are described in a new book by OeAW social scientists. 60 biographical interviews with...

Liverwort proved its resemblance to the world's very first land plants in genom studies by OeAW molecular biologists.

In the Bronze Age metal production in the Balkans where in its heyday. Archaeological finds indicate this. But where did the ore for...

Rising distrust against established mainstream media and the spread of "alternative facts" in social media networks brought far-right...

A speaker laboratory that is unique throughout Europe was established at the OeAW Acoustics Research Institute. 91 boxes on only 10...

Intelligente Maschinen sind in zahlreichen Bereichen unseres Lebens auf dem Vormarsch. Welche Rahmenbedingungen die umfassende...

The two Academy presidents Chunli Bai and Anton Zeilinger tested quantum encrypted communication between Beijing and Vienna in a...

Hidden courtyards, forgotten libraries and a campus of the future were part of a guided tour at the Austrian Academy of Sciences on...

OeAW member and quantum physicist Jian-Wei Pan receives the major Chinese Future Science Prize for groundbreaking research in the...

Mit den Stipendien der ÖAW können junge Forscher/innen Wesentliches zur Klärung der großen Fragen unserer Zeit beitragen. Die...

OeAW social anthropologist Gebhard Fartacek analyzed the biographies and personal prospects of Syrian refugees. His findings were...

Corporate Social Responsibility steht im Fokus einer internationalen, von Kommunikationsforscher/innen der ÖAW in Wien organisierten...

Zum zehnten Jubiläum feierte das CeMM – Forschungszentrum für Molekulare Medizin der ÖAW bereits erreichte Erfolge und ein großes...