Young Academics: Materials scientist Barbara Putz is researching nanometer-thin metal layers, which can be used for foldable screens,...

The Austrian cancer researcher received the´Silicon Valley´s Nobel Prize` of $ 3 million. Amon is a member of the OeAW since 2015.

Spitalskeim, Antibiotika-Resistenzen und Impfmüdigkeit - werden die von Infektionskrankheiten ausgehenden Gefahren immer stärker...

Scientists at OeAW, TU Wien and the University of Innsbruck have for the first time demonstrated a wave effect that can lead to...

The adult lung consists of different, highly specialized cell types that are protected by a variety of immune cells. Using advanced...

Einem internationalen Team von Weltraumforscher/innen mit Beteiligung der ÖAW gelang der erste Nachweis von sogenannten...

Israeli Tel Lachish is a treasure trove for archeology. Researchers at the OeAW conducted excavations there for the second time this...

US entrepreneur and actor Anthony Loder visited together with quantum physicist Anton Zeilinger the Hedy Lamarr telescope of the OeAW...

Dialects continue to hold up well, says linguist Alexandra N. Lenz. Together with her colleague Manfred Glauninger, she explores...

Die Sommerserie Young Academics hat neue Mitglieder der Jungen Akademie der ÖAW getroffen und sie gefragt, an welchen Fragen von...

Der französische Forscher erhält die bedeutende Auszeichnung für herausragende Arbeiten auf dem Gebiet der Laserphysik.

What role do women play in the military? This is Saskia Stachowitsch´s field of study. In her research, the political scientist...

You know the building, but do you know how it came to be? With the latest volume of the "Hofburg"-series, published in the Austrian...

Wissenschaft an der ÖAW kann man bald auch hören. Der Podcast MAKRO MIKRO widmet sich in Interviews, Features und Reportagen...

The House of Austrian History opens in November. For German cultural scientist and OeAW member Aleida Assmann an opportunity to...

With millions in loans, the League of Nations provided economic stimulus to restore Austria´s economy out of the financial crisis in...

Nature Index weist Österreich als eines von sechs Ländern mit der weltweit dynamischsten Entwicklung seines Forschungssystems aus. Zu...

The remains of a young man were discovered at a Late Roman era fortress in Egypt. Archaeologists analized the skeleton and noticed...

Die „Tonaufnahmen österreichischer Dialekte 1951-1983“ der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften sind neuester Bestandteil des...

Eine internationale Studie unter Beteiligung von Mittelalterforscher/innen der ÖAW wirft neues Licht auf die Zusammensetzung von...

Der ÖAW-Forscher Stefan Ameres wird für herausragende Forschungsleistungen mit einem Proof of Concept Grant des Europäischen...

Beim BE OPEN - Science & Society Festival des Wissenschaftsfonds FWF zeigte die heimische Grundlagenforschung Neugierigen und...

Which diseases were common thousands of years ago? What caused migration movements in the past? Bioarchaeologist Brenda Baker tries...

Astrophysicist Robert Williams explained at the OeAW what the Hubble space telescope can tell us about the origin of the Universe.

Molecular mediciners examined the value of epigenetic analysis for the understanding of Glioblastoma. Their findings were published...

For the first time particle physicists of the OeAW were able to measure the decay of Higgs bosons to bottom quarks at CERN. This...

Gianantonio Lazier claimed to be heir of the former rulers of Byzantium. By selling faked titles of nobility he fooled the high...

Robots will shape our everyday life more and more in the future. But how can man and machine understand each other clearly? And do...

The group of Anton Zeilinger at the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the University of Vienna published a new test of quantum...

Most people take it for granted. However, for some it is a big challenge: talking to a friend at a crowded party. Acoustic...

Das Phänomen der sogenannten Superposition könnte ein altes physikalisches Prinzip relativieren, wie ÖAW-Quantenforscher...

Feuersteine wurden in Nordeuropa in der Seefahrt bereits in der Wikingerzeit verwendet, um Schiffen Stabilität zu verleihen. Wie ein...

Within a few decades a Chinese border region has transformed from a rural area into a booming centre of trade and tourism. OeAW...

Forest regrowth may not necessarily be better for the climate. Social ecologist Simone Gingrich plans to identify and analyse the...

Ancient stones tell stories. No one knows better than OeAW archaeologist Michael Brandl. With his unique laboratory, he is the first...

Teilchenphysiker/innen der ÖAW nutzten spezielle Messungen aus der Radioastronomie für einen Blick weit zurück in die Zeit vor der...

Ein Team um Quantenforscher/innen der ÖAW führten die weltweit erste quantenchemische Simulation auf einem...

Technology researcher Astrid Mager analyzes the visions and values that influence the shaping and governing of search engines in the...

Quantum physicists of the Austrian Academy of Sciences developed a new method for the certification of high-dimensionsally entangled...

From historical maps and ancient Arabic epigraphs to glass plate negatives: digital transformation has long since made its way to...

The ERC project "The Enigma of the Hyksos" analyzes origin, rise and fall of the Asian dynasty that ruled Egypt in the 2nd Millenium...

The OeAW has a long tradition of international scientific exchange. The Academy currently has bilateral arrangements with over 60...

The monsoon has affected million people´s lives for thousands of years. Funded by the OeAW innovation fund, researchers at the...

"Hands on" is more than a buzzword for British social anthropologist Trevor Marchand. During his fieldwork in Yemen he examined how...

No chance of boredom: The OeAW has much to offer for science fans, ranging from archaeology and history to molecular biology and the...

The assassination of Franz Ferdinand was the beginning of the end of the multiethnic state. 100 years ago Austria-Hungary dissolved...

While Western European population continues to grow, many countries of Eastern and South-eastern Europe are shrinking at an alarming...

Young academics: Describing the complex reality with a relatively simple equitation is a well-known dream for many phycisists. OeAW...

Public perceptions of refugees are shaped by narratives through which they are most often presented: victimhood, crisis and a threat...

Austria´s Muslim population is religiously and culturally diverse. However, according to the first results of an OeAW research...

Mathematician and Fields Medallist Martin Hairer explained at an OeAW-IST Austria Lecture in Vienna how to give meaning to even...

Mariya Gabriel is EU commissioner for the digital economy and society. In preparation of Austria's EU-Presidency she visited Vienna...

Plant researchers of the OeAW identified targets of pathogens using methods from social media analytics. Their findings have recently...

OeAW member Edelsbrunner, who is a mathematician at IST Austria, has been awarded the most prestigious award for science and research...

Maria Theresa is one of Austria`s most iconic figures in history. This was due to a carefully crafted image of the monarch whose...

Fanconi anemia, a rare and severe genetic disease, is caused by damaged DNA repair genes in the cells of the affected patients. OeAW...

Immunologist Yasmine Belkaid explained at a lecture, which is part of the Landsteiner lecture series at the OeAW, how microorganisms...

Der ÖAW-Quantenphysiker erhielt den "Norman F. Ramsey-Preis". Die Auszeichnung wurde von der American Physical Society zum ersten Mal...

Technological advancement does not take place in a vacuum: Robots, machines and algorithms are based on human interests, values and...

Gold, silver and copper were the components of the first coins in the 7th century in Asia Minor. Several hundred coin types were...

Quantum technology could revolutionize medical diagnostics in the coming years. In a lecture of the OeAw Schrödinger Lecture series...

Mit der Übergabe ihrer Dekrete wurden 29 neu gewählte Mitglieder feierlich in die ÖAW aufgenommen.

In der Säure-Verteidigung des menschlichen Immunsystems kommt einem speziellen Protein eine zentrale Rolle zu. Das fanden...

Over 380 early historical maps, plans and views from the collections of the Austrian Academy of Sciences are now available online....

SLAMseq is a new tool kit for biomedical research. OeAW researcher Stefan L. Ameres has developed the sequencing method which...

"A Puzzle in 4D" is unique in the German-speaking world: The digital archive visualizes the history of the excavation work in Tell...

The earthquake that struck Nepal on April 25 in 2015 with a series of aftershocks was the strongest in that region since 80 years,...

Bis 13. August 2018 können Projekte für die Aufnahme in das Programm Earth System Sciences eingereicht werden.

Das weltweite quantenphysikalische Mitmach-Experiment „BIG Bell Test“ sollte 2016 Albert Einsteins Urteil über die Verschränkung von...

Ultrafast attosecond flashes were generated for the first time in Vienna in 2001. That was the shortest controllable time span ever...

Der Ruf nach mehr direkter Demokratie wird immer lauter. In Zeiten des Rechtspopulismus ist sie aber nicht unumstritten. Mit welchen...

Die Landeeinheit InSight wird Daten zum Aufbau des Roten Planeten sammeln. An der Auswertung sind auch Weltraumforscher/innen der ÖAW...

Molekularmediziner/innen der ÖAW suchten gemeinsam mit Kolleg/innen des britischen Wellcome Trust Sanger Institutes nach Spuren von...

Humans are still over-using the natural resources of the planet, burdening future generations with the ecological consequences that...

Climate change was partly responsible for the weakening of the Ottoman Empire in conflict with the Habsburg Empire, indicates a new...

The iconic stone pillars from the Stone Age still pose mysteries for scientists today. According to British archaeologist Michael...

Students from Lower Austria developed a fully automated lighting dome in a Citizen Science project, with which OeAW archaeologists...

For centuries they were hidden from the eye: Under the writings of some old manuscripts further ancient scripts are hidden. With...

If you want to understand how life works, you have to understand how cells divide. British Nobel laureate Sir Paul Nurse has...

16 female and 13 male outstanding researchers have been added to the ranks of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

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.

A current exhibition at Schallaburg castle looks back on the splendour and misery of the Byzantine Empire and the Latin West who...

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...

Air crashes, train accidents, accidents with self-driving cars - they all involve not only human tragedies, but also questions of...

What was the jurisprudence in Egypt about 2,000 years ago? OeAW member and historian of antiquity Bernhard Palme investigates the...

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