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    Martin Nowak resigns from Austrian Academy of Sciences membership
    26.03.2026
    Martin Nowak has resigned his membership in the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW). After the publication of the extensive Epstein files, in which the mathematician working at Harvard University is frequently mentioned, the OeAW initiated an investigation and tasked its ethics committee with reviewing Nowak’s membership in the academy. This procedure is laid down in the OeAW’s rules of procedure. The ethics committee is chaired by Ulrich Körtner, emeritus professor at the ...
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    FWF Excellence Funding for Germline Research
    09.03.2026
    Life One of these consortia focuses on a fundamental biological mystery: how the germline functions—the cell lineage that transmits genetic information across generations. Researchers from IMBA – Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) play a key role in the project “Germline Illuminated by Cellular Structural Biology.” Together with partner institutions, they will investigate how germ cells protect, organize, and pass on genetic ...
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    Diversity Strengthens Research
    05.03.2026
    developments and the role of diversity in excellent research. To mark International Women's Day, the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) is inviting you to an event entitled "Different Minds, Better Science: The Benefits of Diversity in Research'. In their presentations, Francesca Ferlaino, a corresponding member of the ÖAW and Scientist of the Year 2025, and Anaïs Angelo, a member of the Young Academy of the ÖAW, will explore the role of diversity in innovative research ...
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    The Political Power of Stand-Up Comedy
    16.02.2026
    this conversation, Christina Mattson explains why we are living in the 'age of comedians' and why ridicule can threaten political figures. Her doctoral project, 'The Personal is Political Comedy', is funded by a DOC scholarship from the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW). Mockery of the US regime Influential stand-up comedians have been banned from US television. Their shows have been cancelled. Apparently, the US president felt threatened. Christina Mattson: Absolutely. ...
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    Ukraine: How Much Cultural Heritage Has Been Destroyed?
    08.02.2026
    Several short films have emerged from this work, including “Targeting Beauty,” which has been shown at international film festivals. In the interview, Kuijt—who opened a new lecture series at the Austrian Archaeological Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) in December 2025—explains the challenges they faced. War Against Culture Why is it important to advance documentation of the destruction of cultural heritage in Ukraine? Ian Kuijt: Much of the international ...
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    1,300-Year-Old World Chronicle Discovered in the Sinai
    05.02.2026
    describes the political and religious transformations of the seventh century, including the rise of Islam and the Arab–Byzantine wars. The spectacular find was made by Adrian Pirtea, a historian at the Institute for Medieval Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), while examining digitized manuscripts from St. Catherine’s Monastery on Mount Sinai in Egypt. Initial results were recently published in the academic journal Medieval Worlds . A Damaged Manuscript ...
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    AITHYRA Gets a New Home
    26.01.2026
    With the planned new building by the City of Vienna, AITHYRA gains a long-term perspective at one of Europe’s most dynamic life sciences hotspots. Founded in mid-2024 by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) with funding from the non-profit Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation, the institute innovatively links AI research with biomedical questions. It is currently setting up its first research teams and is temporarily using space at the Vienna BioCenter. As the main tenant of ...
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    Donald Trump’s Religious Base: The Role of Evangelicals in U.S. Politics
    22.12.2025
    How can an American president who is frequently associated with luxury, scandal, and provocation be regarded by devout Christians as divinely legitimized? In conversation with the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), Andrew Bunnell, a U.S. scholar of religion, sheds light on the complex world of American evangelicals: from loyalty and fear of cultural loss to a conscious identification with Donald Trump’s lifestyle. At the same time, new revelations surrounding Jeffrey ...
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    The story of Hitler’s DNA – and what genes really reveal about us
    01.12.2025
    The question “What makes us who we are?” also concerns Christoph Bock, bioinformatician at the CeMM – Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) and member of the Young Academy. In this interview, Bock explains how tightly intertwined genetic predispositions, external influences and sheer randomness are. He describes why gene analyses reveal only probabilities, how national sequencing initiatives like “Genome of Europe” may ...
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    Austria’s Long Way to Democracy
    26.11.2025
    from the twilight of the Habsburg monarchy, through the First and Second Republics, and into the Kreisky era, while shedding light on influential figures such as Karl Lueger and Karl Renner. The German edition has just been published by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) and will be presented at the Wien Museum on November 26. Boyer, a member of the ÖAW and Dean of the College at the University of Chicago from 1992 to 2023, focuses especially on the process of ...