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Fig. 1: Picture of a wild rabbit

06.12.2024

Conservation paradox: Invasive species are often threatened in their native range

Non-native animals are a threat to biodiversity, yet many are themselves threatened with extinction in their areas of origin

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Main building of the University of Vienna

ERC Synergy Grant for shining light on the interplay between gravity and the quantum world

"GRAVITES" – exploring how quantum entangled particles gravitate

25.10.2022 | [weiter]

Black Locust, a tree native to North America

European colonial legacy is still visible in today’s alien floras

The movement of species around the globe has lasting impacts on biodiversity and human livelihoods far into the future

17.10.2022 | [weiter]

A hand holding a smartphone showing a poltical advertisment in a social media feed

How much algorithm can democracy take?

Communication scientists study the effect of microtargeting in political campaigning

12.10.2022 | [weiter]

Abb. 1: A scheme showing the relationships of biological nitrification inhibition in the rhizisphere, improved nitrogen use efficiency and plant productivity, resistance, yield and quality.

How farmers could fertilize more efficiently

Crops can directly contribute to improved nitrogen fertilization efficiency and reduced greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture

11.10.2022 | [weiter]

Abb.1: Syngonium hastiferum with numerous plant bug pollinators

From foe to friend: harmful insects can become pollinators

Tracing a possible origin of animal pollination

06.10.2022 | [weiter]

Anton Zeilinger working on an experiment

Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Anton Zeilinger

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to the Austrian quantum physicist Anton Zeilinger (77), Emeritus Professor at the University of Vienna. This was announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Tuesday, 4 October 2022, in Stockholm. The Nobel Prize was jointly awarded to...

04.10.2022 | [weiter]

Sebastian Schütze, the new Rector of the University of Vienna, delivering his festive inaugural speech.

Festive inauguration of Sebastian Schütze

Rector's sceptre and Rector's collar passed to new Rector

03.10.2022 | [weiter]

Photograph of the new Rectorate team of the University of Vienna (from left to right) Regina Hitzenberger, Christa Schnabl, Sebastian Schütze, Manuela Baccarini, Ronald Maier

New Rectorate of the University of Vienna from 1 October 2022 onwards

Monday, 3 October, 11:00; festive inauguration

30.09.2022 | [weiter]