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Fig. 1: A picture of a group of whitetip reef sharks (Triaenodon obesus) resting under a table coral off the coast of Indonesia.

30.01.2025

Sharks and rays benefit from global warming - but not from CO2 in the Oceans

Even positive effects do not compensate for the complex dangers of climate change https://doi.org/10.3390/biology14020142

Fig. 1: Picture of a house falling into a river, Mackenzie River Delta, Canada.

16.01.2025

Thawing permafrost threatens up to three million people in Arctic regions

Fig. 1: Picture of cranium from the Ephesos Octagon. C: Gerhard Weber, University of Vienna

10.01.2025

Cleopatra's sister remains missing

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Fig. 1: Infrared image of the shockwave (red arc) created by the massive giant star Zeta Ophiuchi in an interstellar dust cloud.

Stellar winds of three sun-like stars detected for the first time

Astrophysicists were able to quantify the mass loss of stars via their stellar winds

12.04.2024 | [weiter]

Außenasicht des Eingangsbereichs des Hauptgebäudes der Universität Wien

University of Vienna moves further up the rankings

Advancement to the top 100 in the World Reputation Rankings 2023 - 2nd place for internationality in German-speaking countries in an evaluation by "THE Student"

10.04.2024 | [weiter]

Fig. 1: Schematic of poly[2]catenane slip tumbling and bonded ring gradient tumbling.

Physics of Complex Fluids: Ring Polymers Show Unexpected Motion Patterns Under Shear

It all depends on the linking: How ring polymers move

02.04.2024 | [weiter]

Fig. 1: Picture from complete fossils of Aellopobatis bavarica, the newly discovered species.

Rays were more diverse 150 million years ago than previously thought

New fossil ray species discovered in Bavarica, Germany: Aellopobatis bavarica from the Late Jurassic

21.03.2024 | [weiter]

Fig. 1: Colour-coded world map showing the relative error in the frequency of

Frequency of heat days systematically underestimated in many studies

Error in established calculation method discovered

19.03.2024 | [weiter]

Fig. 1: Immunofluorescence image of the expression of PHGDH (red) and CD3 T cells (green) in cryosectioned AE17 mesothelioma.

Immune system meets cancer: Checkpoint identified to fight solid tumors

Checkpoint PHDGH in tumor-associated macrophages influences immune response and tumor growth

27.02.2024 | [weiter]

Global warming increases the diversity of active soil bacteria

New findings enable more accurate prediction of the carbon cycle

23.02.2024 | [weiter]

Fig. 1: Freediver descends between 3 juvenile humpback whales the size of buses.

Baleen whales evolved a unique larynx to communicate

The new results also make it clear that human noise in the oceans severely restricts the animals

21.02.2024 | [weiter]