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Sophisticated Pyrotechnology in the Ice Age: This Is How Humans Made Fire Tens of Thousands of Years Ago

Whether for cooking, heating, as a light source or for making tools – it is assumed that fire was essential for the survival of people in the Ice Age. However, it is puzzling that hardly any well-preserved evidence of fireplaces from the coldest...
14-Apr-2025 5:45 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Perceiving One’s Own Body – Already Babies Sense Their Heartbeat and Breathing

Body signals such as heartbeat and breathing accompany us constantly, often unnoticed as background noise of our perception. Even in the earliest years of life, these signals are important as they contribute to the development of self-awareness and...
7-Apr-2025 5:40 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Yodeling Monkeys: The Surprising Vocal Range of New World Primates

A recent investigation led by voice scientist Christian T. Herbst from the University of Vienna and colleagues from Anglia Ruskin University provides new insights into the vocal capabilities of New World monkeys, the group of all original primates...
3-Apr-2025 6:15 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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New Antibiotic for Multidrug Resistant Superbug, That Causes Gonorrhoea

The increase of microbes resistant to antibiotics is a growing problem. These include, for example, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a bacterium which causes gonorrhea. Researchers from the universities in Konstanz and Vienna discover a new class of...
2-Apr-2025 5:45 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Silk Sponges Instead of Animal Testing: How a 3D Cell Culture System Could Revolutionize Cancer Diagnostics

An FFG-funded consortium of Austrian research groups from the University of Vienna, MedUni Vienna and Technikum Wien together with company partner DOC Medikus GmbH has developed an innovative bioanalytical test system for radiopharmaceutical drug...
21-Mar-2025 5:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Lords of the Molecular Rings: An Innovative Shortcut to High-Performance Organic Materials

Scientists at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Vienna, have unveiled an innovative approach for synthesizing azaparacyclophanes (APCs), a class of highly advanced ring-shaped molecular structures with immense potential in material...
18-Mar-2025 5:55 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Nature Relieves Physical Pain: Pain-Related Signals in the Brain Are Reduced

In a new study, an international team of neuroscientists led by the University of Vienna has shown that experiencing nature can alleviate acute physical pain. Surprisingly, simply watching nature videos was enough to relieve pain. Using functional...
13-Mar-2025 7:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Yawn! Many People Are Bored by Spiritual Practice

We commonly consider spiritual practices sources of peace and inspiration. A recent study led by researchers of the University of Vienna shows that they can also be experienced differently: Many persons feel bored during these practices – and this...
6-Mar-2025 6:55 AM EST Add to Favorites


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The University of Vienna is one of the oldest and largest universities in Europe. About 9,800 employees, 6,800 of whom are academic employees, work at 20 faculties and centres. This makes the University of Vienna Austria’s largest research and education institution. About 90,000 national and international students are currently enrolled at the University of Vienna. With 178 degree programmes, the University offers the most diverse range of studies in Aus-tria. The University of Vienna is also a major provider of continuing education. www.univie.ac.at

Cutting-edge research and teaching: The University of Vienna aims at strengthening its position in the cross-faculty research specialisations of Data Science and Digital Humanities, Health and Microbiome, Society and Communication, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience, as well as Materials and Quantum Science. In this context, it is announcing 73 new professorship positions. www.univie.ac.at

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