Press Releases from Austrian Science Fund FWF (42 total)
Human rights: Extrajudicial complaint mechanisms particularily suitable
Reconciling corporate interests with human rights is a difficult endeavour. A research project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF demonstrates that non-judicial complaint mechanisms…
Body language in the classroom
Body language plays a crucial role, particularly in communication between teachers and students. This is the outcome of a project funded by the Austrian Science…
Art history – In the eye of the beholder
What viewers of a work of art see and feel is informed by their socio-cultural background and by how familiar they are with the image.…
Targeting chronic pain
With the support of the Austrian Science Fund FWF, the neurophysiologist Ruth Drdla-Schutting is investigating the role astrocytes play in the genesis of chronic pain.…
News from Wittgenstein's world of ideas
In a project supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, the analysis of hitherto unpublished lecture notes from a student and friend of Wittgenstein's has…
How Companies Work
Markus Reitzig puts theories of organisation to the test. In a research project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF the economist compares well-proven and…
Polish History from the Standpoint of "Ordinary People"
The historian Katherine Lebow investigates "everyman" autobiographies in Poland between the two World Wars. Her research project is funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF.…
450 m2 of Protist Diversity: Conservation Area for Newly Discovered Ciliates in …
A pond in Salzburg has been granted nature conservation status due to its unusually diverse population of ciliates. As the results of an Austrian Science…
"Pirate Broadcaster" on Jupiter – Radio Emissions Conceal Surprise
The discovery of a new radio emission from Jupiter is among the highlights of a three-year Austrian Science Fund FWF project. This project actually investigated…
Dictionary of Globalisation: A Guide to Global Village Culture
A new Dictionary of Globalisation (in German) provides both basic terminology and in-depth background information on the phenomenon of globalisation. As part of a Translational…
OVERCOMING RESISTANCE – NEW OPTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF OVARIAN CANCER
Research on the development of a new therapeutic agent for the treatment of particularly aggressive ovarian cancer has produced some very promising initial findings. In…
WELCOME TO EUROPE'S CITIES? SYMPOSIUM SHEDS LIGHT ON THE INTEGRATION OF JEWISH I …
To what extent did Jewish immigrants at the start of the 20th century find a new home in European cities? Were they integrated or excluded?…
A New "Space Age": Globalisation Is Shaping Urban Development
"Space" is defined and shaped by social forces. A project at the Vienna University of Technology is presently investigating how current changes in these forces…
Under Observation - Restless Atoms Cause Materials to Age
Atoms have the habit of jumping through solids - a practice that physicists have recently been able to follow for the first time using a…
Paradigm Shift in Cancer Research? Focusing on Tumour Stem Cells and Their Forma …
A research project is currently in progress that focuses on tumour stem cells and their division. Until recently, no one had any idea of the…
Ouch! Abrupt Opioid Withdrawal Increases Pain Sensitivity
The abrupt withdrawal of morphine-like analgesics – opioids – can increase sensitivity to pain. Experiments have now shown that this effect is caused by a…
Intelligent DJ Emerges from Fundamental Research
A project supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF has made the leap from research bench to shop shelf and is breathing musical intelligence into…
Life Expectancy on the Rise - Even for Quantum States
For the first time, scientists have succeeded in measuring and controlling the lifetime of quantum states with potential use in optoelectronic chips. This achievement is…
“At Your Majesty’s Service!” – Management tools at the Imperial Court
Historians are now able to reveal detailed information that shows the Imperial Court in Vienna “managed” its sizeable staff of up to 3,000 with the…
Stable Thanks to Dynamics - DNA Component Resists UV Radiation
Complex computer simulations have, for the first time, allowed scientists to examine in detail the processes that help to ensure the stability of DNA when…
Carrying out Work & Research with an Intellectual Disability
A research project currently being carried out by the Austrian Science Fund FWF is examining how intellectually disabled people experience the process of entering and…
A Molecular Identity Crisis - A "Ribozyme Without RNA"
Not all enzymes that are assumed to require an RNA component in order to function do actually contain RNA. This surprising discovery was made during…
EXTREME COMPETITIVE SPORTS - A FITNESS TEST FOR DNA
Unusually high levels of physical exertion do cause oxidative stress, but this does not result in any long-term damage to DNA. This is just one…
FRANCE: THE CREATION OF NEW FAMILY BIOGRAPHIES
For the first time, the question of whether France is experiencing an ever more diverse range of family models is to be investigated on the…
SALAD & SALMONELLA - FOOD POISONING AS A SIDE DISH
Salmonella can also infect plant cells and successfully evade all the defence mechanisms of plants. As a result, cleaning the surfaces of raw fruits and…
(OLD) ALBANIAN - LIVING LEGACY OF A DEAD LANGUAGE?
According to the central hypothesis of a project undertaken by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, Old Albanian had a significant influence on the development of…
SPERM "ON THE ROCKS" - USING SEMEN CRYOPRESERVATION TO PROTECT AMPHIBIAN SPECIES …
A current research project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF is working to optimise the cryopreservation of amphibian sperm. The project aims to protect…
FUNGUS AGAINST FUNGUS - FUNGICIDE FROM PENICILLIUM
A fungus protein that attacks pathogenic fungi is the focal point of a project recently launched by the Austrian Science Fund FWF. As well as…
Global or National? An International Comparison of Call Centres
In spite of globalisation, working conditions in call centres around the world are still governed by national regulations. That was the result of a major…
Science Gone Wrong: Welteislehre
What we classify as science is determined by the times we live in. That has been shown by a project of the Austrian Science Fund…
Immigrant Children – an Unknown in Europe
A new internationally standardised research tool now makes it possible for the first time to assess the situation of the second generation – the children…
Radical Research Results on the Oxidation of Vitamin E
Recent research results have challenged conventional understanding of the oxidation of the \"radical scavenger\", vitamin E. Cutting-edge analysis methods have revealed that the intermediates commonly…
Genetic Engineering – Influence of EU Population Growing
National movements campaigning against genetic engineering are helping to democratise the EU. That was the result of a recently completed Austrian Science Fund FWF project…
Liver Tumours – Good & Evil is Decided by Two Signalling Pathways
The linking of two signalling pathways in the cells of liver tumours has a clear influence on their malignancy. Activation of the platelet-derived growth factor…
Gene Analysis & Biostatistics – 3 Is Better Than 2 But Not Than 4
Three-stage procedures offer an optimal relationship between costs and benefits in analysing genetic influences in diseases and therapies, a fact that has major practical importance…
Nanoscience in Austria leads the way
Nickel-rhodium nanowires exhibit surprisingly high reactivity towards oxygen. As a result, they offer future development potential for new types of chemical catalysts. These findings were…
Language Research in Practice – Women in the "Waiting Room"
It is more difficult for doctors to diagnose complex sources of pain in women than in men and the reasons for this are rooted in…
International Conference Will Highlight Societal and Economic Impact of Basic Re …
International Conference Will Highlight Societal and Economic Impact of Basic Research
An international conference dealing with the impact of basic research will take place…
New Study Reveals that the Nation State Remains Strong
Vienna, 12th March 2007 - Even in times of globalization, the nation state remains the most important social unit. This was the conclusion drawn by…
Strong Feelings – Latest Findings on Pain Sensitivity
The recent discovery of the amplification of even low levels of pain has prompted the organisation of an upcoming symposium in Vienna on "Risk Assessment…
How Red Apples Mark a Cognitive Leap Forward
Children aged about four suddenly become capable of recognising that an object can be described differently depending on how it is viewed. This apparently simple…
No Man Is An Island – SCIENCE Features Simron Singh, Social Scientist & Suppor …
The current issue of SCIENCE features an article on Simron Singh, a human ecologist and anthropologist, and his work on the Nicobar Islands both before…
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