New findings on bacterial vaginosis and immune reactions

Health - Feb 14
Health

A recent study involving the Medical University of Vienna in an international collaboration provides new insights into bacterial vaginosis, the most common infection of the female genital tract caused by bacteria. This disease is associated with an increased risk of sexually transmitted infections, HIV and premature births. The results of the study published in the journal Scientific Reports could open up new therapeutic approaches.

Physics - Feb 11

When Qubits Learn the Language of Fiberoptics

Physics

Quantum computers: ISTA physicists achieve optical readout of superconducting qubits. Qubits-the fundamental units of quantum information-drive entire tech sectors.

Life Sciences - Feb 10

High-Tech Video Optimization in Our Brain

Life Sciences

Why do our mental images stay sharp even when we are moving fast? A team of neuroscientists led by Professor Maximilian Jösch at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) has identified a mechanism that corrects visual distortions caused by movement in animals. The study, conducted in mice, identifies a core function that can be generalized across the vertebrate visual system, including primates such as humans. The findings are published in Nature Neuroscience .

Health - Feb 6

New method developed for diagnosing and monitoring brain tumors

An interdisciplinary research team led by the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and the Comprehensive Cancer Center of MedUni Vienna and Vienna General Hospital has investigated the potential of liquid biops

Physics - Feb 5

What does ’resolution’- Microscopy puzzle solved

A new microscopy method can identify molecules. However, the question of its resolving power proved to be a difficult puzzle. It has now been solved at TU Wien.

Physics - Feb 5

Dancing Bubbles Model a Cosmic Disaster

Physics

Quantum machine models how "false vacuum" decays into "dancing" cosmic bubbles. Our Universe might be trapped in a metastable state, called a false vacuum, awaiting a cosmic transition to a more stable true vacuum.

Health - Feb 11

New mechanism for defence against coronaviruses discovered

Monocytes, the sentinel cells of the innate immune system, form the first line of defence against viral infections. A team of researchers from MedUni Vienna has now discovered a previously unknown mechanism that enables these cells to fight SARS-COV-2. The study results, recently published in the journal "Frontiers in Immunology", open up new possibilities for the treatment of particularly severe cases of COVID-19.

Health - Feb 10

New Approach toward the Development of AI Systems in Medical Imaging

Health

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) enables the creation of large, anonymized image datasets for the development of diagnostic systems.

3 months bed rest: Med Uni Graz examines bones

Astronomy & Space

What happens to the human body during prolonged bed rest or weightlessness? The European Space Agency (ESA) is conducting so-called "bed rest studies" to investigate whether and what changes occur when the body is at rest for an extended period of time.

Missing link in Indo-European languages’ history found

History & Archeology

New insights into our linguistic roots via ancient DNA analysis

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Health - Life Sciences - 14.02.2025
New findings on bacterial vaginosis and immune reactions
New findings on bacterial vaginosis and immune reactions
A recent study involving the Medical University of Vienna in an international collaboration provides new insights into bacterial vaginosis, the most common infection of the female genital tract caused by bacteria. This disease is associated with an increased risk of sexually transmitted infections, HIV and premature births.

Physics - Computer Science - 11.02.2025
When Qubits Learn the Language of Fiberoptics
When Qubits Learn the Language of Fiberoptics
Quantum computers: ISTA physicists achieve optical readout of superconducting qubits Qubits-the fundamental units of quantum information-drive entire tech sectors. Among them, superconducting qubits could be instrumental in building a large-scale quantum computer, but they rely on electrical signals and are difficult to scale.

Health - Pharmacology - 11.02.2025
New mechanism for defence against coronaviruses discovered
Monocytes, the sentinel cells of the innate immune system, form the first line of defence against viral infections. A team of researchers from MedUni Vienna has now discovered a previously unknown mechanism that enables these cells to fight SARS-COV-2. The study results, recently published in the journal "Frontiers in Immunology", open up new possibilities for the treatment of particularly severe cases of COVID-19.

Life Sciences - Computer Science - 10.02.2025
High-Tech Video Optimization in Our Brain
High-Tech Video Optimization in Our Brain
Why do our mental images stay sharp even when we are moving fast? A team of neuroscientists led by Professor Maximilian Jösch at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) has identified a mechanism that corrects visual distortions caused by movement in animals. The study, conducted in mice, identifies a core function that can be generalized across the vertebrate visual system, including primates such as humans.

Health - 10.02.2025
New Approach toward the Development of AI Systems in Medical Imaging
New Approach toward the Development of AI Systems in Medical Imaging
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) enables the creation of large, anonymized image datasets for the development of diagnostic systems. As part of an international collaboration, researchers at MedUni Vienna have developed a generative AI that can generate and process synthetic medical imaging data.

Health - Life Sciences - 06.02.2025
New method developed for diagnosing and monitoring brain tumors
An interdisciplinary research team led by the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and the Comprehensive Cancer Center of MedUni Vienna and Vienna General Hospital has investigated the potential of liquid biopsies from blood and cerebrospinal fluid for the diagnosis and monitoring of brain tumors in children and adolescents.

Astronomy / Space - Physics - 06.02.2025
3 months bed rest: Med Uni Graz examines bones
3 months bed rest: Med Uni Graz examines bones
What happens to the human body during prolonged bed rest or weightlessness? The European Space Agency (ESA) is conducting so-called "bed rest studies" to investigate whether and what changes occur when the body is at rest for an extended period of time. These bed rest studies are carried out at various locations throughout Europe and offer researchers from a wide range of disciplines the opportunity to investigate these unusual circumstances in healthy test subjects.

Physics - Chemistry - 05.02.2025
What does ’resolution’- Microscopy puzzle solved
A new microscopy method can identify molecules. However, the question of its resolving power proved to be a difficult puzzle. It has now been solved at TU Wien. When judging the quality of a microscope, the crucial question is: How large are the smallest structures that can just be made visible with it? How close can two objects be brought together before they can no longer be seen as two separate objects, but blur into a single image blob? With conventional light microscopes, this can be calculated using relatively simple formulas.

History / Archeology - Life Sciences - 05.02.2025
Missing link in Indo-European languages' history found
Missing link in Indo-European languages’ history found
New insights into our linguistic roots via ancient DNA analysis Where lies the origin of the Indo-European language family? Ron Pinhasi and his team in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Vienna contribute a new piece to this puzzle in collaboration with David Reich's ancient DNA laboratory at Harvard University.

Physics - 05.02.2025
Dancing Bubbles Model a Cosmic Disaster
Dancing Bubbles Model a Cosmic Disaster
Quantum machine models how "false vacuum" decays into "dancing" cosmic bubbles Our Universe might be trapped in a metastable state, called a false vacuum, awaiting a cosmic transition to a more stable true vacuum. Physicists from the University of Leeds, Forschungszentrum Jülich, and the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have modeled this transition, demonstrating how bubbles of true vacuum form and interact.

Life Sciences - Environment - 04.02.2025
The Globetrotter
The Globetrotter
Painted lady butterflies are world travelers. The ones we encounter in Europe fly from Africa to Sweden, ultimately returning to areas north and south of the Sahara. But what determines whether some butterflies travel long distances while others travel short distances? A group of scientists, including from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), shows that the different migration strategies are shaped by environmental conditions rather than being encoded in the butterfly's DNA.

Computer Science - Physics - 04.02.2025
Flipping the Script: Inverse-Design as Game-Changer in Physics
Flipping the Script: Inverse-Design as Game-Changer in Physics
An international team of researchers, led by physicists from the University of Vienna, has achieved a breakthrough in data processing by employing an "inverse-design" approach. This method allows algorithms to configure a system based on desired functions, bypassing manual design and complex simulations.

Physics - Materials Science - 03.02.2025
The metal that does not expand
The metal that does not expand
Breakthrough in materials research: an alloy of several metals has been developed that shows practically no thermal expansion over an extremely large temperature interval. Most metals expand when their temperature rises. The Eiffel Tower, for example, is around 10 to 15 centimetres taller in summer than in winter due to its thermal expansion.

Health - Pharmacology - 31.01.2025
Finger sweat as the key to precision medicine in breast cancer
A research team from the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna is breaking new ground in precision medicine: it has developed an innovative method for analyzing metabolic profiles from finger sweat. The results of a pilot study just published in the renowned EPMA Journal show that this non-invasive method can be used in breast cancer patients to obtain information about the course of the disease, the effects of therapy and individual lifestyle habits.

Environment - Paleontology - 30.01.2025
Sharks and rays benefit from global warming - but not from CO2 in the Oceans
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 doi.org/10.3390/biology14020142 Sharks and rays have populated the world's oceans for around 450 million years, but more than a third of the species living today are severely threatened by overï¬shing and the loss of their habitat.

Physics - Mathematics - 28.01.2025
Even Quantum Physics Obeys the Law of Entropy
Even Quantum Physics Obeys the Law of Entropy
Is there a contradiction between quantum theory and thermodynamics? On the surface, yes - but at TU Wien, researchers have now shown how the two fit together perfectly. It is one of the most important laws of nature that we know: The famous second law of thermodynamics says that the world gets more and more disordered, when random chance is at play.

Health - Pharmacology - 27.01.2025
Skin cancer: New treatment option successfully tested
Basal cell carcinomas, the most common form of skin cancer, occur in chronically sun-exposed areas such as the face. Locally advanced tumours in particular can be difficult to treat surgically. A research team from MedUni Vienna and University Hospital Vienna has now investigated the effectiveness of a new type of therapy and achieved promising results: The active substance TVEC led to a reduction in the size of the basal cell carcinoma in all study participants, which not only improved surgical removal, but also led to a complete regression of the tumour in some of the patients.

Health - Life Sciences - 27.01.2025
Nerve Stimulation: the Brain is Not Always Listening
Nerve Stimulation: the Brain is Not Always Listening
Nerve stimulation can help with various diseases. However, this only works well if the body's own rhythms are taken into account, says a study by TU Wien (Vienna). It doesn't always have to be medication. Some health problems, from chronic pain and inflammation to neurological diseases, can also be treated by nerve stimulation, for example with the help of electrodes that are attached to the ear and activate the vagus nerve.

Physics - 27.01.2025
More stable storage for quantum information
A research collaboration between the University of Cambridge and semiconductor physicists at the JKU has achieved a breakthrough in the field of quantum networks. This allows quantum information to be cached for longer - an essential prerequisite for the development of quantum networks for quantum communication and quantum computers.

Physics - Computer Science - 24.01.2025
Cal­cu­lat­ing error-free more eas­ily with two codes
Cal­cu­lat­ing error-free more eas­ily with two codes
Various methods are used to correct errors in quantum computers. Not all'operations can be implemented equally well with different correction codes. Therefore, a research team from the University of Innsbruck, together with a team from RWTH Aachen and Forschungszentrum Jülich, has developed a method and implemented it experimentally for the first time, with which a quantum computer can switch back and forth between two correction codes and thus perform all computing operations protected against errors.
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