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Until now, the following has been true for metastatic pancreatic cancer: Once the tumour has spread, local treatment such as surgery is usually no longer an option.

ISTA Professor Andela Šaric & colleagues receive FWF grant for pioneering scientific work The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) is part of a new research project funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) with 5.1 million Euro as part of the excellent=austria initiative.

People with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, depression or bipolar disorder die on average ten to 20 years earlier than the general population.

Researchers at the University of Innsbruck, together with partners from Sydney and Waterloo, have presented a new diagnostic method for quantum computers.

Researchers at TU Graz are using virtual reality and large language models to support people with autism spectrum disorder in training social skills.

In January 2026, eight lung transplant recipients and their companions from five countries, together with a team of doctors from MedUni Vienna, climbed Aconcagua (6,961 metres) in Argentina - the highest peak in America.

Advances in protein engineering have led scientists to explore the potential of enzymes in new ways, enabling them to catalyze reactions that do not occur in nature.

The human genome is a long sequence of DNA scattered with innumerable genetic variants that distinguish us. Extracting information from large biobank datasets about complex traits, influenced by thousands or millions of variants, remains a challenge. Using human height as a model, researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have developed an enhanced algorithm, now published in Cell Genomics , with potential applications in personalized medicine - and even at crime scenes.

An analysis by the Medical University of Vienna indicates that short-term increases in particulate matter and air pressure are associated with more diagnoses of pulmonary embolism, but not with greater clinical severity at the time of diagnosis.

Cancer patients who suffer a heart attack are exposed to a particularly dangerous combination of risks: they have a higher risk of death, a higher risk of bleeding and a higher risk of other ischemic (such as heart attacks or strokes) events.

A European consortium led by Technical University of Leoben is presenting a novel process within the Horizon Europe project Dust2Value that has the potential to fundamentally transform the recycling of steelmaking dusts. The project aims to recover the valuable raw materials zinc and iron in a climate-friendly way, thereby making a significant contribution to the European circular economy and climate protection.

TU Wien has entered the Guinness Book of Records together with its industry partner Cerabyte - for producing and successfully reading the smallest QR codes ever created.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women, accounting for around 37 per cent of deaths - both in Austria and worldwide.