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Evolution of longitudinal division and multicellularity in oral bacteriaLikely to survive in the oral cavity, bacteria evolved to divide along their longitudinal axis without parting from one another. A research team co-led by…

Atomistically accurate description of proteins at native concentrations can help to better understand the process of cell proliferation to tumour growthResearchers determine the structure and dynamics of proteins using NMR (Nuclear…

Composite material of COF and graphene shows high and rapid adsorption capacity for organic pollutantsEfficient adsorbents for industrial wastewater treatment are important to minimize potential environmental damage. In particular,…

RNA chips can contribute to the exploration of new methods to diagnose and treat diseases such as cancerBiochips (microarrays) are modern analytical tools that allow thousands of individual detections to be performed simultaneously in a…

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA-PF) is a prestigious EU-funded post-doc research and training programme in which postdoctoral researchers (fellows) gain additional skills and abilities working on a specific…

Psychologists and biologists around Christina Krumpholz and Helmut Leder from the University of Vienna investigated whether voice pitch can influence how female faces are evaluated. Their conclusion: a higher voice does indeed influence…

The mystery of how the first quasars in the universe formed – something that has baffled scientists for nearly 20 years – has now been solved by a team of astrophysicists whose findings are published in Nature today. The existence of over…

Viewing art while visiting galleries and museums can have powerful effects on an individual's mood, stress and well-being. But does the same hold true for viewing art in digital space? A new study by psychologists led by MacKenzie Trupp,…

Valuable products can be created from simple starting materials by means of chemical synthesis. Among the most important building blocks of synthesis are those containing carbon-oxygen double bonds (carbonyls), since such molecules can be…

The Excellence Initiative of the FWF is entering the next, final round. The 'Microbiomes drive Planetary Health' project coordinated by the University of Vienna has been invited to the final round of the FWF Centers of Excellence program.…