Every week, scilog features an exemplary project funded by the FWF. The presentations shed light on scientific questions and report on recent insights gained in basic research. The projects not only reflect the great variety of scientific disciplines, but also the range of support options offered by the Austrian Science Fund.
With the support of the Austrian Science Fund FWF, the historian Margit Reiter investigated the social environment of former proponents of National Socialism in Austria. Her investigations provide new insights into political and ideological continuities in post-war Austria. Continue reading “The milieu of the “Ehemaligen” in Austria”
In a joint project researchers from the Universities of Graz and Munich have investigated dyslexia as the most common learning disorder at primary school age. They have been able to identify causes of reading difficulties at both cognitive and behavioural level which can occur independently of spelling deficiencies. Continue reading “Taking a close look at reading and spelling”
In a project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, a research group from Vienna investigated how genetic data can be made accessible in medical practice in order to improve the safety and effectiveness of medication. Continue reading “The genetic code in your pocket”
You are either wise, or you aren’t: this take on wisdom falls short of reality. The world’s first long-term study on how wisdom develops shows that emotions play a central role and, in conjunction with life events, influence the dynamics of wisdom. Continue reading “Wisdom is inclusive”
Supported by the FWF, the philosopher Gerald Posselt is investigating the insufficiently explored but intertwined relationship between language and violence. Against a background of discrimination and hate speech in social media, the issue is gaining an unpleasant topicality and momentum. Continue reading “Non-violent language does not exist”
Autonomous next generation cars will enable the drivers to focus on other things during their ride. There are situations, however, when the driver will have to take control of the wheel again. In a project funded by the FWF, a research team from the University of Salzburg is investigating the problems arising from these next […] Continue reading “When the autopilot hands over to the human driver”
In order to understand textile production in Byzantine Egypt, a project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF has built a bridge between papyrology and historical textile research. Better definition of terms provides more clarity and new insights. Continue reading “How does that fit together?”
After his edition of the works of Anton Kuh (1890-1941), the biographer Walter Schübler has now received further support from the FWF for the publication of a monograph about this Austrian journalist and extempore speaker. He set out to rectify misconceptions and to reconstruct the life and work of this provocative emigrant writer, who crossed […] Continue reading “Anton Kuh: writer and performer”
A group of researchers from Innsbruck has been the first to describe how damaged cells can be inhibited from multiplying further after incomplete division. In a project funded by the FWF, the team disproved the previous assumption that the mechanism is triggered by defective genetic information. Continue reading “Discovery of new mechanism for tumour suppression”
In the context of the PEEK Programme for arts-based research, the FWF supported the development of the INTRA-SPACE project in Vienna. It offers an experimental space for real-time encounters between actual and virtual individuals that catalyse digital-cultural behaviour. Continue reading “A space for experiencing virtual encounters”