Projects

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.

Particle Physics

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On the way to the “quantum steam engine”

The principles of thermodynamics describe large systems. Can they be transferred to the microscopic level of quantum mechanics? Researchers at the Atomic and Subatomic Physics Institute of TU Wien are deliberating new perspectives on quantum systems. The process could lead to “thermal quantum machines” that work much more efficiently than their classical counterparts. Continue reading “On the way to the “quantum steam engine””

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Dual pathogen attack

More than 85 percent of deaths during the Spanish flu pandemic were not primarily due to the influenza virus, but to a secondary bacterial infection. Even a century later, such secondary infections can still be fatal. Researchers from Vienna, who explored a modern vaccine format, found that influenza shots help keep the bacteria at bay. Continue reading “Dual pathogen attack”
Fayum Basin, Egypt

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What court proceedings on papyri reveal about life in the Roman Empire

Egypt was once a province of the Imperium Romanum, and papyri found there provide information about the court cases of that time. Researchers in Vienna who are investigating and reclassifying these historical sources are convinced that they not only provide information about life in Egypt, but are also relevant for our view of the Roman […] Continue reading “What court proceedings on papyri reveal about life in the Roman Empire”