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MICROBE project kickoff for the next step in microbiome research
The MICROBE project, funded by the European Union, develops and researches technologies and methods for optimised collection, isolation and long-term preservation of microbiomes. This is necessary to
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Cryptofinance: new opportunities, new risks
Once again, there is gold rush sentiment in the financial world. The market value of financial products based on cryptocurrencies and assets (so-called DeFi or "decentralized finance" protocols) has
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CONFERENCE: DIGITAL SECURITY IN TIMES OF PANDEMIC
The coronavirus pandemic is mercilessly exposing the weaknesses in our social and economic systems. This also includes problems emerging as the result of sweeping digitalisation in all areas of life.
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Vorarlberg companies train for cyber emergencies
Cyber threats such as data theft, hacker attacks or blackmail via ransomware are now among the biggest business risks. A failure of IT systems not only costs a lot of time, money, reputation and nerv
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How can microbiomes be preserved for future generations?
How can microbiomes - including bacteria, archaeae, fungi, algae, protists and viruses - be "banked" and preserved for future generations? A team of scientists led by Dr. Matthew Ryan (CABI) came tog
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How do we make crops as climate resistant as camelina?
The native oil crop camelina (gold of pleasure) is remarkably resilient to heat and drought; traits that are more important today than ever before. In the H2020 project UNTWIST, AIT expert Claudia Jo
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Camelina shows us how to master climate change
The UNTIWST project is coordinated by AIT expert Claudia Jonak, Competence Unit Bioresources of the Center for Health & Bioresources. Together with seven international partners AIT explores the m
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International conference: digital security calls for greater global cooperation
Digital security concerns us all. That is the key takeaway from this year’s International Digital Security Forum (IDSF) which was held in Vienna on 2 and 3 December – in digital format due to the cor
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Austrian expertise for european cybersecurity in the automotive market
In February 2019 the EU launched a cybersecurity initiative designed to strengthen Europe in this critical sector. Already this has resulted in the launch of an Austrian product, THREATGET, jointly
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Microbiome Workshop in the EU Parliament with Angela Sessitsch
Biodiversity, sustainable food, sustainable agriculture and circular economy - how can microbiome innovations contribute to solving major societal challenges? Answers to this question will be discuss
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Revolutionary data storage technology: AIT-led consortium wins EIC Pathfinder Challenge funding
A consortium led by the AIT Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics at the Center for Health and Bioresources has won EIC Pathfinder Challenge funding to use DNA as a data storage device. The group pla
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AIT and TU Graz launch joint doctoral programme in the field of hydrogen technology
The AIT Austrian Institute of Technology and TU Graz will start a joint doctoral programme (PhD programme) on the topic of hydrogen technologies in the summer semester of 2023. With this new doctoral
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DPU and AIT organize symposium on nanoplastics
New environmental pollutants such as nanoplastics are among the major future issues facing mankind. As far as is known so far, microscopic plastic particles are already found in all habitats of the w
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AIT Bioresources expert Eva Maria Sehr on winter vegetables at P.M.Wissen
Fresh vegetables from the snow, harvested in Austrian fields at sub-zero temperatures: Carrots, radishes, lettuces, leeks and parsley defy winter and frost. Contrary to popular belief, they can be so
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AIT supports companies in combating invasive plants
The ControlinRoad project aimed to test different methods for controlling invasive plants and to evaluate their use on roadsides. - The result is a tractor-based machine which, as an alternative to c
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AIT Expert Eva-Maria Very is Vice President of the Gregor Mendel Society Vienna
During the Annual General Meeting on December 03, the Gregor Mendel Society Vienna elected the AIT expert Eva M. Sehr, Center for Health & Bioresources, as the new Vice President of the Society.
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AIT inspires young researchers at the Children's UNI Tulln
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AIT leads the EU project SAGROPIA for environmentally friendly crop protection
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Project mAIntenance
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The InChildHealth project aims to improve indoor air quality in schools
The AIT Austrian Institute of Technology is an active research partner in the European IDEAL Cluster (Indoor Environmental Air Quality and Health). This project, funded by the European Health and Dig