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SAVE THE DATE: Regional Mountain Conference 2026

Vom 5. bis 8. Juli 2026 findet in Obergurgl die Regional Mountain Conference statt, bei der der Alpenraum im Fokus steht. Über 200 Wissenschaftler:innen haben sich für die Veranstaltung angemeldet, um verschiedene für den Alpenraum relevante Themen – darunter natürlich auch die aktuellen Wetterextreme im Kontext des Klimawandels – zu diskutieren.

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2026 World Cup: Spain in the lead, but title race remains wide open

International research team uses machine learning to predict World Cup results

An international team, including researchers from the University of Innsbruck and TU Dortmund University, has once again produced a data-driven prediction for the World Cup. According to the statistical analysis, Spain is the top favorite with a 14.5 % probability, followed closely by England and France, both with 12.4 %, and Germany with 11.2 %.
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Statisticians: Spain is Women's Euro 2025 favorite

Germany, France, and England are also strong contenders for winning the title

The 2025 European Women's Football Championship kicks off tomorrow, Wednesday, in Switzerland. The Spanish national team is favored to take home the trophy in the three-week tournament. Germany, France, and England are also strong contenders for winning the European title – according to a team of statisticians from the University of Innsbruck and TU Dortmund University.

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Sensational find: 1,500-year-old reliquary discovered during excavations

Since the summer of 2016, archaeologists from Innsbruck have been carrying out excavations in a late antique hilltop settlement in the municipality of Irschen in southern Austria. Two years ago, they made a sensational discovery: a Christian reliquary was still hidden in a previously unknown church. It contained a richly decorated ancient reliquary box made of ivory.

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Mathematik-Meister aus Tirol

Zwei der besten österreichischen Teams beim internationalen Mathematik-Wettbewerb Náboj kommen aus Tirol: Das Akademisches Gymnasium Innsbruck belegte Platz 1 in Österreich und international Platz 27, die Oberschulen Fallmerayer aus Brixen belegten mit ihrem Seniorteam Platz 3 und mit dem Juniorteam Platz 5 in Österreich. Der Wettbewerb wurde an zahlreichen europäischen Standorten zeitgleich ausgetragen.

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Quantum Chemistry: Molecules caught tunneling

Breakthrough for modelling tunneling reactions in molecular chemistry

Quantum effects can play an important role in chemical reactions. Physicists led by Roland Wester of the University of Innsbruck, Austria, have now for the first time observed a quantum mechanical tunneling reaction in experiments. The observation can also be described exactly in theory. With the study published in Nature, the scientists provide an important reference for this fundamental effect in chemistry. It is the slowest reaction with charged particles ever observed.
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Molekularmedizinische Studie: Wie HPV Gebärmutterhalskrebs auslöst

Eine neue Studie von Wissenschaftler*innen der Universität Innsbruck gewährt detaillierte Einblicke in die Entstehung von Gebärmutterhalskrebs als Folge einer HPV-Infektion. Epigenetische Forschung entschlüsselt die molekularen Mechanismen hinter diesem Vorgang, erweitert den Kenntnisstand zu HPV und bestätigt bisherige Annahmen.

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Detective work at sea: whale research via environmental DNA

Detailed knowledge about whales in European waters will be provided by the Biodiversa+ project "eWHALE", which started in January and is led by molecular ecologist Bettina Thalinger from the University of Innsbruck. The transnational research project brings together partners from science, industry and the public to establish a far-reaching, non-invasive cetacean and biodiversity monitoring system using water samples.
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Karl
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Underlying assumptions of air quality need to be redefined

Ozone levels near the surface in urban environments lower than expected

Long-term measurements in the urban area of Innsbruck, Austria, show that the fraction of ozone near the surface tends to be overestimated in atmospheric models. Consequently, a fundamental assumption for air quality forecasting has to be reinterpreted for urban areas. Measurements by an international team led by atmospheric scientist Thomas Karl of the University of Innsbruck also show that direct nitrogen dioxide emissions are overestimated.
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Uni Innsbruck: Neuer Rekord bei FWF-Förderungen

Im vergangenen Jahr hat der Österreichische Wissenschaftsfonds FWF Forschungsprojekte von Wissenschaftler*innen der Universität Innsbruck mit einem Gesamtvolumen von 28,7 Millionen Euro bewilligt. Das ist um über 4 Millionen Euro mehr als im bisher erfolgreichsten Jahr 2019. 1,1 Millionen Euro stammen aus dem Matching Funds, den das Land Tirol gemeinsam mit dem FWF finanziert.

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