Indoor climbing is a popular and healthy workout. However, a new study found concerning levels of potentially harmful chemicals in the air of bouldering gyms. The source: climbing shoes. In the video, environmental scientists Anya Sherman and Thilo Hofmann explain their results.

As part of the current semester question, Thomas Juffmann, head of the Quantum Optics and Microscopy research group at the University of Vienna, explains how quantum physics has contributed to the development of modern microscopes with atomic resolution and how it could further improve them in the future.

Peter Schweitzer came to the far north to study the Arctic’s transport infrastructure, but what he found was an increased number of militarised zones. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has left scars far beyond Europe, including the Arctic. We meet the anthropologist back in his office at the University of Vienna during a stop between travels.

Quantum research is not just changing our technological reality, but also our conception of reality itself. Časlav Brukner, quantum physicist at the University of Vienna, explains why we simply cannot speak of an existing reality prior to observation. What does this bizarre outcome mean for the nature of physical reality? Philosopher Anne Sophie Meincke offers some clues.

The decade following the end of the Second World War is characterised by major migration movements, both in Europe and worldwide. Contemporary historian Kerstin von Lingen uses methods of digital humanities to visualise these global migration flows and discover interesting patterns in the process.

The most successful theory of the present day, quantum physics is everywhere. To mark the 100th anniversary of this discipline, Rudolphina looks back at how researchers at the University of Vienna have shaped quantum research over the years – and continue to do so today.

What if there is dictated peace on Russia's terms? Historian Philipp Ther is worried about the parallels in history to the current situation in Ukraine and analyses the image of Russia in Austria and Eastern Europe.

In the bizarre quantum world, different rules seem to apply than those in everyday life. Yet, we make use of its curious tricks every day – whenever we glance at our smartphone, scan items at the self-check-out till at the supermarket or use GPS for navigation. What will be possible once the last unsolved riddles of quantum mechanics are solved?