Magazine

interview

The end of predictability

Predicting climate-related hazards has become more complex than ever due to climate change. A team of experts from Eurac Research have recently published an official guide for ...

reportage

Go out and listen

feature

Cooperation key to overcoming threats in the Carpathians

The Carpathians are a center of biodiversity in Europe. And although they contain a vast amount of natural and cultural heritage, human impacts are threatening the region. ...

article

Things you need to know about the air we breathe in our homes

How to monitor and improve it

article

Homo sano in natura sana

feature

Monitoring fine dust – by bike

Combining low-cost sensors and bikesharing to collect more pollution-monitoring measurements in the city

videostory

How wood stores Co2

article

Houston, we have a (heart) problem

Our researchers tested an automated heart massager to measure its efficacy on space missions

article

How altitude can impact neurological conditions

Recommendations for climbing at altitude

article

"Shifting focus from disease to human health"

Synergy between Eurac Research and Human Technopole of Milan gives new life to health research in Italy

interview

Open Science: Prying Open the Black Box

Research culture is in many aspects broken. Making this secretive machinery transparent could help fix it.

interview

Among like-minded people

Interview with Johannes Rainer, bioinformatics expert

article

When Excel is not enough

Tales from the community using Open-Source software to create their own working tools

interview

Open Research pays off especially for small players

A conversation with limnologist Alberto Scotti

article

Helicopter rescue: shorter resuscitation shifts needed at high altitudes

article

Pioneering biomedical research in South Tyrol

A new chapter for the CHRIS health study in Vinschgau/Val Venosta.

feature

The future of forests

Simulations based on mathematical models can help us understand how global environmental changes will affect woodlands

article

Beer and blue cheese already on the menu 2,700 years ago

Human paleofeces give unique insights

feature

Methanobreviwhat?

Newly published study on ancient skeletal remains reveals previously unknown species of microorganisms.

article

Just Nature

Can some of the most pressing urban problems be solved with the help of nature?

article

Returning to the origins of writing - with emojis

As we celebrate the European Day of Languages we look at some interesting facts about writing systems of the past and present.

interview

"We are creating the family tree of human history."

An interview with the archaeogeneticist Johannes Krause

article

Looking for Mommy

interview

Ötzi and his ‘tenants’

An interview with Albert Zink, Head of the Institute for Mummy Studies at Eurac Research.

article

The Iceman’s last meal contained a remarkably high fat content

Mummy researchers from Eurac Research have analysed the stomach contents of the glacier mummy and reveal new insights into nutrition and food preparation from 5,300 years ago.

interview

Ancient Egypt, high fashion and a bunch of beauty

Interview with Christian Greco, director of the Egyptian Museum of Turin

article

Packages to simplify deep renovation of buildings

A European project led by Eurac Research has developed standard solutions suitable for every climate zone

article

The mummy rescue mission

feature

Ötzi's ink

Frozen but not forgotten, exceptional images of the 5,300 year-old Iceman brought to light in a new project and book