complexity-science-hub

Studie zeigt: Tweets können Suizide verhindern

Ein wissenschaftliches Team um Thomas Niederkrotenthaler und Hannah Metzler von MedUni Wien und Complexity Science Hub Vienna hat rund sieben Millionen Postings zu den Themen Suizid und Suizidprävention auf Twitter analysiert. Dabei wurde mit Hilfe eines speziell entwick...

14 December 2022

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Cryptoassets: New evidence shows that nested financial services could cause domino effects

[Vienna | Nov 28, 2022] - It has been an extremely turbulent year for the crypto world. In particular, the collapses of the stablecoin Terra at the beginning of the year and the one of the crypto exchange FTX two weeks ago left many investors stunned. New research from C...

28 November 2022

Krypto-Assets: Neue Studie zeigt Risiko von Domino-Effekten bei verschachtelten Finanzdiensten

[Wien, 24. November 2022] Es war ein äußerst turbulentes Jahr für die Kryptowelt. Vor allem die Zusammenbrüche des Stablecoins Terra zu Beginn des Jahres und jener der Krypto-Tauschbörse FTX vor zwei Wochen, ließen manche Investor:innen fassungslos zurück. Eine neue Stud...

24 November 2022

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Predicting the economic downturn during the pandemic

An international team of scientists developed a model in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic to forecast its economic impact. Their predictions turned out to be highly accurate

14 October 2022

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Physicist Fariba Karimi and her team at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna revisited and analyzed the claims made by a ‘sexist’ senior scientist – who said, among other things, that women were less able at physics than men.

13 October 2022

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Researchers create computer risk model to tackle supply chain disruption

Using mobile phone data, a team at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna mapped an entire nation’s supply chain network. The computer model, which predicts what’s at stake if supply chains break down, can be easily implemented by other countries

8 August 2022

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And when will your medical care collapse?

The pandemic has taught us to think beyond making healthcare more cost-effective. It should be more resilient, too, says a Viennese team of researchers – which developed a stress test to identify its strengths and weaknesses

29 July 2022

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Study unveils first global dataset for SARS-CoV-2 infections in animals

Structured data on the virus in animals is essential to further our understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate its spread at the human-animal interface, according to the authors of the paper published in Scientific Data

26 July 2022

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Theories on socio-political evolution put to the test

An international research team uses a new dynamical model and an exceptional historical data collection to examine major explanations for the evolution of cultural complexity – and finds little support for many, even very influential, theories

27 June 2022

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Want to improve the company’s performance? Get more women in the boardroom

The presence of women in corporate boards leads to better financial results, shows a new study

20 June 2022