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Von Mäusen und Menschen

Der erste Tierversuch beweist, was Big-Data-Analysen bereits andeuteten: Hohe Dosen von Statinen erhöhen das Osteoporoserisiko

19 December 2022

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Of mice and men

The first animal experiment proves what big data analysis previously indicated: high doses of statins increase osteoporosis risk

19 December 2022

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Tweets regarding suicide prevention might prevent suicide

A scientific team led by Thomas Niederkrotenthaler and Hannah Metzler from Complexity Science Hub Vienna and MedUni Vienna analysed approximately seven million postings on the topic of suicide and suicide prevention on Twitter. In the process, it was shown that content ...

14 December 2022

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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

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

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

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

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