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Detective work for amphibian protection - for the first time, amphibian screening is being carried out throughout Austria by detecting their DNA traces in water - and everyone can take part. Find out how you can participate in the project description of the new project Frog in a drop of water!

Many archaeological artifacts today are only preserved in fragments. Reassembling these parts into their original form is therefore an important but challenging task for archaeology. Computer-assisted methods can facilitate this task or even partially solve it in some cases. However, due to the usually poor preservation of these artifacts and their potential incompleteness, reliable fully automatic reassembly is rarely possible in practice.

The goal of the Open Reassembly project, which is new on Österreich forscht, is to design the solution to such complex tasks as a collaborative process involving many participants and in optimal interplay with computer-assisted methods. Have a look and join the project!

Attention cat owners in Vorarlberg! Under the motto "Show me your mouse, cat!", the inatura Naturschau Dornbirn is collecting dead mice and other small mammals that your cat brings to your home. From June to November 2024, you can hand in these "gifts" from your cat to the inatura or other collection points in Vorarlberg.You can find more information about this exciting new project on Österreich forscht. Join in the research!

Do you already know the Österreich forscht blog? Almost 800 blog posts currently invite you to immerse yourself in citizen science. Project managers, citizen scientists and researchers on citizen science report on events, literature and, above all, directly from the projects. Take a look and be inspired!