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Buddy Programme on Tour – Trans|formator:in in Karlsruhe

30. April 2026

Excursion Karlsruhe — © Martin Aufhauser

The final of three excursions organised as part of the Trans|formator:in Buddy Programme took place on 17 and 18 March 2026, visiting our sister…

What happens when unemployment benefits are cut?

30. April 2026

[Translate to English:] Nawid Siassi — © P. Bermudez / TU Wien

An international team including TU Wien shows: cutting unemployment benefits has complex consequences – and clear downsides.

Exploring the border region with TU Brno

30. April 2026

A view of a rolling landscape, a river, and a castle. — © Lenka Stepankova

The long-standing partnership with Brno University of Technology brought students to the Czech-Austrian border region from April 27 to 29, 2026.

Long Night of Research 2026

29. April 2026

Team and visitors to the 2026 Long Night of Research

One treatment fits all? Not quite
That's the main message our team conveyed to the wonderful crowd joining the Long Night of Research 2026.

We showed…

How rock removes CO₂ from the atmosphere

29. April 2026

Woman working on scientific equipment — © TU Wien

A remarkable mineralogical mechanism has now been demonstrated at TU Wien: with the help of water, certain minerals can convert CO₂ into solid…

Night Owl @ TU Wien Bibliothek - Save the date!

29. April 2026

Collage of TU Wien Bibliothek under a night sky with a full moon

From 12 June 2026, 18:00 to 13 June 2026, 06:00, TU Wien Bibliothek will stay open again all night for learning. From 22:00 exclusively for TU Wien…

Kickoff for the simulation game “Who Flattens the Peak?”

28. April 2026

Several young people are standing in front of a game board, chatting. — © Céline Schmidt-Hamburger

As part of the 2026 Lange Nacht der Forschung, land.mobil:LAB (LML) had its own booth at the impressive TUtheSky venue on the Getreidemarkt campus of…

New Paper!

28. April 2026

Hot off the press article on mainstream deammonification!
How to transfer well-established sidestream wastewater treatment for nitrogen removal via…

The TU Wien Academy at the Career Days in Pinkafeld

27. April 2026

Job and educational opportunities were once again the focus of this year’s career days at HTL Pinkafeld. The TU Wien Academy participated once again.

Soil Walks at the Annual Conference of the Austrian and Swiss Soil Science Societies

27. April 2026

[Translate to English:] — © Sigbert Huber

Barbara Steinbrunner and Elias Grinzinger presented Soil Walks at the annual conference of the Austrian and Swiss soil science societies.

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cppo	Is needed for statistical purposes.	90 days	HTTP	Meta
locale	Is needed to save the language settings.	session	HTTP	Meta
pl	Required for Facebook Pixel.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
lu	Required for Facebook Pixel.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
c_user	Required for Facebook Pixel.	3 months	HTTP	Meta
bcookie	Is needed to store browser data (marketing/tracking).	2 years	HTTP	LinkedIn
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AnalyticsSyncHistory	Stores the time when the user was synchronized with the "lms_analytics" cookie.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
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U	Is needed to identify the browser.	3 months	HTTP	LinkedIn
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