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New quantum memory stores information for hours

13. February 2018

[Translate to English:] Im nahezu perfekten Gitter gibt es Stellen an denen ein Kohlenstoffatom zwischen den benachbarten Atomen (weiß) fehlt und daneben ein Stickstoffatom (gelb) eingebaut ist.

Storing information in a quantum memory system is a difficult challenge, as the data is usually quickly lost. At TU Wien, ultra-long storage times…

Chemical waves guide to catalysts of the future

12. February 2018

[Translate to English:] Spiralförmige Wellen bilden sich auf der Rhodium-Folie. Sie liefern wichtige Information über die chemischen Eigenschaften der Oberfläche. — © TU Wien

Spectacular electron microscope images at TU Wien lead to important findings: Chemical reactions can produce spiral-like multi-frequency waves and…

Science and the quest for knowledge

09. February 2018

Eine etwas andere Lehrveranstaltung - von Prof. Ardeshir Mahdavi.

Rubber blanket at an atomic level

07. February 2018

Stresses and strains can drastically alter the properties of a material, and TU Wien has now developed a method to make these internal deformations…

Worm Uploaded to a Computer and Trained to Balance a Pole

06. February 2018

Is it a computer program or a living being? At TU Wien (Vienna), the boundaries become blurred. The neural system of a nematode was translated into…

Strange things happen when a crystal gets split in two

02. February 2018

When a crystal is broken along certain directions the atoms reorganize in amazing ways. Researchers in Vienna have watched this happen, and have…

Indian Sacred Texts and the Logic of Computer Ethics

29. January 2018

Can we teach ethical behaviour to machines? Computer Scientists in Vienna are studying ancient Sanskrit texts and using the tools of mathematical…

Yipee! We now have two new grants!

26. January 2018

picture from Prof. Gerhard Schütz — © TU Wien I Biophysics

"Special Research Areas (SFB)" Funding Award of the FWF, Austria for Gerhard Schütz's group

New sensor for measuring electric field strength

24. January 2018

TU Wien has developed a sensor for measuring the strength of electric fields, which is much smaller, simpler and less prone to distortion than…

Vienna young Scientists Symposium: Call for abstracts

23. January 2018

The third Vienna young Scientists Symposium (VSS) will take place on 7th and 8th of June 2018 in TUtheSky at TU Wien.

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