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Bionically inspired radiative cooling

19. May 2026

Symbolically depicted are a silver ant that reflects light rays, and that this structure of the silver ant was transferred onto a surface that is coated with chitosan. — © IAP | Ille C. Gebeshuber

TU Wien researchers transfer the cooling principle of the silver ant to sustainable building cooling without electricity consumption.

The Structure of Water: Entropy Determines Whether Ions Stick

18. May 2026

an atom surrounded by water molecules — © TU Wien

Water molecules are constantly in motion, but on average they can form preferred patterns of order. TU Wien has now shown that this has a major…

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…

PRL Collection of the Year 2025...

23. February 2026

Gruppenfoto einiger TUW Autoren am Dach des Freihaus

...and the IAP is a part of it!

Inauguration of the 3DNANO Laboratories at TU Wien

22. February 2026

Three men standing together indoors, posing for a photo in front of a wall shelf. — © Amalio Fernández-Pacheco

The Institute of Applied Physics at TU Wien has officially inaugurated its new 3DNANO laboratories — a dedicated 150 m² research facility designed to…

Training the next generation of scientists

01. February 2026

A high school student wearing blue laboratory gloves closely examines a sample under an optical microscope in a physics laboratory. The student carefully adjusts the microscope while observing the sample on the stage.

In January 2026, the Institute of Applied Physics welcomed high school students and physics enthusiasts. As part of its commitment to fostering young…

Discovered by chance: the refractive-index microscope

29. January 2026

two people in white coats in a dark lab — © TU Wien

A remarkable success has been achieved at TU Wien: by combining two fundamentally different microscopy techniques, researchers can now measure the…

Dr. Sabri Koraltan received the 2025 Hans Thirring Award

20. January 2026

Sabri Koraltan holding the award certificate, standing on the right next to the statue of Ludwig Boltzmann at the University of Vienna. — © Sabri Koraltan

Dr. Sabri Koraltan from the 3DNANO group has been awarded the Hans Thirring Award 2025 for the best doctoral thesis.

He received the prize for his…

Chiara Wagner receives the Franz Viehböck Young Investigator Award 2025

15. December 2025

Group photo of the Franz Viehböck Young Investigator Prize 2025 awardees and representatives of the Institute of Applied Physics at TU Wien during the award ceremony. — © Friedrich Aumayr

Appreciation awards go to Michael Kendler and Nail El Hocine Barama

Prestigious Grant for Lidija Radovanović

18. November 2025

Dr. Lidija Radovanović wearing a black turtleneck and silver necklace, with curly hair, in front of beige window blinds. — © Lidija Radovanović

Lidija Radovanović has been awarded one of the highly competitive EUROfusion Bernard Bigot Researcher Grants 2026. Starting in January 2026, she will…

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sb	Is needed to store browser details and security information of the Facebook account.	2 years	HTTP	Meta
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spin	Is needed for promotional purposes and social campaign reporting.	session	HTTP	Meta
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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
li_oatml	Is needed to identify LinkedIn members outside of LinkedIn for advertising and analytics purposes.	1 month	HTTP	LinkedIn
BizographicsOptOut	Is needed to save privacy settings.	10 years	HTTP	LinkedIn
li_sugr	Is needed to store browser data (marketing/tracking).	3 months	HTTP	LinkedIn
UserMatchHistory	Is needed to provide advertising or retargeting (marketing/tracking).	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
linkedin_oauth_	Is needed to provide cross-page functionality.	session	HTTP	LinkedIn
lidc	Is needed to store performed actions on the website (marketing/tracking).	1 day	HTTP	LinkedIn
bscookie	Is needed to store performed actions on the website (marketing/tracking).	2 years	HTTP	LinkedIn
X-LI-IDC	Is needed to provide cross-page functionality (marketing/tracking).	session	HTTP	LinkedIn
AnalyticsSyncHistory	Stores the time when the user was synchronized with the "lms_analytics" cookie.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
lms_ads	Is needed to identify LinkedIn members outside of LinkedIn.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
lms_analytics	Is needed to identify LinkedIn members for analytics purposes.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
li_fat_id	Required for indirect member identification used for conversion tracking, retargeting and analytics.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
U	Is needed to identify the browser.	3 months	HTTP	LinkedIn
_guid	Is needed to identify a LinkedIn member for advertising via Google Ads.	90 days	HTTP	LinkedIn