Materials and Matter - News

Innovative transistors for quantum chips

three people in the lab
© TU Wien

A new transistor technology does not require semiconductor doping – offering decisive advantages for controlling and reading quantum chips.

Moon under bombardment

A view through a window into a vacuum chamber

Where does the Moon’s exosphere come from? A TU Wien study using real lunar rock reveals that the erosive effect of solar wind ions on the Moon has…

ERC grant for Karsten Held

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© Andriy Smolyanyuk / TU Wien

Using a promising new method, the physicist Karsten Held aims to get to the bottom of one of the greatest mysteries of modern physics:…

Turning poison into a source of energy

Three people in white coats in the laboratory, holding a transparent container.
© Rami Mahmoud, TU Wien

A research team led by Stefan Pflügl has succeeded in genetically manipulating the microorganism T. kivui to metabolize carbon monoxide.