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Thought Leader Award for Bernhard Lendl

Portrait of Bernhard Lendl

The award, granted by Agilent Technologies, recognizes scientists who conduct outstanding research in the fields of instrumental analytical chemistry,…

Anchoring single atoms

The research team, consisting of four scientists. Representation in portraits.

How can single atoms be used for catalysis? Researchers from Vienna develop a new method to anchor single atoms to supports.

How ions get their electrons back

Group photo of the TU Wien co-authors of the study
© David Rath

What happens when ions are passing through solid materials? It is nearly impossible to observe this directly, but scientists at TU Wien found a way to…

The bitumen puzzle

Image divided into two halves: on the left, the bitumen surface is shown in red and yellow, on the right in blue and green.

Although the history of bitumen dates back to the third millennium BC, only little is known about its surface structure. Researchers from TU Wien are…

The Iron Jaws of the Bristle Worm

bristle worm jaws
© Dr. Kyojiro Ikeda/Universität Wien

Experiments at TU Wien (Vienna) show: metal atoms are responsible for the remarkable stability of bristle worm jaws. This could be the key to new…