Materials and Matter - News

3D-printed Material to Replace Ivory

Ivory and Digory

With an elephant-friendly alternative to ivory, developed by TU Wien and Cubicure, old artefacts can be restored with high precision.

New materials made from wood particles

Infographics: Wood research in various scientific disciplines

TU Wien and HS Timber Group have entered into a research partnership with the aim of using wood particles to develop new sustainable materials that…

Moiré effect: How to twist material properties

3D graphics of the two material layers
© Erik Zumalt, Lukas Linhart

2D materials have triggered a boom in materials research. Now it turns out that exciting effects occur when two such layered materials are stacked and…

How do good metals go bad?

A scientist working with liquid nitrogen in the lab

New measurements have solved a mystery in solid state physics: How is it that certain metals do not seem to adhere to the valid rules?

Magnetic effect without a magnet

two people in the lab

Surprise in solid-state physics: The Hall effect, which normally requires magnetic fields, can also be generated in a completely different way – with…

Origami with DNA

The raft-like DNA platform

A team at TU Wien was able to answer important questions about the immune system - with a trick reminiscent of paper folding.