Materials and Matter - News

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.

The Mechanics of the Immune System

Novel microcopy methods allow scientists to study the mechanical interaction of T-cells and particles

When T-cells of our immune system become active, tiny traction forces at the molecular level play an important role. They have now been studied at TU…

Stable Catalysts for New Energy

Carina Brunnhofer (left), Dominik Dworschak (right)

Crucial new technologies such as hydrogen production or carbon capture require new catalysts. Experiments show: It's not just the material that…