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Triumph for the Standard Model of Physics

Aerial view of a particle accelerator: a round blue structure with people and measuring instruments in the center.
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After years of research into the magnetic dipole moment of muons, theory and experiment have finally been compared with precision – with excellent…

A Chip with Natural Blood Vessels

Computer rendering and microscope image

TU Wien (Austria) and Keio University (Japan) have now found a way to create artificial blood vessels in miniature organ models in a rapid and…

How to swim without a brain

A fantasy creature in the water

Many microorganisms can move in a goal oriented way in liquids. How do they do this without a complex nervous system? Research conducted at TU Wien…