Materials and Matter - News

The World's First Nuclear Clock

Nuclear clock
© Oliver Diekmann, TU Wien

Atomic clocks have been used for decades – but now, even greater precision has become possible: TU Wien (Vienna) and JILA/NIST are presenting the…

Customised Thermal Radiation

thermal radiation

Normally, thermal radiation is a product of randomness, described by the laws of statistical physics. TU Wien and the University of Manchester show…

High-tech Gemstones for Nuclear Science

[Translate to English:] Mann mit transparentem Kristall zwischen den Fingern
© Foto Wilke

Special thorium-containing crystals, developed over many years at TU Wien, were crucial in tracking down the long-sought thorium transition.