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The rock that creates clouds

a cloud and a piece of feldspar, and a schematic of its atomic structure

Feldspar is very common in rocks. As atmospheric dust, this mineral contributes efficiently to cloud formation. Researchers at TU Wien have now…

Two Conductors of a Chemical Reaction

Water molecules

For the first time, researchers at TU Wien have successfully observed the operating principle of so-called promoters in a catalytic reaction in…

Golden future for thermoelectrics

Three men stand in front of a blackboard, with a periodic table of the elements in the background.

Researchers at TU Wien discover excellent thermoelectric properties of nickel-gold alloys. These can be used to efficiently convert heat into…