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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…

Graphene: Perfection is futile

white hexagonal lattice overlayed by wawy lines

The carbon material graphene has excellent electronic properties. But are they also stable enough to be useful in practice? Calculations from TU Wien…

The glyphosate filter

Group picture of Shaghayegh Naghdi, Dominik Eder und Hossein Kazemian

Clean drinking water is essential. Therefore, an international research team led by Dominik Eder has now shown how groundwater can be efficiently…