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TU Wien Logo im Schnee

Die TU Wien wünscht frohe und erholsame Feiertage (Geschenkpapier inklusive)! ❄ TU Wien wishes you Happy and Relaxing Holidays (wrapping paper included)!

Intensitätsverteilung eines elektrischen Wellenfeldes, das ein wohldefiniertes Drehmoment auf das quadratische Target ausübt. (Download und Verwendung honorarfrei © TU Wien)

Atoms, molecules or even living cells can be manipulated with light beams. At TU Wien a method was developed to revolutionize such "optical tweezers".

Cells spreading in a 3D scaffold - from left to right: week 1, week 3 week 5. Top: 3D setup, bottom: one layer only.

With a new process developed at TU Wien (Vienna), living cells can be integrated into fine structures created in a 3D printer - extremely fast and with very high resolution.

(free download, © TU Wien)

Is it possible to borrow energy from an empty space? And if yes, do we have to give it back? Energy values smaller than zero are allowed - at least within certain limits.