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A new measurement protocol, developed at TU Wien (Vienna), makes it possible to measure the quantum phase of electrons - an important step for attosecond physics.

Thorium can be used to create a new kind of ultra-precise clock.

Two research teams have succeeded simultaneously in measuring the long-sought Thorium nuclear transition, which enables extremely precise nuclear clocks. TU Wien (Vienna) is…

Gareth Parkinson (left) and Jakub Zdenek

Incorporating individual metal atoms into a surface in the right way allows their chemical behavior to be adapted. This makes new, better catalysts possible.

Flooding in Obrenovac (Serbia), 2014

A large international research project led by TU Wien (Vienna) has demonstrated for the first time that climate change has an impact on the magnitude of river floods.

Janine Schwestka

Ion therapy harnesses complex atomic effects to destroy cancer cells. Now, researchers at TU Wien have discovered a mechanism which makes this process considerably easier.