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dark lab with experimental equipment
© Laurent Thion, ILL

An old "flaw" of the famous double-slit experiment has now been corrected at TU Wien in a cooperation with Hiroshima University: A single neutron moves along two paths…

large metal construction in a concrete wall
© Matthias Heisler

One of the world’s most powerful cable testing facilities has now been put into operation at TU Wien (Vienna). Using a completely new technique, it measures within hours what…

computer generated picture of the surface

At TU Wien (Vienna), it was now possible to explain how a chemical reaction takes place that, at first glance, should not be possible at the temperatures observed.

Robot dog Spot stands on all fours and looks into the camera.
© Theresa Aichinger-Fankhauser

Boston Dynamics Spot® is the newest member of staff at TU Wien Informatics. The agile robot will assist in various research collaborations.

An ultra short laser pulse (blue) creates free charge carriers, another pulse (red) accelerates them in opposite directions.

Halbleiterelektronik wird immer schneller – aber irgendwann erlaubt die Physik keine Steigerung mehr. Die kürzest mögliche Zeitskala optoelektronischer Phänomene wurde nun…

Marcus Huber mit spiegelndem Kristall
© IQOQI-Vienna, by Mateusz Kotyrba

Quantum theory, complexity and thermodynamics: Marcus Huber finds new ways to link very different areas of physics. He is now awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant.