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The future of Electron Microscopy

20. October 2025

“2026 marks the beginning of a new era at USTEM at TU Wien: Two state-of-the-art JEOL NeoArm transmission electron microscopes will be put into…

Prof. Johannes Bernardi: Passionate about the smallest structures

02. October 2025

[Translate to English:] Portrait von Prof. Bernardi

A pioneer of modern electron microscopy at TU Wien retires

Special theory of relativity made visible

13. May 2025

Visualisation od the Terell-Penrose-effect

Using a technical trick, a speed of light of just 2 m/s was simulated in the laboratory. This made it possible to reproduce the relativistic…

TU Vienna uses used batteries to extract CO2 from the air and produce methane from it

10. March 2025

Battery waste is a serious environmental problem: it contains substances that endanger both human health and ecosystems. At the same time, they also…

On the trail of the smallest things - for 25 years

17. January 2025

USTEM, the service centre for transmission electron microscopy at TU Wien, is celebrating its 25th birthday. A look at a success story.

USTEM apprentice honoured!

13. December 2024

On 10 December, TUW physics laboratory assistant apprentices Felix Hartl from USTEM and Jana Kovarovics from the Institute of Solid State Physics were…

TU Wien has ordered two new TEMs

13. September 2024

A new era in electron microscopy begins at TU Wien!

USTEM expertise is requested

21. June 2024

[Translate to English:] Dr. Michael Stöger-Pollach

The organisers of the GATAN-JEOL workshop prefer to rely on the expertise of TU Wien when it comes to EELS.

Long Night of Science @ USTEM

27. May 2024

[Translate to English:] Besucher:Innen betrachten aufmerksam die Aufnahmen eines Transmissionselektronenmikroskops in einem USTEM-Labor der TU Wien. — © Philipp Haslinger

Atoms – The Pixels of Our Reality and the Wave-Particle Duality of Electrons Live!

New high-end microscope for innovative materials research

16. May 2024

TU Wien is highly successful in the field of materials research, as demonstrated by its work in the Cluster of Excellence MECS - Materials for Energy…

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