Materials and Matter - News

In search of the quantum crystal

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© Christoph Hohmann

Andreas Schindewolf is researching an exotic new type of molecule: he wants to produce “quantum crystals” from caesium and silver – and has now…

New Methods for the Mysteries of Black Holes

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Gerben Oling conducts research on the geometry of space and time. He develops novel methods that make open questions accessible. For this, he has been…

Watching catalytic nanoparticles at work

Rendering of molecules on a surface
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What exactly happens when syngas is produced? New methods allow to observe the process in real time. This answered the question how catalysts work in…

Moon under bombardment

A view through a window into a vacuum chamber

Where does the Moon’s exosphere come from? A TU Wien study using real lunar rock reveals that the erosive effect of solar wind ions on the Moon has…