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Controlling Cells with a Laser Beam

On the left, there is a star shaped structure with cells in the center. On the right, these cells have grown from the center of the structure into the spikes of the star.

When biological tissue is created in the laboratory, nothing should be left to chance: At TU Wien, a method was developed to guide individual cells to…

Steel Cable Tests: Tension Guaranteed!

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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…

The platinum riddle

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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…

2D material in three dimensions

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How do you integrate as much as possible of the 2D material graphene into a limited space? By producing it not on a flat surface, but on a 3D…

Daylight Causes Road Damage

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A surprising result in road engineering research: contrary to previous assumptions, visible light contributes to the ageing of bitumen, which can…