Quantum Physics and Quantum Technologies - News

ERC Grant for Marcus Huber

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…

The Quantum Refrigerator

Researcher with protective glasses works on optical device

A completely new cooling concept has been invented at TU Wien (Vienna): Computer simulations show how quantum fields could be used to break…

New quantum material discovered

atomic structure. in the background: low temperature devices

A research team from TU Wien together with US research institutes came across a surprising form of "quantum criticality". This could lead to a design…

The indestructible light beam

Beam, medium and detector
© Allard Mosk/Matthias Kühmayer

Researchers at Utrecht University and at TU Wien (Vienna) create special light waves that can penetrate even opaque materials as if the material was…