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SMT-Image of the iron-oxide surface - with gold atoms on top

Scientists at the Vienna University of Technology found a method to locate single gold atoms on a surface. This should pave the way to better and cheaper catalysts.

Markus Kitzler (left) und Xinhua Xie

Atomic processes take place on extremely short time scales. Measurements at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna) can now visualize these processes.

Two coupled microlasers

New laser-effect, discovered by scientists from the Vienna University of Technology, Princeton, Yale and ETH Zurich: If coupled, lasers can switch each other off, leading to a…

A bright laser beam hits the sample, the scattered light is collected by a telescope.

Scientists at Vienna University of Technology have found a way to detect chemicals over long distances, even if they are enclosed in containers.

Genetically modified fungi can produce pharmaceuticals from chitin - the substance, crab shells are made of. (TU Vienna, Creative Commons, Hans Hillewaert)

Fungi with additional foreign genes have been created at the Vienna University of Technology. They can now turn chitin into pharmaceuticals.