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Sustainability Award
© BMLFUW/KERN Bernhard

„Sustainable Construction“ wins "Sustainability Award 2012"

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.

Portrait of Professor Ulrike Diebold
© Matthias Heisler | WIT Projekt TU Wien

Professor Ulrike Diebold from TU Wien has received a lucrative ERC grant for surface research. Her research into metal oxides has huge significance…