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Zooming in to the "pixels of reality": the electron microscope helps us to do that. However, it is unsuited for particularly sensitive targets.

Using energyand resource-saving methods, a research team at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at TU Graz aims to produce high-quality doped silicon layers for the electronics and solar industries.

Markus Markl is a theoretical physicist at TU Graz working on nuclear fusion - a clean form of energy that we want to copy from the sun.

Christoph Juchem has been appointed Professor of Magnetic Resonance Physics (§98) at MedUni Vienna and Co-Head of the High Field MR Center of Excellence at MedUni Vienna's Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy with effect from 1 October 2024.

TU Wien (Vienna) has succeeded in generating laser-synchronised ion pulses with a duration of well under 500 picoseconds, which can be used to observe chemical processes on material surfaces.

The Nanofabrication Facility (NFF) at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) processes materials at the nanoscale, helping research projects ranging from material science, and quantum computing to life sciences.

UVEX: NASA's new UV space telescope with an ISTA fingerprint to conquer space The next NASA space telescope to survey the ultraviolet sky starting 2030 has the fingerprint of an astronomer from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA).

New assistant professor at ISTA bridges ultrafast physics and quantum mechanics Ultrafast laser spectroscopy specialist Denitsa Baykusheva is one of the newest additions to the faculty at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) in 2024.

A hybrid system that marries quantum computing with traditional high-performance computing is currently being developed in Austria.

ISTA researchers create smallest egg in history - and lose it Breakthrough in reproductive biology: using methods of nanotechnology and genetics, an interdisciplinary research team at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) has produced the world's tiniest egg.

New assistant professor at ISTA assembles 3D nano-molecules The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) welcomes Florian Praetorius to its faculty.

Electronic circuits that can be switched and fulfill very different tasks: A breakthrough at TU Wien enables more functionality on less chip area.

The James Webb Space Telescope makes one of the most unexpected findings within its first year of service: A high number of faint little red dots in the distant Universe could change the way we understand the genesis of supermassive black holes.

After 13 formative years at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, Professor Rafal Klajn joined the faculty of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA).

By Falko Schoklitsch In the "Christian Doppler Laboratory for Structured Matter Based Sensing", a team led by Alexander Bergmann and Peter Banzer is researching the fundamentals of structured materials and light fields as well as their applications.

Julian Leonard is awarded an ERC grant. He is developing quantum simulators that can be used to study intriguing effects from solid-state physics.

Cluster of Excellence: Quantum Science Austria Austria has provided the foundation for a quantum revolution already once before.

Four young researchers from the University of Vienna were able to convince the FWF Board of their excellent research project.

By Falko Schoklitsch A scalar magnetometer developed by Roland Lammegger at TU Graz measures the strength of magnetic fields optically.

With an ESPRIT grant from the Austrian Science Fund FWF, Tobias Schäfer is developing new computational methods to solve previously unsolvable quantum physics problems in computational materials physics.

Silicon carbide is expensive and its production is extremely energy-intensive, but it is indispensable for many applications.

By Victoria Graf TU Graz wants to further strengthen research and teaching and supports its institutes in investing in excellent infrastructure.

By Birgit Baustädter TU Graz and the Japanese analytical instrument manufacturer JEOL opened the newly designed JEOL Application Lab with completely new nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometers in January 2023.

Is the miniaturisation of electronics reaching its limits because smaller structures lead to more errors? TU Wien (Vienna) has shown that the problem can be overcome if the susceptibility to errors is taken into account when planning circuits.