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Astronomy / Space Science - Mechanical Engineering - 05.03.2018

Artificial "maple seeds" from rockets
The Space Team at TU Wien is launching an ambitious project together with the University of Würzburg.

Event - Astronomy / Space Science - 05.10.2017

4 - 15 October: Exhibition "Help at Close Range"
"Help at Close Range" is an exhibition of the aid organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF). MSF gives visitors an insight into how humanitarian relief works.

Astronomy / Space Science - Environment - 27.06.2017

Satellite view of the drought in Kenya
The situation in Kenya is serious - there has been too little rain for more than a year. With the aid of satellite data, TU Wien is measuring moisture content in the soil in order to better assess the risk of drought.

Mechanical Engineering - Astronomy / Space Science - 21.04.2017

The planet motor: TU Wien presents innovative electric drive
The electric motor is a tried-and-tested concept. This, however, does not mean that there is no more space for revolutionary improvements.

Physics - Astronomy / Space Science - 16.08.2016

First quantum satellite successfully launched
The launch of the Chinese research satellite ‘Micius' marks the dawn of a new era of global quantum communication.

Astronomy / Space Science - Environment - 26.04.2012

Rapid ice shelf disintegration in Antarctic
For ten years ESA's Envisat satellite observed the rapid retreat of one of Antarctica's ice shelves due to climate warming. Helmut Rott, Professor at the Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, follows this development since the start of the mission. One of the satellite's first observations following its launch on 1 March 2002 was the break-up of a main section of the Larsen B ice shelf in Antarctica - when 3200 sq km of ice disintegrated within a few days due to mechanical instabilities of the ice masses triggered by climate warming.

Astronomy / Space Science - Chemistry - 28.10.2011

Comet researchers meet at TU Vienna
From October 24-26, 2011, a group of 15 comet researchers from Germany, France, Finland and Austria met at the Institute of Chemical Engineering, TU Vienna.

Astronomy / Space Science - Earth Sciences - 11.04.2011

Vening Meinesz Medal 2011: Harald Schuh
The Vening Meinesz Medal was awarded to Harald Schuh for his work in the field of Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) and his important contribution to space geodetic research.

Earth Sciences - Astronomy / Space Science - 11.04.2011

Vening Meinesz Medaille 2011 der European Geosciences Union an Prof. Harald Schuh
bekam Dr.h.c. Harald Schuh, Vorstand des Instituts für Geodäsie und Geophysik der Technischen Universität Wien, die Vening Meinesz Medaille 2011 der European Geosciences Union (EGU) überreicht.

Astronomy / Space Science - Earth Sciences - 11.04.2011

Vening Meinesz Medal 2011: Harald Schuh
The Vening Meinesz Medal was awarded to Harald Schuh for his work in the field of Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) and his important contribution to space geodetic research.