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Falling birth-rate can bring prosperity
The population is ageing – and demographic change is also altering working life. However, according to studies by Vienna University of Technology, the effects could well be positive.
SpamBot Wants to be Your Friend
Social network sites such as Facebook, mySpace or Twitter are gaining popularity. But the web 2.0 faces us with new dangers. At the Vienna University of Technology (VUT), security hazards of social network sites have been...
Design meets Ecotechnology
Not only eco-friendly, but also beautiful: Tomorrow’s electrical mobility will require suitable charging stations. At the Vienna University of Technology (VUT), the design and functionality of charging stations for small electric...
Vienna Summer School 2010: Radiation Physics in Cultural Heritage Studies
The Summer School “Radiation Physics in Cultural Heritage Studies” makes Vienna's academic resources – distinguished university institutes, well-equipped laboratories, and fine museums – available to men and women of many ages,...
Quantum tornado in the electron beam
Prof. Schattschneider from Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna), together with colleagues from Belgium, is developing a method of producing rotating electron beams and is publishing the technology in the scientific journal...
High-precision experiments to determine the future of the world’s energy
One of the world’s most accurate scales is currently being used for fusion research at the Institute of Applied Physics at the Vienna University of Technology (VUT).
Hot stuff: Quark-gluon-plasma explained by black-hole-physics
Invited by theoretical physicists from the Vienna University of Technology, leading scientists in particle physics and string theory are gathering in a conference at the Erwin-Schrödinger Institute in Vienna, aiming to understand...
Nuclear atomic clock: Thorsten Schumm receives ERC Starting Grant
START prize-winner Thorsten Schumm from the Institute of Atomic and Subatomic Physics at the Vienna University of Technology has been awarded a large Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for his research into the...
Research for the world's climate
The Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna) is investing in research in the field of energy and environment. A newly created doctorate course should strengthen research further - those interested can apply now.