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Particle Physics

Projects

On the way to the “quantum steam engine”

The principles of thermodynamics describe large systems. Can they be transferred to the microscopic level of quantum mechanics? Researchers at the Atomic and Subatomic Physics Institute of TU Wien are deliberating new perspectives on quantum systems. The process could lead to “thermal quantum machines” that work much more efficiently than their classical counterparts. Continue reading “On the way to the “quantum steam engine””

Projects

Dual pathogen attack

More than 85 percent of deaths during the Spanish flu pandemic were not primarily due to the influenza virus, but to a secondary bacterial infection. Even a century later, such secondary infections can still be fatal. Researchers from Vienna, who explored a modern vaccine format, found that influenza shots help keep the bacteria at bay. Continue reading “Dual pathogen attack”
Mauthausen Memorial, Austria

Interview & Opinion

“These social situations were multi-layered and complex”

Interview: Jonas Vogt

Contemporary historian Gerhard Botz has dedicated his academic life to studying National Socialism. Most recently he has carried out in-depth research on the Mauthausen concentration camp. In this interview he talks about the significance of the camp, its “grey areas” and past episodes that are still taboo today. Continue reading ““These social situations were multi-layered and complex””
Ariane Sadjed

Portrait

Looking beyond stereotypes

By Jonas Vogt

Ariane Sadjed has always had a problem with the one-dimensional images of modern Iran that she encountered both inside and outside of academia. A cultural scientist, Sadjed has been conducting anthropological research on the topic of “being Jewish in Iran” for ten years. What has struck her quite often in the process is the discrepancy […] Continue reading “Looking beyond stereotypes”