# Press Releases

**Source**: https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/press-releases/3
**Parent**: https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/press-releases

## [Discovered by chance: the refractive-index microscope](https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/press-releases/news/durch-zufall-entdeckt-das-brechungsindex-mikroskop)

29. January 2026

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A remarkable success has been achieved at TU Wien: by combining two fundamentally different microscopy techniques, researchers can now measure the…

## [ERC Grant: Polar Molecules – a New Quantum Technology](https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/press-releases/news/erc-grant-polare-molekuele-die-neue-quantentechnologie)

26. January 2026

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A new ERC Proof of Concept Grant now enables the team led by Jörg Schmiedmayer to develop a prototype for an entirely new quantum technology.

## [Artificial intelligence makes quantum field theories computable](https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/press-releases/news/kuenstliche-intelligenz-macht-quantenfeldtheorien-berechenbar)

26. January 2026

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An old puzzle in particle physics has been solved: How can quantum field theories be best formulated on a lattice to optimally simulate them on a…

## [World Record: Nano Membrane for Future Quantum Metrology](https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/press-releases/news/weltrekord-nano-membran-fuer-kuenftige-quanten-messtechnik)

16. January 2026

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Nanomechanical systems developed at TU Wien have now reached a level of precision and miniaturization that will allow them to be used in…

## [Beyond fixed poles: What networks tell us about polarization](https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/press-releases/news/jenseits-fester-pole-was-netzwerke-ueber-polarisierung-verraten)

15. January 2026

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Researchers at TU Wien are developing a model that interprets opinions not as diametrically opposed poles, but as overlapping areas at the group…

## [Quantum Physics: New State of Matter Discovered](https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/press-releases/news/quantenphysik-neuer-materiezustand-entdeckt)

13. January 2026

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At TU Wien, researchers have discovered a state in a quantum material that had previously been considered impossible. The definition of topological…