Technology Incredible Speed: The particle accelerator generates the particle beam used for medical treatment and research. >> Center MedAustron, the center for ion therapy and research is located in Wiener Neustadt in Lower Austria, about 50 kilometers south of Vienna. >> Team 180 employees coming from about 18 different countries are currently working for MedAustron. These include physicians, physicists, engineers, medical physicists, radiology technologists and administrative staff. >>