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Take a break: psychologist at the University of Graz explains how to manage stress better

Completing the most urgent tasks in the office and quickly getting the last presents, before the Christmas holidays once again sap your energy,…

Learning better: Can science experiments in group settings help children with autism?

How can pupils with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have positive learning experiences and improve their social skills? Researchers at the University…

Sustainability Award 2024 for two projects of the University of Graz

How do major international conferences reduce their carbon footprint? And what can maths lessons contribute to education for sustainable development?…

Research without borders in the European University Alliance Arqus

International cooperation strengthens cutting-edge research, the results of which benefit us all. As part of the European University Alliance Arqus,…

Bees under observation: University of Graz provides unprecedented insights into the hive

What is going on in the combs? How many eggs is the queen laying? How much honey is there? Autonomous robots and AI algorithms provide important data…

Cell division as a Rubik's Cube: how a viable organism emerges from random disorder

Whether fly, mouse or human: the development of an organism from a single cell is one of the most astonishing phenomena in nature. Many different…

Excellent and climate-friendly: University of Graz presents Green Academia Award 2024

How can outstanding academic achievements and sustainable mobility be successfully combined when travelling on business? The philosophers of the…

Strong research impetus: 16 million euros for Circular Bioengineering Excellence Cluster

The Cluster of Excellence Circular Bioengineering has today received a grant of 16 million euros from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). This funding…

Researchers use AI to calculate the surface structures of bacteria, archaea and viruses

Bacteria, archaea and viruses protect themselves from external attacks with an envelope of proteins. These surfaces show complex, regular, symmetrical…

New findings provide basis for innovative material development

If we strive for ever thinner materials, we eventually reach the two-dimensional (2D) limit, where the material is only a few atoms or even just one…

Healthy ageing with fasting: Spermidine is the key to success

In most parts of the world, life expectancy has risen significantly in recent decades. At the same time, various age-related diseases have increased.…

Even greener: University of Graz researchers improve the chemical industry

Durable bioplastics, rapidly available medicines or cosmetics without toxic waste materials: chemists have long relied on enzymes, i.e. proteins from…

Invasion: American oak lace bug is spreading in Styria

They may be tiny, but there are many, many of them. Oak lace bugs imported from North America are currently flooding Styria by the billions. Some…

Arqus Teaching Excellence Award for Sabine Bergner

The teaching prize of the European University Alliance Arqus went this year to a psychologist from the University of Graz. Sabine Bergner was honored…

Bacteria in chain mail: Lactobacilli protect themselves with a lattice of proteins

We know them from the advertising for yoghurts or other probiotic foods: lactobacilli. They play an important role in the gut, but also in the…

On the 180th anniversary of Ludwig Boltzmann's birth: Physics building receives award

The physics building at Universitätsplatz 5 received a special distinction: it was included as number 75 in the "Historic Sites" of the European…