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Peptides against hospital germs: the long road to market readiness

Multiresistant germs are a threat to global health. At the University of Graz, Nermina Malanovic is researching peptides as a potential new weapon. Thanks to external funding, the preclinical phase for this alternative to conventional antibiotics has been able to start.

Does JJ have what it takes to win? Musicologists on value and impact of the Song Contest

The final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Basel on 17 May. The Austrian countertenor JJ is considered to have a good chance of winning. Can the public judge the music at all? And how much politics is involved in the assessment? Susanne Kogler and Saskia Jaszoltowski have analysed the ESC phenomenon.

What vision reveals about the seat of consciousness

Researchers at the University of Graz are using vision experiments to investigate how our brain constructs reality. The results offer insights into individual perception, are a piece of the puzzle in the search for the “consciousness” and offer new approaches to understanding neurodiversity.

Cigarette butts endanger insects: Biologists prove high risk for ants

Nicotine consumption is harmful to health. Not only for humans. The poison from carelessly discarded cigarette butts is also absorbed by plants. From there, it enters the food chain of ants, for which the substance can even be fatal. This is especially true when the animals are weakened by a pathogen. Biologists at the University of Graz are drawing attention to the high risk with a new study.