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Alpaca droppings against bullshit: Heinz Oberhummer Award goes to Eckart von Hirschhausen

With his combination of medicine, science journalism and comedy, Eckart von Hirschhausen invented the genre of medical cabaret in the mid-1990s. Since…

Graz Researchers discover what stiffens the Aorta

Cardiovascular diseases remain the most common cause of death worldwide. In Europe, they account for over 40 percent of all deaths. However, known…

Big questions at the end of life: How philosophy supports hospice care

Pain relief, palliative care, psychotherapy: dying people and their relatives receive comprehensive support and care. What they lack are answers to…

Zwischen den Zeilen lesen: Bernhard Bauer entschlüsselt Notizen von Mönchen im Mittealter

Pole position for studying: University of Graz invites you to the Welcome Weeks in September

Off to university, get set, go - that's the motto from 1 September 2025 as the University of Graz welcomes its first-year students with a varied…

PFAS in honey bees: Insects enable monitoring of pollutants in the environment

PFAS – per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – have increasingly come under scrutiny in recent years as so-called “forever chemicals”. These…

Graz University invites you to Europe's largest education research conference

At the end of August, the University of Graz will become the center of international education research when experts from around the world gather for…

University of Graz develops dementia tool for people with mental disabilities

Conventional diagnostic methods cannot be used for the people affected. A team at the University of Graz led by Barbara Gasteiger-Klicpera has now…

From the classroom to the glacier

The University of Graz offers school students unique research experiences on the Dachstein: through experiments, they discover the secrets of glaciers…

Census on the ground: searching for insects with schoolchildren

In the research project “Pillars of Soils,” the University of Graz is investigating microorganisms in the soil that have hardly been studied before.…

Austria's greenhouse gas emissions continue to fall: Uni Graz researchers identify causes

Climate protection is working. Austria's greenhouse gas emissions fell by 2.56 percent between 2023 and 2024, the Environment Agency Austria announced…

First-hand experience: Nino Molinaro made a successful start to his studies with Welcome Week

On 3 October, he starts the third semester of his Bachelor's degree in Physics. Nino Molinaro now knows the University of Graz like the back of his…

Milestone for medical research

Omega-3 fatty acids are known to be an essential part of a healthy diet. As humans cannot produce them, they have to be consumed in sufficient…

Research for teaching and learning: Graz University becomes an international hotspot

Education experts are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the EARLI research organization with a conference at Graz University. Over 2,500 researchers…

New study shows: Ozone layer recovering over the Antarctic

Significant temperature changes have been observed in the atmosphere in recent decades. Due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations, the…

All beginnings are easy: psychologist Sabine Bergner on a successful start to your studies

Starting a degree programme means a new stage in your life. And it is also a new working environment. Sabine Bergner knows how first-semester students…