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They keep it running: How rituals make our lives easier

The running event on the national holiday, decorating the graves before All Saints' Day or the favorite drink before the exam: Familiar routines…

Vintage victory: University of Graz receives fundraising award for book sponsorships

The University of Graz wants to preserve 2500 years of knowledge with donations. The project has now been named Science Fundraising Campaign of the…

How science affects the economy: University as a nucleus for start-ups

Where there are universities, there is also a successful economy. And vice versa. The University of Graz makes use of this locational advantage and…

Artificial intelligence: Technology Impact Summit highlighted opportunities and challenges

The first Technology Impact Summit in Graz brought together leading minds from science, business and politics to discuss Austria's role in AI…

Two universities, one path: NAWI Graz looks back on its first 20 years

They set the course 20 years ago, and since then the University of Graz and Graz University of Technology have been following the same path together…

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…

Out of the Dead End: Critical Thinking Can Show us the Way

We are stuck. Climate change, social division and authoritarian political developments are blocking the path to a bright future. Little by little, we…

20 years of NAWI Graz: Teamwork as a recipe for success

Cooperation instead of competition: For twenty years, TU Graz and the University of Graz have been pooling know-how and resources in natural science…

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…

Is the machine smarter?

Rewarded remembrance: State Prize for Uni Graz project

Gerald Lamprecht and his research team were awarded the Austrian State Prize for Historical Research in the "Innovative History" category for the…

Does democracy belong in a museum? University of Graz initiates forum for citizens and research

Keeping an ear to the ground, identifying needs and tailoring educational programmes: That is the aim of the Democracy Research Forum. To kick things…

New climate records

Whether in terms of greenhouse gas concentrations, temperatures across the globe, ocean heat and global sea level, total land area in extreme drought…

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…

Beached whales: researchers at the University of Graz find arsenic in the brain

The chemist Jörg Feldmann from the University of Graz has discovered toxic arsenic compounds in the brains of pilot whales. The concentration…