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From trans women and knee prostheses: sports science prizes awarded

Walking better with a prosthesis, successfully getting rid of excess weight, training more effectively, more fairness for trans people in sport: these…

Influential: Rupert Baumgartner and Holger Hoff among the highly cited researchers

The number of publications in scientific journals is considered to be a measure of a researcher's scientific achievement. How often these works are…

Nobel Lecture 2025: How evolution enters chemistry

During the Nobel Lecture at BioTechMed-Graz, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry Frances H. Arnold provided insight into her research on the directed…

Austria's economy in transition: How we are emerging from the recession

Austria is in the midst of its longest recession in years. At the University of Graz's economic talks on November 25, experts discussed high labor…

Gemeinsam in Orange

Die vier Grazer Universitäten bekennen sich in einem gemeinsamen Erklärung zu einem klaren Nein gegenüber sexueller Belästigung, geschlechtsbezogener…

Koralmbahn: How an archduke's idea became reality

Archduke Johann of Austria, brother of Emperor Franz I/II, Styrian aristocrat and bridge builder into the modern age, is the founding father of the…

Hotter high up: researchers prove particularly rapid climate change in the mountains

On average, the climate in the mountains warms up half as fast as in the lowlands. At the same time, precipitation and snow cover are decreasing to a…

Human rights prize : for a more peaceful and just world

"The awarding of a human rights prize is an appropriate act to express the ethical responsibility of the sciences for a more peaceful and just world."…

UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Human Security: Gerd Oberleitner

Creating freedom: How the war in Ukraine is affecting the higher education landscape

‘Diversity boosts creativity,’ says sociologist Zorica Siročić

Nitrogen as the key: the overestimated effect of CO2 as a plant fertiliser

High levels of atmospheric CO2 can intensify climate change. Having said that, high CO2 also stimulates plant growth which decreases climate change.…

How the Koralm Tunnel is changing the regional economy

The Koralm Tunnel is revolutionizing the connection between Styria and Carinthia. Jörn Kleinert, an economist at the University of Graz, analyzes the…

Teamwork: 100 pupils take part in maths competition at the University of Graz

Four clever guts per group, increasingly tricky tasks, 120 minutes: these were the requirements for the international maths competition Náboj junior,…

Researchers at the University of Graz provide evidence of climate change in the atmosphere

Human-induced climate change is leaving clear traces in the atmosphere. Using satellite data, researchers at the Wegener Center at the University of…

Technology Impact Summit: Europe's path to tech sovereignty

At the Technology Impact Summit 2025 in Graz, experts from science, business, and politics discussed how Europe can become globally competitive…