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PFAS on ski slopes: How a researcher tracks down environmental toxins
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds (PFAS) are extremely persistent organofluorine compounds that are also used in ski wax. Researcher Viktoria Müller…
Opening doors: When students overcome borders
Thinking outside the box, getting to know other universities, improving language skills and - literally - overcoming personal boundaries: After the…
How can we run away from cancer?
How does architecture sound in film?
"Architecture and sound are interrelated," says art historian Julian Blunk. Buildings can amplify sounds, block them out or create them themselves.…
Setting the course for a European campus
As a globally orientated research and educational institution, the University of Graz has joined forces with renowned partner institutions in various…
Sermilik Station: The University of Graz sets foot in the far north
The University of Graz has built a modern research station in the Arctic, the Sermilik Station. A place for scientists and students from various…
Around the world in 30 chapters
From Arizona to Zurich, from Finland to Australia - the University of Graz offers a dense, global network even after graduation. 30 alumni chapters on…
Vice-Rector van Poppel: "Bringing the best minds together"
As a worldwide orientated research and educational institution, the University of Graz provides a network with renowned partner institutions.…
Amino acids stimulate protein partnership
It is one of the key enzymes for the lipid catabolism in the body: ATGL (adipose triglyceride lipase). It was discovered at the University of Graz in…
Plastic from coconut oil? Graz researcher develops new building blocks for bioplastics
How can plastics be produced from renewable raw materials that are both biodegradable and stable? A doctoral student at the University of Graz has…
Winterwonne: Der Botanische Garten bringt Farbe ins Jänner-Grau
Can gangsta rap break the law?
Antonia Bruneder's research focus is on the administrative and constitutional aspects of art law. Using the example of German-language gangsta rap,…
New photonic chip can generate and measure customised light fields for the first time
They send light, like tiny cars, along sophisticated paths across a silicon surface. And they do this on a chip the size of the tip of a small finger.…
Wie Nicht-Österreicher:innen mehr Mitsprache bekommen können, erklärt Katrin Praprotnik
„Wahlzeit“ heißt es 2024 in Österreich: In der Steiermark und in Vorarlberg werden die Landtage neu zusammengesetzt. Ebenso stehen Urnengänge zur EU…
The lightning-fast rattling of rattlesnakes: A protein gets muscles up to speed
Cheetahs, sloths, snakes: they all move at vastly different speeds but the network of nerves in their spinal cords responsible for their movement is…
Success story: Graz nano-motor featured in US journal
Grant Simpson and Leonhard Grill made a groundbreaking discovery last summer: a molecular machine that moves in a straight line towards a…