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Battery4Life competence centre starts operations

The new COMET centre officially started operations on 1 April. Christian Ellersdorfer from the Institute for Vehicle Safety was appointed Managing Director.

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TU Graz Team Decodes Heat Conduction of Complex Materials

Using machine learning workflows developed in-house, the researchers were able to establish that heat conduction is much more intricate than previously thought. Findings offer potential for developing…

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Are Batteries Safe?

Energy storage systems are becoming increasingly important, powerful and widespread. However, this also means that the demands on their safety and durability are growing.

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Researchers at TU Graz Turn Textile Waste into Paper

Until now, old clothes have mainly been incinerated. Using adapted processes from paper production, it is possible to recover the cellulose fibres from used clothing and use them to produce cardboard…

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Microporous Crystals for Greater Food Safety – ERC Proof of Concept Grant for TU Graz Researcher

A research team led by Paolo Falcaro has developed a microporous crystal compound that signals whether protein-rich foods are spoilt. The ERC grant is now being used to explore practical applications.

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Autonomous AI Assistant to Build Nanostructures

An interdisciplinary research group at TU Graz is working on constructing logic circuits through the targeted arrangement of individual molecules. Artificial intelligence should speed up the process…

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CD Laboratory at TU Graz Researches New Semiconductor Materials

Using energy- and resource-saving methods, a research team at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at TU Graz aims to produce high-quality doped silicon layers for the electronics and solar…

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Store or Export?

In 2040, electricity production from solar installations will often significantly exceed demand, especially at midday. Robert Schürhuber from the Institute of Electrical Power Systems at TU Graz…

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Alternatives in Car and Aircraft Construction: New Joining and Additive Manufacturing Processes Allow Adhesive-Free Joining of Wood and Metal

Using 3D printing technology and ultrasonic joining technique, researchers at TU Graz succeeded in attaining an extremely strong joining of the renewable raw material wood with metal and polymer…

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Dormant Capacity Reserve in Lithium-Ion Batteries Detected

Batteries undercut their theoretical capacity in practice, sometimes significantly. In a lithium iron phosphate cathode, researchers at TU Graz have now been able to observe exactly where the capacity…

Mobility Materials Batteries and energy storage