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How Permeable are Paper Food Packaging Materials?

A new AI model developed by TU Graz combines data from laboratory tests with the laws of physics to calculate how well different types of paper protect food from flavour loss and contaminants.

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New Measurement Method Proves: Wastewater Treatment Plants Remove more than 95 percent of Microplastics

TU Graz, TU Wien and the Environment Agency Austria have developed a method to determine microplastics in the in- and outflow of sewage plants, and demonstrated their high elimination performance.

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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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Austrian Satellite Mission PRETTY Continues under the Leadership of TU Graz

The Austrian Space Agency and the European Space Agency (ESA) have approved the mission's continuation. In future, the CubeSat PRETTY will operate as part of the OPS-SAT Space Lab. The project…

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“As humans, we have no direct access to the quantum world.”

Christoph Heil is a theoretical physicist at TU Graz and specialises in superconducting materials. His work would not be possible without quantum physics, as he explains in the interview.

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Sustainable Plastics from Plants

TU Graz is coordinating the European B3PO Doctoral Network, which is developing innovative materials from plant by-products. The EU has supplied funding of EUR 4.3 million for the project.

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Proven: Cereal Plants Absorb Nanoplastics

Using an advanced method, researchers at TU Graz and the Centre for Electron Microscopy have detected plastic in the roots of wheat plants. Whether the particles reach the ears of grain will be shown…

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CD Lab at TU Graz Incorporates Physics in Machine Learning

By combining physics-based methods with machine learning, a team at the Institute of Thermodynamics and Sustainable Propulsion Systems at TU Graz is developing models that deliver better results…

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TU Graz opens up new avenues in lung cancer research with digital cell twin

An enhanced computer model is now helping to provide fresh insights into cancer-cell growth and how it can be stopped. The digital cell model represents another step towards individualised cancer…

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Less Pollution During Heavy Rainfall: TU Graz Calculates Potential of Nature-Based Measures

Decentralised urban drainage systems on private and public lands could absorb half a million cubic metres of water in Graz alone.

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