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Computer-Based Design for Custom Proteins

In the ERC project HelixMold, a team from TU Graz developed a method for the computer-based design of artificial proteins, with a focus on custom biocatalysts for pharmaceutical applications or the…

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Similar yet different: batteries for electric vehicles and smartphones

Right now, lithium-ion batteries represent the state of the art in electric vehicles (EVs) as well as smartphones. But apart from their chemical composition, there are numerous differences between…

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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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Safe Batteries for our Safe Everyday Life

Batteries are increasingly becoming a central element of our everyday lifes.They are becoming more powerful, more durable and more widespread – and therefore also need to become increasingly secure.

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I Spy Science: Why do batteries burn?

Imagine you have a mobile phone or an e-bike and suddenly the battery catches fire. Unfortunately, this happens time and time again. But why do batteries catch fire? Jörg Moser from Graz University of…

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Tips for E-Vehicle Safety in Summer

Bernhard Gadermaier, a researcher at the TU Graz Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, provides a chemical perspective on how batteries can be best protected.

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“Electric cars are definitely no less safe than combustion vehicles”

How safe electric cars are is the topic of many discussions at a regular’s table. Daniel Fruhwirt from TU Graz’s Institute of Thermodynamics and Sustainable Propulsion Systems explains how the…

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Hydrogen university TU Graz: Austria’s first university-based, megawatt-scale H2 electrolysis test centre opens

With EUR 10m in federal funding, Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) is enhancing its hydrogen infrastructure. The new electrolysis test centre and expanded testing facilities are reinforcing…

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Printed Skin to Replace Animal Testing

A research team from TU Graz and the Vellore Institute of Technology in India is developing a 3D-printed skin imitation equipped with living cells in order to test nanoparticles from cosmetics without…

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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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