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TU Graz Develops a Hook-and-Loop Fastener for Building Components

The simplified connection and separation of individual elements can save time, material and construction waste during repairs, renovations or changes of use.

Environment and climate Sustainable construction Architecture

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Optical Magnetometer Measures Magnetic Field Direction for the First Time

The scalar magnetometer conceived by Roland Lammegger and Christoph Amtmann at the Institute of Experimental Physics at TU Graz opens up new possibilities in magnetic field measurement thanks to its…

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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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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…

Basic research Biotechnology

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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…

Mobility Batteries and energy storage

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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.

Mobility Batteries and energy storage

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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…

Mobility Batteries and energy storage

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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.

Mobility Batteries and energy storage

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Austrian Students Compete in the Final of the World's Most Prestigious Cybersecurity Competition

A team of students from TU Graz, TU Vienna, the University of Vienna, JKU Linz and St. Pölten UAS has qualified for the final round of the unofficial hacking world championship in Las Vegas.

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TU Graz Develops a Navigation System for Divers

Buoys located by GNSS and electromagnetic signals enable divers to navigate underwater without harming animals. A head-up display in the mask shows the appropriate routes.

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