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… My experiences as a visiting researcher at TU Graz

Mojtaba Pourbashiri came to Graz, Austria, during his PhD. Since January 2019 he works as a postdoctoral guest researcher in the field of advanced materials science. He has found Graz to be a city of…

… Studo – from start-up to partner for digitalisation

Anyone who tells the founding story of the university app “Studo” has to look back beyond the year of the company's formation in 2016. The five founders – four men and one woman – got to know each…

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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.

Magnetic energy gaps in topological materials unravelled

Newly discovered properties of magnetically doped topological insulators could significantly accelerate the development of quantum computers. The transmission electron microscope ASTEM, located at…

Connecting Africa and Europe for Sustainable Development

The effects of climate change are becoming increasingly noticeable and therefore a transformation of our energy system is becoming more and more urgent. The fight against climate change is a global…

48 Volt: More Flexibility for Commercial Vehicle Diesel Engines

With the introduction of the 48 V electrical system, new possibilities have become feasible for conventional powertrains. Besides many functionalities from the hybrid sector, the higher voltage level…

Reaching Industrial Standards: The Quest For a Dependable Internet of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the application of information and communication technology (ICT) to link the physical and virtual world. In recent years we’ve seen a rapid development of IoT, as it…

New Horizons for Arterial Spin Labeling

Over the last two decades researchers have been working on a contrast-agent free magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method called Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL) for detecting blood flow changes within the…

Wire-Based Additive Manufacturing of Ti-6Al-4V Using Electron Beam Welding

By using modern CNC-controlled, highly sophisticated welding processes, new production methods can be utilized to build arbitrary structures on a substrate. Although the basic patent dates back to…

Key to robustness of plants discovered

The Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (acib) and Graz University of Technology decoded the mechanism of Adipose-Biosynthesis – the basis for the production of sugar molecules for new fine…