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Talk Science to Me #58: Destroying Batteries for Greater Safety

What happens if I crash the battery of an electric car into a wall? This is one of the things Jörg Moser is investigating at TU Graz.

Mobility Batteries and energy storage Fields of Expertise

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Talk Science to Me #59: Behaves like a battery, but isn't one

What is a substitution cell and why do we need it in research? Roland Lorbeck is involved in its development and explains.

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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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Talk Science to Me #57: Inside a battery

There are different materials for batteries and other energy storage devices, which are used in different ways. Bernhard Gadermaier conducts research on these materials.

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Talk Science to Me #60: A Wooden Case for Batteries

Today, batteries for electric vehicles are encased in aluminum. Because this is not particularly environmentally friendly, Florian Feist is researching a casing made of wood and cork.

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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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TU Graz Honours Outstanding Teaching

Three courses characterised by a high level of commitment, excellent teaching concepts and exceptional motivation were awarded the Prize for Excellence in Teaching 2024/2025.

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Schrödinger’s Cat: When Reality Is Ambiguous

Martin Schultze from the Institute of Experimental Physics at TU Graz and Visiting Professor Kazuhiro Yabana from the University of Tsukuba explain how Schrödinger’s cat makes the quantum world…

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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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Graz Universities Celebrate their Inventors

In the past two years, a total of 186 patent applications have resulted from activities of the universities in Graz. The researchers behind the applications were honoured at Congress Graz.