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Visiting the Lignum Test Center

Various timber components can be tested for deformation and breakage at the Lignum Test Centre at Graz University of Technology. Not least the cross laminated timber developed there, which enables…

Environment and climate Sustainable construction

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I Spy Science: What is Concrete?

Concrete is mixed a bit like cake batter - TU Graz researcher Dirk Schlicke demonstrates it and explains what concrete is, what it can do and how it is made.

Sustainable construction Materials

TU Graz Dossiers:

One topic, but a multiplicity of angles and perspectives.

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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 #48: How do I build well with concrete?

Dirk Schlicke describes concrete as a “low-cost, high-performance building material”. For him, concrete has many advantages, but could be optimized. Especially the amount of concrete we use.

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TU Graz Study: Austria’s Schools Largely Fail to Comply with National and European Air Quality Guidelines

In three quarters of all Austrian classrooms, the average CO2 concentration exceeds the guideline value. Inadequate air quality impairs learning and increases the risk of infection and health issues.

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Living Tattoos for Buildings

An international research team, including Graz University of Technology, wants to integrate selected microorganisms into façade coatings to bring building walls to life. The microorganisms are…

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Guide for Municipalities on Measures to Combat Climate Change

The consequences of global warming are also becoming increasingly noticeable in Styria. TU Graz has analysed how they affect individual municipalities and derived suitable recommendations for action.

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Learning as an Adventure: The Lecture Theatre in the Spaceship

In Project Chimera, TU Graz’s Game Lab Graz combines a VR computer game with educational problems in order to convey scientific content in a motivating way.

Computer science and IT

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Expansion of Inner-City Living Space without New Soil Sealing

A consortium involving TU Graz has developed technical methods for the sustainable extension of existing Wilhelminian (Gründerzeit) buildings using modular timber constructions.

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Diminished Reality: TU Graz Team Makes Objects Disappear in Real Time

Researchers at the Institute of Visual Computing have made it possible to remove objects from live recordings of three-dimensional environments without time delay while the camera remains in motion.

Computer science and IT