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TU Graz Study: Front Brake Lights Could Significantly Reduce the Number of Road Accidents

Reconstructions of accidents at road junctions revealed in a study that an additional brake light at the front of the vehicle would have prevented up to 17 per cent of collisions. Read more 5. June 2025

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Talk Science to Me #48: How do I build well with concrete?

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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.

28. May 2025

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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 intended to protect surfaces, store CO2 and filter pollutants from the air.

21. May 2025

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GAM 21 “Confronting the Environmental Crisis: New Approaches in Architecture”

The 21st edition of Graz Magazine of Architecture will be published on 20 May 2025. 13 essays highlight perspectives and approaches towards climate neutrality in the construction industry. GAM 21 is available in bookshops as well as online from JOVIS Verlag.

16. May 2025

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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.

15. May 2025

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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.

7. May 2025

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Topping-out ceremony at Cybersecurity Campus Graz

The shell of the new research centre for IT security at TU Graz was completed at the end of March 2025. Commissioning is scheduled for March 2026.

7. May 2025

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Prevention instead of Reaction: Intelligent, Networked Systems for Structural Monitoring

A research team at TU Graz has developed a system for structural monitoring that can be integrated directly into structural management and used sustainably for preventive maintenance planning.

30. April 2025

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TU Graz establishes Austria’s first university-owned “Business GmbH” for software commercialisation

Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) has become the first university in Austria to establish its own commercial limited liability company: TU Graz Business GmbH. The new entity’s objective is to actively commercialise software developed at the university, with a view to making it accessible to…

24. April 2025

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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 Styria’s position as a leading European hydrogen research hub.

23. April 2025

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New Method for Detecting Nanoplastics in Body Fluids

Together with the company BRAVE Analytics, researchers at TU Graz have developed a method for detecting nanoplastics in liquids and determining their composition.

14. April 2025

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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.

10. April 2025

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TU Graz researcher Annette Mütze and her team win the Houska Prize 2025

With the development of new, efficient small electric drives and a high-precision measurement method, the electrical engineer was able to secure the 150,000-euro prize in the university research category.

10. April 2025

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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 animal testing.

3. April 2025

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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.

1. April 2025

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University rankings: TU Graz in worldwide comparison

Recognized rankings are regarded as an indicator of a university’s standing. Graz University of Technology is one of the best universities in the world in many fields - this is also reflected in the results of various rankings.

28. March 2025

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TU Graz Intensifies Research into Brake and Tire Wear

Up to now, emissions caused by tyre, brake and road surface wear, which are hazardous to health, have not been adequately captured. In the Lead Project NExT, researchers at TU Graz are developing precise analysis methods and realistic test procedures.

27. March 2025

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TU Graz Team Decodes Heat Conduction of Complex Materials

Using machine learning workflows developed in-house, the researchers were able to establish that heat conduction is much more intricate than previously thought. Findings offer potential for developing specific materials.

20. March 2025

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TU Graz and Silicon Austria Labs launch joint Power Electronics Research Laboratory "PERL"

The fundamental research activities of the PERL team aim at pushing the limits of power electronic converters in terms of their switching frequencies. Applications span various industries where small size, low weight and high efficiency are beneficial.

20. March 2025

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Sub-Auspiciis Doctorates for Researchers at TU Graz and the University of Graz

Three computer scientists, one electrical engineer, one mathematician and one chemist received their doctorates on 14 March 2025 in the Great Hall of the Old University of Graz under the auspices of the federal president.

14. March 2025

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TU Graz: Food and drink at Campus Inffeld

Hungry at Campus Inffeld? Meals are freshly prepared on weekdays in the Inffeld Canteen. Trudl’s Noodle Truck also relies on freshness with regional noodle variations to go – including vegan options.

13. March 2025

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Tunnel Portal instead of Lecture Hall: Surveying Workshop Held in Semmering Base Tunnel

To learn something at university, you don’t always have to go to the lecture hall or library. Sometimes one of Austria’s most famous construction sites is the perfect place for this.

7. March 2025

Talk Science to Me: Women in Science

In a special series on International Women's Day, female researchers at TU Graz talk about their careers, hurdles and support.

6. March 2025

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TU Graz Uses Communication Satellites to Survey the Earth

By utilising communication signals for positioning and calculating the earth’s gravitational field, real-time observation of weather phenomena is now also possible.

6. March 2025

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Researchers at TU Graz Turn Textile Waste into Paper

Until now, old clothes have mainly been incinerated. Using adapted processes from paper production, it is possible to recover the cellulose fibres from used clothing and use them to produce cardboard and other packaging materials.

27. February 2025

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Studying and elite sport: TU Graz becomes a KADA partner university

From summer term 2025, athletes will benefit from the KADA support programme as well as more flexible study arrangements to help combine studying and competitive sport.

26. February 2025

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Why Gender Disparities Persist in Academic Networks

Taking physics as an example, Fariba Karimi and colleagues have analyzed the factors contributing to the continued underrepresentation of women in academia.

25. February 2025

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