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Femtosecond light creates switchable nano-waves in MXenes and moves the materials’ atoms at a record-breaking speed – discovery made by physicists from Konstanz and Zurich

Die Konstanzer Forschungsgruppe „Questions at the Interfaces“ erforscht besondere Arten von Fragesätzen, darunter auch rhetorische Fragen. Die Sprachwissenschaftlerinnen Marieke Einfeldt, Daniela Wochner und Prof. Dr. Bettina Braun haben ein Quiz für Sie zusammengestellt, in dem Sie Ihre Sicherheit in Bezug auf rhetorische Fragen auf die Probe stellen können. Testen Sie, wie gut Sie rhetorische Fragen verstehen – und woran Sie sie erkennen:

Animal testing for cosmetics has been banned in the EU since 2013. A study by the Transatlantic Think Tank for Toxicology (t4), involving researchers from the Konstanz-based "European Centre for Alternative Methods to Animal Testing" (CAAT-Europe), now points out that this testing ban is being neglected by European regulators. Animal data continue to be requested for cosmetic ingredients to a large extent, and consumers are not aware of this. CAAT-Europe is therefore planning an action platform…

EXIST-Gründerstipendium für das Startup Ledavio an der Universität Konstanz

The genome of the seadragon, a very unusual fish, has been decoded. New insights help answer the question of evolutionary invention – Results of an international research team including Konstanz-based evolutionary biologist Axel Meyer published in Science Advances

Research team involving the University of Konstanz discovers magnetic phenomena in antiferromagnets that could pave the way to developing faster and more efficient data storage.

Identifying and researching different heat stress response patterns in corals will help to protect the world's reefs better from the effects of climate change. A new study completed with the participation of the University of Konstanz describes the necessary test procedures and initial results.

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Horst Sund, rector of the University of Konstanz from 1976 to 1991, died on 9 August 2021.

Pandemics and contagion over the course of human history – from ancient times to the present. This is the topic of a multi-university student exhibition project in Konstanz's "Turm zur Katz".