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Wolfgang Seibel guest at Fridays for Future panel discussion

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Seibel, Professor at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, was invited to the online panel discussion "Climate Protection at All Levels". The discussion was organized by the Constance section of the climate movement Fridays for Future. The exciting discussion can be viewed in its entirety on Youtube, and the Wochenblatt also reported on the event.

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Popeye with a whiff of rotten eggs

Joint study by the Universities of Konstanz and Vienna shows: A sulfosugar from green vegetables promotes the growth of important gut bacteria

Neue Funktionen im Darm-Mikrobiom entdeckt

Eine gemeinsame Studie der Universitäten Konstanz und Wien kommt zum Ergebnis: Ein Schwefelzucker aus grünem Gemüse fördert das Wachstum wichtiger Darmbakterien

Immobilization of (Aqueous) Cations in Low pH M-S-H Cement

by Maximilian R. Marsiske,  Christian Debus, Fulvio Di Lorenzo, Ellina Bernard, Sergey V. Churakov and Cristina Ruiz-Agudo

Incorporation of heavy metal ions in cement hydrates is of great interest for the storage and immobilization of toxic, hazardous, and radioactive wastes using cementitious matrix. Magnesium silicate hydrate (M-S-H) is a low pH alternative cementitious binder to commonly used Portland cement. Low pH cements have been considered as promising matrix for municipal and nuclear…