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Wednesday, 08. December 2021

University of Konstanz: Open Science as a guiding principle

The University of Konstanz is one of the first German universities to adopt an Open Science Policy and declare a broader understanding of open research culture as one of its guiding principles.
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© Christian Jenewein

Tuesday, 30. November 2021

Binary mesocrystals from the nano-building kit

Team led by Konstanz researcher produces three-dimensional mesocrystals from two different types of nanocrystals - platinum and magnetite - for the first time. This lays the foundation for the synthesis of novel nanostructured solids with previously unexplored properties.

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Tuesday, 05. October 2021

Helping coral reefs survive under climate change

© Anna Roik

A biologist from the University of Konstanz, along with an international group of re-searchers, calls for extending the natural adaptive capacity of corals through nature-based approaches.
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Friday, 09. July 2021

Evolution in real time

© AG Becks

Biologist Professor Lutz Becks and his team observe the genetic imprint of the surprisingly rapid transition from unicellular to multicellular life
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Wednesday, 16. June 2021

Smartphone bans in the workplace

© USA-Reiseblogger, Pixabay

Study on smartphone bans in the workplace reveals possible benefits of “soft” bans – research project involving the University of Konstanz
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Wednesday, 02. June 2021

Germans (mis-)interpret inequality

© Agamaszota, Pixabay

In their new “Inequality Barometer”, Konstanz researchers demonstrate: The German population often assesses the level of inequality incorrectly, underestimating wealth inequality in particular. This also has political consequences.
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Tuesday, 01. June 2021

Trust among corvids

© Michael Griesser

Corvids use social information to protect themselves against deception by conspecifics from neighbouring territories
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Tuesday, 25. May 2021

Dimensions of invasion success

© Trevor Fristoe and Mark van Kleunen. The Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera)

Patterns and drivers of alien plant species invasiveness in Europe identified by an international research team led by Konstanz biologists
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Tuesday, 25. May 2021

To sting or not to sting?

© M. Nouvian. Alerted honey bee (Apis mellifera)

Scientists from Konstanz and Innsbruck uncovered how honeybees organise their collective defence in response to predators and used computational modelling to identify potential evolutionary drivers of the behaviour.
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Monday, 10. May 2021

Self-healing plastic from Konstanz

Plastic that repairs itself and can easily be recycled: More than five years ago, the team led by Konstanz chemist Professor Helmut Cölfen introduced a new bio-inspired plastic in the journal "Angewandte Chemie".
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