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Wednesday, 16. June 2021

Smartphone bans in the workplace

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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

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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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Sunday, 02. May 2021

For research, the campus and more!

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Through the examples from research into clinical neuropsychology, limnology and sport science, campus.kn has given an impression of the wide spectrum of services offered by Scientific Engineering Services. But that's not all!
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Sunday, 02. May 2021

Greenhouse gas monitoring: delivered from Lake Constance…

© Inka Reiter/Universität Konstanz

The electronics and mechanics teams from Scientific Engineering Services have impressive equipment that makes it possible for them to construct prototypes of devices as well as laboratory equipment, experimental set-ups and furniture on the University of Konstanz campus.
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Sunday, 02. May 2021

Balance – an example from the field of sport science

The mechanics team in Scientific Engineering Services is equipped with a computer-controlled woodworking centre, among other things.
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Sunday, 02. May 2021

The audio-visual media team – for digital and print…

© Inka Reiter/Universität Konstanz. Peter Dauphy from WWA's printing service checks the printed image of a scientific presentation poster with a magnifying glass.

The audio-visual media team (WWA) is located in building M – a central location on the university campus. The WWA team currently consists of eight staff: three in graphic design and five in the print shop.
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