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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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Monday, 26. April 2021

Learning about system stability from ants

© James Herndon

Army ants collectively form complex, adaptable structures, without a need for communication
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Tuesday, 06. April 2021

Hosting the first-ever TEDxKonstanz

Students from the University of Konstanz and the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior overcame the difficulties of a pandemic year to host the first-ever TEDxKonstanz event.

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Monday, 15. March 2021

When fly larvae are hungry

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Wednesday, 10. March 2021

A general influenza vaccine

© Dennis Horvath, University of Konstanz

New vaccination method for lasting protection against all known influenza mutations in preclinical testing phase – potentially effective also against SARS-CoV-2 – joint research project of the University of Konstanz, University of Tübingen and Technische Universität Dresden
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Wednesday, 10. March 2021

User-friendly AI for animal behaviour

Developed by PhD student Tristan Walter and Professor Iain Couzin, the easy to use tool automatically tracks hundreds of individual animals.
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Tuesday, 02. March 2021

The road to quantum computing

© AG Burkard | Schematic image of the new spin qubits consisting of four electrons (red) with their spins (blue) in the surrounding semi-conductor structure (grey)

How is quantum computer development currently progressing in Germany and Europe?
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Wednesday, 17. February 2021

More acceptance for animal-free research methods

University of Konstanz is part of newly founded “3R Network Baden-Württemberg”
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Wednesday, 10. February 2021

Expanded SARS-CoV-2 screening at the University of Konstanz

© University of Konstanz/Kathrin Zander

Since the beginning of November 2020, the Department of Biology at the University of Konstanz started offering voluntary RT-PCR-based rapid testing for SARS-CoV-2 to participants of on-campus lab courses and research groups. Why these weekly voluntary screenings on-campus?
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