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Astrophysicist Isabell Piantschitsch receives Interdisciplinary Research Fellowship

Astrophysicist Isabell Piantschitsch from the University of Graz has been awarded the prestigious and interdisciplinary CINET Grant for Neuroscience and the Humanities by the Tatiana Foundation in Spain. As part of this fellowship, she will begin work in January 2026 at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) on her research project titled "Causality and Epistemic Opacity in Deep Neural Networks."

Atmospheric Rivers

"Atmospheric Rivers” (ARs) transport huge amounts of water vapor from the tropics to mid and high latitudes. When they hit land, extreme precipitation often occurs. Even a medium-sized example transports twice as much water as the Amazon River. The illustration shows such an example in the Pacific, but also an extreme example in the Atlantic, which caused severe devastation in Great Britain as storm “Desmond” and then hit Norway as storm “Synne”.

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Neue Podcastfolge mit Angelika Bernsteiner

Angelika Bernsteiner ist zu Gast im Podcast „Didaktik:Dialog“

Standard Model of Particle Physics Spectacularly Confirmed

New theoretical calculations explain previously puzzling measurement deviations related to muons. A team from the University of Graz contributed.

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Researchers at the University of Graz enable reliable monitoring of Paris climate goals

Global warming is continuously advancing. How quickly this will happen can now be predicted more accurately than ever before, thanks to a method developed by climate researcher Gottfried Kirchengast and his team at the University of Graz. For the first time, this method enables reliable monitoring of the Paris climate goals and shows that temperatures are rising faster than expected in the latest IPCC report. The new findings have just been published in the scientific journal Communications Earth & Environment.

Fünf auf einen Streich: Physiker:innen sind Nano-Teilchen in Flüssigkeiten auf der Spur

Mit freiem Auge sind sie nicht sichtbar, dafür manchmal schmerzvoll. Selbst kleinste Partikel, die bis zu 10.000-mal dünner sind als ein Haar, können in medizinischen Flüssigkeiten wie Augentropfen großen Schaden anrichten. Physiker:innen der Universität Graz und TU Graz haben in Kooperation mit der Medizinischen Universität Graz nachgewiesen, mit welchen Messmethoden sich winzige Nano-Teilchen erfolgreich aufspüren lassen. Die Expertise der Forscher:innen nützte ein Spin-off der Med Uni Graz, um die Technologie marktreif zu entwickeln.

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Decoding Molecular Orbitals

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