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Monday, 18. November 2024

Three minutes in the spotlight

Mosquitoes, math and a desolderer: Exciting new start-up ideas at this year's Idea Cup from Kilometer1 at the University of Konstanz. Attractive prize money for the best contestants.

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Sunday, 17. November 2024

Looking into emptiness

"Oh, nothing," is what historian Achim Landwehr often answers when asked what he is currently working on. He says it with a wink, but it’s actually true. The professor of early modern history at the University of Konstanz is concerned with gaps and emptiness.
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Friday, 15. November 2024

Backyard birds learn from their new neighbours when moving…

© Hervé Glabeck - Docland Yard

Puzzle box experiment shows that after immigration, birds rapidly learn useful tricks from local experts
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Thursday, 14. November 2024

Science videos for everyone: e.g. why are dung beetles in…

An interview with biologist Gabriella Gall about her new YouTube channel.
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Friday, 08. November 2024

Network of commemoration

A war crime in northern Italy has left its mark on the area and on people's memories. 80 years later, a group of Konstanz students looks into the massacre and designs the exhibition project "ÜberLeben Erzählen" (stories of survivors ).
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Thursday, 31. October 2024

Bats use an acoustic cognitive map for navigation

© Jens Rydell

Echolocating bats have been found to possess an acoustic cognitive map of their home range, enabling them to navigate over kilometer-scale distances using echolocation alone.
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Thursday, 24. October 2024

How research supports and connects integration players

Municipal integration coordinators work in cities and municipalities to foster the integration of local migrants. They often work alone on a highly charged topic.
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Monday, 21. October 2024

Preparing officers for the exceptional case

Seven years ago, Konstanz cultural scholar Kirsten Mahlke and her team developed a digital learning application for police officers in training: The tool teaches professional skills for delivering death notifications to a deceased person's relatives. Time to reflect and take stock of this work.
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Monday, 21. October 2024

Transfer gives research new contours

More transfer - this wish has been expressed more and more frequently to universities and other research institutes. However, transfer projects often develop a momentum of their own that cannot be planned. An interview with Kirsten Mahlke
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Thursday, 10. October 2024

Understanding the psyche of offenders

Gilda Giebel studied forensic psychology at the University of Konstanz before working with sex offenders in preventive detention. How did study and research prepare her for the challenging situations in her everyday work? A look into an otherwise closed-off world.
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