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Tuesday, 24. March 2020
How VR became a key to unlocking animal behaviour
Scientists from the Cluster of Excellence "Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour" and the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior are pushing the limits of Virtual Reality to understand decision-making in animal collectives
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Friday, 06. March 2020
A potential new pathway linking stress to heart disease
The hormone aldosterone – which can be measured from saliva – shows promise for understanding how psychological stress can lead to cardiovascular disease
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© Bild: Pexels auf PixabayMonday, 02. March 2020
Stress in Space
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Wednesday, 19. February 2020
Brain measurements can reveal success of alcohol risk…
By studying how our brains “synchronise” during shared experiences, Konstanz researchers are shedding light on what makes public health campaigns effective—and in the process paving the way to revealing the neural underpinnings of group processes.
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Thursday, 23. January 2020
Cultural Studies Research Centre founded
New research centre at the University of Konstanz brings together interdisciplinary research in cultural studies
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Friday, 17. January 2020
Voluntary organ donation
Video interview with Professor Jacob Rosenthal from the Department of Philosophy and Professor Friedrich Breyer from the Department of Economics on the voluntariness of organ donations and how the willingness to register as a donor might be increased.
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Tuesday, 17. December 2019
Immune to influence
A University of Konstanz study examining vaccine-related attitudes reveals that our beliefs are so resilient that we effectively immunize ourselves to the opinions of others.
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Tuesday, 26. November 2019
"Climate change is a disability rights issue"
© Princy Rajaonarivelo Andrianina, University of AntananarivoIn a high-profile Letter in Science, University of Konstanz climate scientist and ecologist Dr Aleksandra Kosanic, an Associate Fellow of the University of Konstanz’s Zukunftskolleg, draws attention to the fact that disabled populations have, until now, been absent from international conversations a
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© Bild: Anna RoikMonday, 25. November 2019
The rainforest of the oceans
Coral reefs are the tropical rain forests of the oceans: They are home to about one third of the world’s marine diversity and a central factor for the marine ecosystem. Unfortunately, coral reefs are just as endangered as the rain forests. Because of climate change, coral species are now disappearing on a massive scale. The fear is that they may even go extinct by the end of this century. On board the schooner Tara, a team of scientists travelled the Pacific Ocean for more than two years in order to research the living and survival conditions for coral. Biology professor Christian Voolstra from Konstanz, was one of the coordinators for the Tara Pacific Expedition.
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Wednesday, 06. November 2019
Coordination through communication
© Communication and Collective Movement GroupHumboldt Research Fellowship for University of Konstanz biologist: Behavioural ecologist Dr Vlad Demartsev from Tel Aviv University, Israel, is granted a prestigious Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers that enables him to continue his work in Dr Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin’s Gips
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