Friday, 10. May 2024
"Z'sämme!"
Swiss-German culture of academic collaboration on a firm foundation: Perspectives from the conference "Z’sämme | Zusammen!" hosted by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg. read more
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Friday, 12. April 2024
‘Turing test’ for animal systems
© Midnight Motion and moonrock mediaWhat advantages do robots offer in the study of collective behaviour? How is robotic research influenced by biological systems? And what robot experiments are planned in the Imaging Hangar at the University of Konstanz? read more -
Monday, 08. January 2024
The legal dilemma of triage
© Unsplash, Piron GuillaumeThe German law governing triage puts doctors in a predicament and criminalizes medical decisions, explains Alexandra Windsberger, a Konstanz-based legal expert. She advocates for removing criminal law from triage decisions. read more 
© Image by Gerd Altmann / PixabayFriday, 15. December 2023
All I want for Christmas: Rules for gift-giving
Sociologist Boris Holzer explains the unwritten rules for gift-giving and where they come from. read more
© Michael L Smith.Tuesday, 05. December 2023
Architectural marvels of honey bees and social wasps
Honey bees and social wasps developed a similar solution for nest building although evolution separated them 179 million years ago. read more
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Monday, 20. November 2023
How we play together
© Universität Konstanz, Elisabeth BökerPsychologists from the Cluster of Excellence Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour are using EEG to research what games reveal about our ability to cooperate. read more -
Tuesday, 07. November 2023
The mystery of phosphite – a scientific detective story
Konstanz biologists have discovered a phosphorus-based bacterial metabolism that is both new and ancient. In a special role: a calculation from the 1980s, a sewage plant, a new bacterial organism, and a remnant from around 2.5 billion years ago. read more -
Thursday, 02. November 2023
Genetic traces of the woolly rhinoceros – in the middle of…
A woolly rhinoceros in southern Germany? Researchers from the universities in Konstanz and Tübingen as well as the Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden-Württemberg reconstruct the flora and fauna of the Stone Age based on genetic clues in hyena coprolites. read more -
Wednesday, 11. October 2023
Not lazy at all: honey bee drones
© Elisabeth BökerSometimes it is worthwhile to look at the details, to study aspects that seem to be uninteresting or were previously ignored, and see noteworthy phenomena come to light. read more 
Thursday, 05. October 2023
Collaborative research on proteostasis: a look back and…
Proteostasis research is a young interdisciplinary field dedicated to the fundamental biochemical processes of life. read more
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